Competitor Pricing Comparison

The world of virtual offices can be extremely difficult to evaluate, as I have found there to be a lot of misleading pricing and hidden fees. In order to try to do a fair ‘apples-to-apples’ comparison between the top 4 providers, I looked at 6 of the top markets. As part of my comparison, I tried to get addresses as close as possible, and always within the same zip code. As you will see from the pricing comparison below, there is one very clear winner in all situations throughout the USA, and that is Opus Virtual Offices. As the saying goes, “numbers don’t lie.”

Unlike the other three virtual office providers, Opus Virtual Offices promotes very clear pricing with no hidden fees, and their ‘All-Inclusive’ price beat the competition in ALL 6 locations researched. To be honest, I started my analysis with only 3 locations, but then expanded it to 6 locations just to see if my results would hold up, or if any of the other competitors would ever beat Opus Virtual Offices. Much to my surprise, Opus Virtual Offices beat the competition every single time, and it wasn’t even close!

The gap becomes even greater if you want your mail forwarded rather than picking it up. While these Opus Virtual Office locations only charge for the postage associated with forwarding your mail, the other three providers all charge a ‘handling fee’ on top of the postage, ranging from $10-$95 per month, depending on the provider and the frequency of the mail forwarding. The same was true for the call answering services, as Opus and Regus both provide UNLIMITED call answering, while Davinci Virtual Office Solutions and Alliance Virtual Offices only include 50 minutes in the price listed.

Lastly, is the minimum contract length. While Opus Virtual Offices’ pricing is for a 3-month minimum contract period, the pricing for the other three competitors is based upon a 6-month contract. Regus actually advertises pricing based upon a 2-year contract, but I used their 6-month contract pricing in order to provide a more realistic comparison. That said, if you think that Regus is a better solution for you and you don’t mind committing to a 2-year contract, then know that you could pay approximately $25-$35/mo lower than what is detailed in the pricing comparison below.

Given the pricing disparity outlined herein, when would it ever make sense to consider Regus, Davinci or Alliance rather than Opus? The answer to this question lies in my opening paragraph. Specifically, Opus is typically the best choice throughout the USA and in some parts of Canada and Puerto Rico; however, if you are looking for an office outside of these areas, then Regus, Davinci, or to a lesser extent, Alliance, may be your only alternatives. It is for that reason, that Regus is often the preferred choice for very large multinational corporations with big budgets, as they prefer to deal with one vendor that can accommodate their employees worldwide.