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Why Should You Stay With GoDaddy For Microsoft 365
Why Should You Stay With GoDaddy For Microsoft 365
If your account has issues , GoDaddy has “Admin Rights” (easy way to explain it) to help you with password resets, MFA issues, rarely ever get “locked out”. I call this “tech insurance”, paying that extra $88 a year to have better support system might be worth it. If you are with Microsoft directly and your main email acccount gets hacked and it was the only account, calling Microsoft to get back in can have a long wait time of 2-3 days to up to 8 weeks. When I explain it this way to clients wanting to leave due to price, most want to stay with them. Insurance.
If you are small business 1-4 people, sometimes staying on with GoDaddy is a better option due to their support.GoDaddy is often a good fit for very small businesses that do not have an IT person. If you have one to four users and simply need email, password resets, and basic Microsoft 365 functionality, paying a little more for easier access to support can make sense. Many small businesses never use advanced Microsoft 365 administration features, so the limitations may never impact them.
Should I leave GoDaddy because they are charging more than Microsoft?
Should I leave GoDaddy because they are charging more than Microsoft?
Maybe. It depends on your needs and how many services you have purchased with them. “They are charging me an arm and a leg,” is what I hear often. I will review my clients’ invoices and find that some are being overcharged due to the wrong license, too many “padded extras,” or they got talked into a 3-year “deal” and their invoice for one or two mailboxes is $700. That does seem like a lot, but it does check out.
One Exchange mailbox with full use of business apps is approximately $238 a year through GoDaddy. For three years, that is about $714. Microsoft direct pricing is around $450 over the same period. A difference of roughly $264. That is when people see it and start calling around to find help. However, before leaving GoDaddy, ask yourself one important question: Are you paying more for support and convenience, or are you paying for services you don’t actually use? Sometimes the answer is yes to both.
Why Do Businesses Leave GoDaddy for Microsoft 365?
Why Do Businesses Leave GoDaddy for Microsoft 365?
Many people need to leave GoDaddy’s Microsoft 365 due to their advanced requirements for using some of the 365 products. GoDaddy has limited licenses and doesn’t offer you full admin permissions, nor access to some of the products. If you do need to move due to these reasons, I highly recommend using a vendor, a CSP or MSP to help manage your licenses vs Microsoft direct. The main reason is losing your admin access, this can be a long wait period to get back in your account. Having vendor support gives you that “insurance” feeling, like someone to help you when something bad happens. Most also offer support so paying the extra few bucks is worth it.
Their support isn’t often great for some technicial issues. If your mailbox is having a major issue, pushing through GoDaddy’s first level support can often be a nightmare. They are well trained to be the only “technician/sales person” to help you. You can push through them but it does take awhile. I have broke through first level a few times, mostly because I am a paid consultant helping one of their clients. While they do have in-house 365 engineers, it’s still a daunting task to get a problem resolved.
Here are the main reasons clients need to leave GoDaddy
Quick Answer: Many growing businesses eventually outgrow GoDaddy’s simplified management model.
- Needing full Global Administrator permissions.
- Very few admin controls for the end user. This means GoDaddy is the actual tenant administrator, not the end user. When you go to Office.com and are with GoDaddy, you don’t see the usual administrative portal. Instead, it redirects to their login page with a few options of things you can do yourself. Simple things like reset email passwords, download products, but not much else. GoDaddy does hide the admin controls but if you know the URL’s (Exchange, Entra, etc.), you can get to them. Most end users don’t know this trick, but I do from all my years of supporting GoDaddy clients.
- Using Microsoft Entra ID features. Basically meaning you can’t use a corporate enterprise environment on your computer/lack of admin controls.
- Implementing Conditional Access policies, GoDaddy’s team isn’t trained on the deeper 365 policies.
- Managing security and compliance settings. Again, GoDaddy’s team is not trained on these settings.
- Using advanced Exchange Online administration. Same as above, they know basics only.
- Integrating third-party applications requiring tenant permissions.
- Purchasing licenses GoDaddy does not offer such as Planner or Project
- Working with an outside IT consultant or internal IT department.
- Needing direct access to Microsoft support escalations.
- Requiring advanced security and compliance