# How does UKG consulting compare to in-house implementation and support for enterprise buyers assessing total cost?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Curious how the UKG community reads this one: for an enterprise buyer counting total cost, does UKG consulting actually beat doing implementation and support in-house?</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">The rate card makes consulting look expensive and in-house look free. But in-house cost hides in other lines: admins backfilled for a year, the UKG config learning curve, and one resignation walking the system knowledge out the door. </p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Looking at the<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/ukg-consulting-services"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/ukg-consulting-services">UKG consulting services</a> category, this isn't binary. It's a dial:</p><ul>
<li>Mostly in-house, with<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/surety-systems/reviews"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/surety-systems/reviews"><strong>Surety Systems</strong></a> style help: senior consultants per project, heavy on knowledge transfer, so your team owns the system afterward.</li>
<li>Shared with<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/hrms-solutions-inc/reviews"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/hrms-solutions-inc/reviews"><strong>HRMS Solutions</strong></a> (now Ascend): implementation plus client-side support and managed payroll, a partner carrying what you don't want to staff.</li>
<li>Mostly outsourced, with<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/accenture/reviews"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/accenture/reviews"><strong>Accenture</strong></a>: strategy through 24/7 managed services, at a price, and a 4.2 rating across 107 firm-wide reviews worth weighing.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Simplest total-cost test: salaries plus time plus risk, against the invoice.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">If one ran it in-house: what does it really cost, and does the answer change if admin team actually stays?</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true"></p>

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## Comments
### Comment 1

The in-house cost that almost never makes the spreadsheet is knowledge-walk risk. One HRMS Solutions or Surety engagement with structured knowledge transfer often costs less than backfilling the admin who understood Time and Labor configuration and then left.

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