The most complete Mediasite pricing model I could find comes from Colorado:
http://www.colorado.edu/oit/sites/default/files/sonicfoundry_mediasite.pdf
One-time Server Software ranges in price from maybe $20000 (msrp) for 5 recorders to $100000 (discounted, msrp=$338,100) for 100 recorders
One-time Classroom Appliances are $15,000-$25,000 apiece for portable and $10,000-$22,500 for full-sized permanent fixtures (yes, portable costs more)
Annual service/support $15,000 – $68,000 for server; $1250 – $4450 per appliance
If you buy a server licensed for X recorders, and you now need to scale to Y recorders, Y>X, how much $ ? Dunno.
So, for 10 rooms expandable to 50
10 Recorder appliances: $142,500 to $222,500
Server 50 recorders : $50,000 to $200,000 (software only. needs hardware, too)
Subtotal : $192,500 to $422,500
Annual Support
10 Recorder appliances: $12,500 to $39,500
Server 50 recorders : $14,250 to $67,600
Subtotal : $26,750 to $107,100
First year cost: $219,250 to $529,600
Annual Support : $26,750 to $107,100
Year 2 Add another 10 rooms:
10 Recorder appliances: $142,500 to $222,500
Second year Support $39250 to $93,250
Year 3 Add another 10 rooms:
10 Recorder appliances: $142,500 to $222,500
Third year Support $51,750 to $186100
Year 4 Add another 10 rooms:
10 Recorder appliances: $142,500 to $222,500
Fourth year Support $64,250 to $225600
Year 5 Add final 10 rooms:
10 Recorder appliances: $142,500 to $222,500
Fifth year Support $76,750 to $265,100
Five year total:
Server license: $50000
Recorders: $712,500
support year 1: $26,750
support year 2: $39,250
support year 3: $51,750
support year 4: $64,250
support year 5: $76,750
Total: $1,021,250 , or $204,250/year
Of course, 50 rooms might be overkill. For a more modest 10 rooms:
10 Recorder appliances: $142,500 to $222,500
Server 10 recorders : $10,000 to $40,000 (software only. needs hardware, too)
Subtotal : $152,500 to $262,500
Annual Support
10 Recorder appliances: $12,500 to $39,500
Server 10 recorders : $14,250 to $67,600
Subtotal : $26,750 to $107,100
First year cost: $179,250 to $529,600
Annual Support year 2: $26,750 to $107,100
Annual Support year 3: $26,750 to $107,100
Annual Support year 4: $26,750 to $107,100
Annual Support year 5: $26,750 to $107,100
total ESTIMATED discount price $286,250, or $57250 per year. Compare to $75,000 / year ESTIMATE for Tegrity
Tegrity does appear to scale better, as the cost is fixed regardless of number of rooms. It can also be used at the desktop level as a substitute for camtasia
Tegrity pricing: $10,000 for 250 hours, PLUS $3000 one‐time set‐up fee and $5000 annually for support. See U. of North Texas document @http://itc.unt.edu/sites/default/files/Lecture_Capture_Systems_Comparison_Chart_rev2010721.pdf
For FTE pricing, I’m guessing $70-80K per year, hosted locally, based on North Dakota State University proposal found here:
http://efficiency.ndus.edu/lecture-capture/Documents/NDUS%20Tegrity%20Proposal.pdf
That said, I like that Tegrity, unlike Matterhorn or echo360, does not require a classroom ‘appliance’ for $1000 to $3000 per room.
Speaking of echo360, couldn’t find much on pricing other that this 2010 CUNY reference
http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/wiki/index.php/Classroom_Lecture-Capture_Technology_%E2%80%93_Characteristics_and_Costs#Echo360
to whit:
Pros:
• Scalable
• Capture can be fully automated (scheduled) if you wish, or partly automated
• Multiple output formats – H.264 raw video format
Cons:
• Expensive
o For the hardware version you need a server, a capture license & a capture appliance – plus the multimedia equipment in the classroom – computer, projector, etc)
o For the software version you need a server, a capture license (~$1,500 per year per room) – plus the multimedia equipment in the classroom – computer, projector, etc)
+ Echo360 capture license (~$2,250 per room per year)
+ Hardware capture appliance (~$2000 per room)
+ Installation (~$1,000)
+ Server Hardware (~$2,000-$5,000)
• Limited editing – removal of contents only – cannot add
We weren’t thrilled by Camtasia Relay because of its dependence on Microsoft Windows Servers, but its pricing is looking quite attractive against the competition
caveats:
- all numbers provided are googleygook and may be completely erroneous
- if lecture capture ever comes to pass, it will certainly be > $25,000 and subject to bid,right? So any opinions we might have little impact on what we get stuck with
