The Franking Machine Review / Comparison tables below detail the full total Cost Of Ownership for most UK brands of franking machines. The 'Annual Extras' column is an approximate amount the extras could cost based on a defined daily usage per day, two Royal Mail™ Rate Change software updates per annum and one postage top up per month. We've
also highlighted the cost of a Slogan/Logo/Return Address and a box of
labels, these are not included in the annual extras column. |
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Supplier |
Machine
|
Speed & Recommended Daily Volume |
Label Dispenser |
Annual |
Ink |
Approx. |
Ink Cost per 1000 Franks |
Recrediting |
Annual Royal Mail™ Rate Change Update |
Total Annual 'Extras' Cost including Ink, 2 Rate Changes, 12 Recredits and Annual Maintenance |
1000 Franking Labels |
Onsite Engineer Installation & Training |
Logo & |
|
Mailcoms |
MailStart |
|
20
Per Minute |
No |
£139.00 |
£49.95 |
2500 |
£19.98 |
FREE |
FREE |
@ 20 Items per Day - £239 @ 50 Items per Day - £340 |
£16.95 |
FREE |
FREE |
Mailcoms |
Maihub & Mailhub Lite |
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60 Per Minute Up to 300 Per Day |
Yes |
£199.00 £189.00 |
£79.95 or £49.95 Per refill |
12500 |
£6.39 |
FREE |
FREE |
@ 20 Items per Day - £280 @ 50 Items per Day - £280 |
£16.95 |
FREE |
FREE |
Mailcoms |
Mailbase |
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60 Per Minute Up to 300 Per Day |
Yes |
£199.00 |
£79.95 or £39.95 Per refill |
12500 |
£6.39 |
FREE |
FREE |
@ 20 Items per Day - £280 @ 50 Items per Day - £280 |
£16.95 |
FREE |
FREE |
Neopost |
IJ25 Autostamp |
20
Per Minute Up to 50 per day |
No |
£29.59 |
@ 20 Items per Day - £449 |
£27.29 |
SELF INSTALL |
£94.99 |
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Neopost |
IS330 |
40 Per Minute Up to 200 per day |
No |
£17.39 |
@ 20 Items per Day - £516 |
£29.74 |
SELF INSTALL |
£94.99 |
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Neopost |
IS350 |
65
Per Minute |
Yes |
£12.50 |
@ 50 Items per Day - £637 |
£31.49 |
SELF INSTALL |
£94.99 |
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Pitney
Bowes |
Personal
Post Series (E700) |
10 Per Minute Up to 20 per day |
No |
£54.91 |
@ 20 Items per Day - £616 @ 50 Items per Day - £1011 |
£37.63 |
SELF INSTALL |
£75.00 |
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Pitney
Bowes |
DM55 Series (K700) |
18 Per Minute Up to 50 per day |
No |
£61.58 |
@ 20 Items per Day - £649 @ 50 Items per Day - £1069 |
£37.63 |
SELF INSTALL |
£75.00 |
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Pitney
Bowes |
DM100 |
20 Per Minute Up to 100 per day |
No |
£20.65 |
@ 20 Items per Day - £540 @ 50 Items per Day - £756 |
£37.63 |
SELF INSTALL |
£75.00 |
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Pitney
Bowes |
DM200 |
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40
Per Minute Up to 200 per day |
No |
£21.65 |
@ 20 Items per Day - £600 @ 50 Items per Day - £823 |
£37.63 |
TBA |
£75.00 |
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Francotyp
Postalia (FP) |
Mymail |
18 Per Minute Up to 50 per day |
No |
£130.00 |
£141.00 |
3000 |
£47.00 |
12 Free PA |
Included with service Contract |
@ 20 Items per Day - £365 @ 50 Items per Day - £694 |
£32.00 |
SELF INSTALL |
£66.00 |
|
Francotyp
Postalia (FP) |
Optimail |
25 Per Minute |
No |
£310.00 |
£22.66 |
1100 |
£20.60 |
12 Free PA |
Included with service Contract |
@ 20 Items per Day - £413 @ 50 Items per Day - £557 |
£32.00 |
TBA |
£88.00 |
|
Francotyp
Postalia (FP) |
Mymail |
18 Per Minute Up to 50 per day |
No |
£130.00 |
£141.00 |
3000 |
£47.00 |
12 Free PA |
Included with service Contract |
@ 20 Items per Day - £365 @ 50 Items per Day - £694 |
£32.00 |
SELF INSTALL |
£66.00 |
|
Francotyp
Postalia (FP) |
