Endpoint security for small business networks

Centrally managed protection for every computer in the office, licensed correctly and renewed on a schedule you control rather than one that arrives by surprise.

Where this usually goes wrong

1 Nobody can say with certainty how many computers are protected today, or which licence covers which machine.
2 Protection was bought one machine at a time at retail, so renewal dates are scattered across the year.
3 Consumer subscriptions are running on office computers, which most publishers' licence terms do not permit.
4 An insurer, a client questionnaire or an auditor has asked for evidence of endpoint protection and there is nothing to send them.
5 The person who originally set everything up has left, and the console login left with them.

What Corelink does

Establish how many devices genuinely need a licence, including servers and machines staff use from home.
Quote comparable business products from more than one publisher, with the differences between them explained in plain terms.
Place the order through an authorized United States distributor and deliver licence keys and console access by email.
Consolidate renewal dates onto a single anniversary, so the next renewal is one decision rather than nine.
Send a renewal quote before the term expires, early enough that you can act on it.

What the problem is

Most offices of this size did not choose their security software so much as accumulate it. A laptop arrived with a trial subscription and somebody paid the renewal. A desktop was bought at a retail store with a three-device pack, and two of those devices are at somebody’s house. Another machine has whatever the last IT contractor installed in 2021. Nothing connects any of it, so no one person can answer a question as simple as how many computers in this office are currently protected.

That answer stops being an administrative detail the moment somebody outside the business asks for it. A cyber insurance application asks whether endpoint protection is deployed across all endpoints and centrally managed. A client’s vendor questionnaire asks the same thing in different words. A regulator, in certain industries, asks for evidence rather than an assurance. Each of those questions assumes a single console with a device list in it, and an office that bought protection machine by machine has no such thing.

There is a quieter cost as well. Retail subscriptions renew automatically at whatever the current list price happens to be, on nine different dates, charged to whichever card was on file at the time. Nobody reviews any of it, because reviewing it would mean first working out what exists.

What we provide

Corelink licenses business endpoint protection products and delivers them to you electronically. We work with the publishers’ small-business lines, which differ from their consumer products in ways that matter here: they are licensed for commercial use, they report into a single administrative console that shows every machine and its current status, and they can be deployed and updated without somebody walking to each desk.

Before quoting, we establish the real device count. This is the step most often got wrong, and it is worth getting right in both directions — firms routinely under-count by forgetting servers and home machines, and over-count by including equipment that was retired two years ago. We ask what the machines are, what they run, and who uses them from where.

We then quote comparable products from more than one publisher, because there is rarely one correct answer for an office of twenty computers. The meaningful differences are usually the console, the impact on older hardware, whether detection-and-response features are included or sold separately, and the shape of the multi-year pricing. We explain those differences in plain terms and say which one we would choose, and why.

What you receive

After an order is placed you receive your licence keys or activation details by email, along with the publisher’s console sign-in and their deployment documentation. Delivery is electronic; there is no physical shipment. Our delivery policy sets out the timing and what to do if something does not arrive.

The licence is registered to your company, not to us. If you decide to buy elsewhere at renewal, the account and the console stay with you. We think that is the only defensible way to sell software, and it is worth confirming with any reseller you talk to, including us.

Before your term ends we send a renewal quote with enough notice to compare it against alternatives. Where your existing licences expire on scattered dates, we can usually align them to a single anniversary as part of a renewal, which turns an annual scramble into one scheduled decision.

How pricing works

Business endpoint products are licensed per device, per year. Price per device falls as device count rises, and falls again on two- and three-year terms, which is why a twenty-five machine office frequently pays less in total for three years of a business product than it was paying annually for scattered consumer subscriptions.

We do not publish prices, and we are wary of anybody in this market who does. Distributor pricing changes, publishers run quarterly promotions, and the right answer depends on device count, term length and which product actually fits. A published price would be either out of date or a number designed to get you into a conversation. We would rather send you a real quote.

Quotes are itemised: product, quantity, term, unit price and total. There is no setup fee and no charge for the quote itself.

Common questions

Do you install the software on our computers?

No. We license the software and deliver the keys and console access; installation is carried out by your own staff or your IT provider, using the publisher's deployment instructions. If you have no IT provider, say so in your quote request and we will tell you honestly how much work deployment involves before you buy.

What counts as a device for licensing purposes?

Almost always any computer the software is installed on, which means desktops, laptops and, under most business licences, servers. A licence is generally consumed per installed device rather than per employee, so a member of staff with both a desktop and a laptop usually needs two. We confirm the counting rule for the specific product before quoting.

Can we keep using the consumer product we already have?

Usually not in the way you would want to. Consumer subscriptions are ordinarily licensed for personal use, have no central console, and give you no way to prove coverage to an insurer or an auditor. We will tell you plainly whether moving is worth the cost in your situation.

What happens if we buy and then change our mind?

Licence keys are delivered electronically and cannot be returned once issued, which is standard across the industry. Our refund policy sets out the narrow circumstances in which we can help, and we would rather size the order correctly than sell you seats you do not need.

Do we have to sign a multi-year contract?

No. One-year terms are available on every product we quote. Multi-year terms usually cost less per year and fix the price against increases, but they also commit you, so we quote both and let you decide.

Request an endpoint security quote

Tell us how many computers you have and what you run today. We reply with options and pricing during business hours — there is no automated checkout and no obligation.