How Much Does ConnectWise Cost? Government IT Software Pricing 2026

Last updated: July 29, 2026

How much does ConnectWise cost?

For most local governments and school districts, ConnectWise runs about $2,000 to $8,000 per year. Full recorded range: $1,596 to $9,900, from a small city’s remote-access license at the bottom up to a school district’s bundled IT services at the top. The reason the band is wide is that ConnectWise is priced per technician seat and per endpoint, not by a flat agency fee.

Most of what SLED buyers purchase is ConnectWise ScreenConnect, the remote-support tool. A one-person IT shop that needs to reach a few dozen machines pays near the bottom of the range. Add more technicians, more endpoints, a premium tier, or remote monitoring on top, and the annual number climbs. Bundle in full managed services and it climbs further.

What are governments actually paying for ConnectWise? (2026 contract data)

These are real awarded amounts pulled from purchase records and claims lists. Every row is a distinct agency. Most are annual ScreenConnect subscriptions or renewals; where a line reflects a single purchase rather than a full-year subscription, it is labeled that way.

Source: Civic IQ purchase and contract records, November 2024 to May 2025.

Two records sit outside the table but sharpen the picture. Rapid City Area Schools in South Dakota recorded a $9,900 ConnectWise payment for IT professional services, the highest single SLED line in Civic IQ’s data. At the other end, the City of West Fargo pays $351.90 a month for ScreenConnect, which works out to about $4,223 a year on a rolling subscription.

What drives ConnectWise’s price up or down?

• Technician seats and endpoints. ScreenConnect is licensed per concurrent technician, then scaled by the machines you cover. Waukegan’s license line ran $1,596 while Lowndes County’s ran $8,049. That is about a $6,450 swing on the same remote-access product, driven mostly by scale.
• Product tier. A base subscription costs less than a premium one. Wisconsin Dells School District renewed a standard subscription at $2,064; Exeter School District paid $3,816 for a Premium annual subscription. At similar size, the premium tier added roughly $1,750 a year.
• Bundled monitoring and IT services. Bare remote access lands near $2,000 to $3,000. Once IT management and professional services are bundled in, the line jumps: Rapid City Area Schools recorded $9,900 for ConnectWise IT professional services.
• Billing cadence. Monthly billing looks cheap per invoice and adds up over the year. West Fargo’s $351.90 monthly ScreenConnect line totals about $4,223 annually, more than several agencies pay on a single yearly invoice.

How does ConnectWise’s pricing compare to alternatives?

For pure remote support, ConnectWise sits near the low end of the market. Against full remote-monitoring platforms it looks even cheaper, because those tools bill per endpoint at scale.

Source: Civic IQ purchase records, 2024 to 2025.

Give credit where it is due. On the cheapest entry seat, TeamViewer can undercut ConnectWise: the City of Windom licensed it for $1,354.80 in April 2025, and Sonoma County added a channel for $1,557.60. ConnectWise pulls ahead once a team needs several concurrent technicians on one console. The monitoring platforms are a different budget line. NinjaOne ran Barnstable School District $23,760 in February 2025 and Medina County $16,704, because those tools price per endpoint across the whole fleet. Kaseya lands between them, with Newberg School District recording $11,878 for its Autotask PSA suite. If you only need to remote into machines, ConnectWise is the lighter buy. If you need to monitor thousands of devices, a platform like NinjaOne earns its higher number.

Is ConnectWise worth the price?

Verdict: for a school district, city, or county that mainly needs dependable remote support and light IT management, ConnectWise is priced fairly and usually costs less than the RMM-first platforms.

The evidence is in how the contracts repeat. Azusa Unified’s line is a “ScreenConnect license renewal.” Wisconsin Dells School District’s is simply a “renewal.” West Fargo pays every month, and Waukegan carries a recurring license line. Across Civic IQ’s records the pattern is renewals and steady monthly subscriptions rather than one-and-done buys, which is the clearest read that agencies keep the tool after they adopt it.

The catch is what happens when the tool becomes a stack. Buy ScreenConnect direct and you stay near the low end. Route it through a managed service provider and the monthly figure grows: in Crescent City, Florida, an MSP proposed a full ConnectWise-based managed IT bundle at about $3,427 a month for 27 seats. Schools are a heavy buyer segment here, so if you are budgeting district-wide, our look at K-12 cybersecurity spending in 2025 shows where IT dollars are actually going. If cooperative purchasing is an option in your state, our guide to cooperative purchasing contracts explains how to skip a full RFP and buy off an existing award.

FAQ

Does ConnectWise publish pricing?

No. ConnectWise does not post a public price list, and every deal is a per-agency quote based on the number of technician seats and endpoints, plus any modules you turn on. Civic IQ’s records fill that gap, showing real awarded amounts that run from a few hundred dollars for a single ScreenConnect line to $9,900 for bundled IT services. You can review the vendor’s own ScreenConnect product pages for feature tiers.

What is the cheapest ConnectWise contract on record?

In Civic IQ’s records, the smallest recorded payment is Poweshiek County, Iowa at $414.72 for ConnectWise technology services. Among full annual subscriptions, City of Waukegan, Illinois at about $1,596 and Wisconsin Dells School District, Wisconsin at $2,064 are the lowest ScreenConnect renewals on file.

Does ConnectWise offer government discounts?

Not a published one. ConnectWise sells to school districts and local governments mostly through resellers and managed service providers, so the effective rate depends on your seat count and the partner you buy through. Buying off a cooperative purchasing contract can shorten procurement and lock a rate without a full RFP. For wider context on state and local IT buying, see coverage from Government Technology, procurement guidance from NIGP, and the state CIO priorities published by NASCIO.