Optimail |
25 Per Minute |
No |
£310.00 |
£22.66 |
1100 |
£20.60 |
12 Free PA |
Included with service Contract |
@ 20 Items per Day - £413 @ 50 Items per Day - £557 |
£32.00 |
TBA |
£88.00 |
|
Francotyp
Postalia (FP) |
Optimail
30 |
32 Per Minute |
No |
£250.00 |
£24.66 |
800 |
£30.83 |
12 Free PA |
Included with service Contract |
@ 20 Items per Day - £404 @ 50 Items per Day - £557 |
£66.00 |
SELF INSTALL |
£88.00 |
|
Francotyp
Postalia (FP) |
Optimail
30 |
32 Per Minute |
No |
£250.00 |
£24.66 |
800 |
£30.83 |
12 Free PA |
Included with service Contract |
@ 20 Items per Day - £404 @ 50 Items per Day - £557 |
£66.00 |
SELF INSTALL |
£88.00 |
|
Supplier |
Machine
|
Label Dispenser |
Annual |
Ink |
Approx. |
Ink Cost per 1000 Franks |
Recrediting |
Annual Royal Mail™ Rate Change Update |
Total Annual 'Extras' Cost including Ink, 2 Rate Changes, 12 Recredits and Annual Maintenance |
1000 Franking Labels |
Onsite Engineer Installation & Training |
Logo & Return Address |
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Mailcoms |
Mailmax |
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No |
£245.00 |
£69.95 |
20000 |
£3.49 |
FREE |
FREE |
@ 300 Items per Day - £496 |
£19.95 |
FREE |
FREE |
|
Mailcoms |
Mailmax
II Speed |
No |
£495.00 |
£3.49 |
FREE |
FREE |
@ 300 Items per Day - £450 |
£19.95 |
FREE |
FREE |
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Neopost |
IS430 |
Yes |
10600 |
£9.52 |
@ 300 Items per Day - £1311 |
£29.74 |
£94.99 |
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Neopost |
IS460 |
Yes |
12000 |
£11.11 |
£1.50** |
@ 300 Items per Day - £1464 |
£29.74 |
£94.99 |
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Neopost |
IS480 |
Yes |
12800 |
£8.33 |
£1.50** |
@ 300 Items per Day - £1533 |
£29.74 |
£94.99 |
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Pitney
Bowes |
DM400c |
Yes |
£9.09* |
@ 300 Items per Day - £1189 |
£ TBA |
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Pitney
Bowes |
DM550 |
Yes |
£9.09* |
@ 300 Items per Day - £1529 |
£ TBA |
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Pitney
Bowes |
DM800i |
Yes |
21000 |
£7.14* |
Approx |
@ 300 Items per Day - £1709 |
£ TBA |
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Francotyp
Postalia (FP) |
Ultimail
65 |
Yes |
£400.00 |
18,000 (Per Set) |
£11.00 |
12 Free PA |
Included with service Contract |
@ 300 Items per Day - £1392.00 |
£66.00 |
£88.00 |
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Francotyp
Postalia (FP) |
Ultimail
95 |
Yes |
£500.00 |
18,000 (Per Set) |
£11.00 |
12 Free PA |
Included with service Contract |
@ 300 Items per Day - £1292.00 |
£66.00 |
£88.00 |
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| Pricing for rate changes, recrediting charges, ink cartridge life and pricing should be available on the Neopost and Pitney Bowes websites as per the Office of Fair Trading undertaking given under section 154 of the enterprise Act 2002 dated 17th June 2005. However, we had difficulties in finding much of this information but were given it freely by contacting them verbally. |
| Pitney Bowes rate change prices and recrediting courtesy of Pitney Bowes Ltd - 08705 252525 Pitney Bowes cartridge yields courtesy of www.pb.com (US Website), UK yields may differ slightly. Ink Cassette cartridge pricing courtesy of www.pitneybowes.co.uk and www.neopost.co.uk |
| All ink cartridge/cassette yields may vary depending on the usage of company logos and the density of ink used. |
* Pitney Bowes 'Purchase Power' Recrediting Charged as follows: ** Neopost recrediting charged via 090 premium rate telephone call charged at £1.50 per minute inc. vat, actual cost may vary depending on connection and data transfer speeds. |
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