NetSys vs. Power Consulting
Power Consulting has worked in New York technology since 1991 and publishes its AI program phase by phase, down to the production agent system it runs in house. NetSys, independent since 1998, runs an AI practice too, from Brooklyn. That overlap makes this a more interesting matchup than the usual managed IT comparison.
The short answer
Both firms build automation, so start there. Power Consulting publishes a three phase AI agent program, discovery and infrastructure first, then build and test, then deploy and manage, with an in-house production agent system called Hermes behind it. NetSys runs AI inside the same agreement as cybersecurity and managed IT, led by Jamie Baum. If you want AI as a defined project with an end date, they are a strong pick. If you want it running alongside the rest of your IT, we are.
What Power Consulting is
Power Consulting works from one published office on West 26th Street in Manhattan and runs borough and region pages for Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, Bergen County and New Jersey. Their Brooklyn page dates the firm to 1991. The managed offer is built around unlimited tickets at one monthly price with no added fees, covering remote help desk, field technicians, monitoring and maintenance, device and software management, cybersecurity, cloud, disaster recovery and procurement. They also describe a data center the company operates itself, which is worth asking about, because it changes where your recovery copies live.
Published headquarters: New York, NY (127 W 26th St, 8th floor, New York, NY 10001). powerconsulting.com
Two AI practices, built at different layers
Their AI page publishes a program: three phases across the opening months, and Hermes, an agent system they run in production. That is a specific thing to put on a website, and it gives a buyer something concrete to evaluate before a call. The NetSys practice sits inside the managed agreement instead. Jamie Baum leads readiness assessments, Copilot rollouts, custom agents and workflow automation for clients whose systems we already run, so the automation is built by the people who hold the identity, the endpoints and the data it touches.
Service levels with compensation attached
Their managed IT page publishes a four hour field technician response and states that guaranteed service levels carry compensation when they are missed. Money on the line is the sharpest form a service commitment can take, and if that is what you are buying, get the schedule and its exclusions in writing. A field response time answers a different question from a detection time, so it is worth knowing which one your incident will turn on. NetSys runs 24/7 monitoring so the alert arrives ahead of the ticket, and response terms are set against your environment at the point we quote.
Where your recovery copies sit
Their disaster recovery page frames the work around recovery point, recovery time and the cost of downtime, and describes a data center the company operates. If you would rather your backups sat inside infrastructure your provider controls end to end, that is a genuine difference of model and it is published on their site. NetSys plans recovery around restores that are performed and timed rather than around a building, and we will give you the date and duration of the last one we ran. Where the copies live matters less than whether anyone has proved they come back.
What each of us publishes
Their column is quoted from pages on powerconsulting.com and links to each one. Ours states what we commit to elsewhere on this site. Nothing below is our opinion of their work.
| The NetSys Group | Power Consulting | |
|---|---|---|
| Agreement | Month to month. Leave any time, no early-exit penalty. | Their co-managed IT page states that co-managed services scale on a fixed month-to-month basis with unlimited technical support for one monthly fee. (powerconsulting.com) |
| What the monthly fee covers | One agreement: AI services, cybersecurity, managed IT with help desk, PAM, PIM and disaster recovery planning. | Their managed IT page states that managed services include unlimited tickets at one monthly price with no added fees, covering remote helpdesk, field tech support, network monitoring and maintenance, device and software management, cybersecurity, cloud services, disaster recovery, and IT procurement. (powerconsulting.com) |
| Privileged access and credentials | PAM and PIM in the base agreement, each with a published service page describing the work. | We could not find privileged access, privileged identity management or managed credentials named on their site. |
| AI and automation | In-house practice led by Jamie Baum: readiness assessments, Copilot rollouts, custom agents and workflow automation. | Their AI page publishes an annual price range of $24K to $54K for the AI agent program, a three-phase engagement (Discovery & Infrastructure in month 1, Build & