How much is your
on-site infrastructure
costing you every year?
Servers. Site controllers. Dedicated networking. IT staff. Maintenance contracts. Hardware refresh cycles. Move the sliders below to see your real annual infrastructure cost — and what disappears the day you move to AXES IMS.
Your legacy infrastructure
Adjust the sliders to match your operation.
Gaming machines
Total machines across all locations
300
$0/yr
Locations / sites
Physical gaming locations
5
$84,000/yr
On-site servers
Total servers across all locations
8
$30,400/yr
Server cost (each)
Average purchase price per server
$8,000
$16,000/yr
Server refresh cycle
Years between hardware replacement
4 yrs
$16,000/yr
Dedicated networking
Monthly cost per site (MPLS / leased line)
$1,200/mo
$72,000/yr
IT staff (infrastructure)
Headcount dedicated to local hardware
2 FTE
$170,000/yr
Annual maintenance contracts
Hardware support & vendor maintenance
$40,000
$40,000/yr
Your annual legacy cost
$324,400
per year maintaining on-site infrastructure
3-Year Cost
$1.0M
5-Year Cost
$1.6M
You are spending $324,400 per year maintaining infrastructure that AXES IMS replaces with a single IoT device per machine and zero on-site servers.
The AXES IMS difference
Everything that disappears
the day you move to AXES IMS
Every competitor requires on-site infrastructure. AXES IMS is cloud-native by design — one IoT device per machine, everything else in the cloud.
| Infrastructure item | Legacy CMS | AXES IMS |
|---|---|---|
| On-site servers | Required — 1 per location minimum | None |
| Site controllers | Required — proprietary hardware | None |
| Dedicated networking (MPLS / leased lines) | Required per site | None |
| Annual hardware maintenance contracts | 15–20% of hardware value per year | None |
| IT staff for local infrastructure | Dedicated headcount required | None |
| Server refresh cycle (every 3–5 years) | Full capital expenditure | None |
| Physical security for server rooms | Required | None |
| UPS / power redundancy per site | Required | None |
| Vendor lock-in | Manufacturer-dependent | 100% independent |
| Over-the-air updates | Manual, inconsistent | Automatic, secure |
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Our team will prepare a personalised ROI analysis for your operation — including a full cost comparison and a tailored AXES IMS proposal.