- Cyber Security
Cyber Essentials Plus for Small Businesses: Is It Worth It?
13 Jun, 2026

£208.50 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
If this is a Lenovo “software license/upgrade” SKU, the big question is always the same: is it extending the right device/account entitlement for the exact machine you’re installing it on? At £173.75 ex‑VAT, you’re paying a fairly typical reseller/brand uplift for the convenience of “official Lenovo bits” rather than hunting around for generic licensing routes. In practice, that’s worth it if you’ve got a managed Lenovo estate, you want predictable compliance, and you don’t want licensing admin to turn into a time sink.
Who should buy it? Mainly IT teams that are standardising deployments and want to keep things audit-friendly—especially if you’re upgrading operating system rights on a known Lenovo model/workflow. Who should *not* buy it? Anyone expecting a universal “upgrade” that magically works across hardware or versions—if the underlying entitlement doesn’t match, you’ll end up paying twice (first for the license, then for the correct one). If you’re doing only one or two machines, it’s also worth checking whether you can achieve the same outcome with existing agreements or less expensive route options; otherwise, you’re basically paying for Lenovo to do the paperwork.
If you tell me what OS/version you’re upgrading *from*, and whether this is for one PC or an estate, I can give you a clearer “yes/no” on whether £173.75 is good value in your specific scenario.

Lenovo
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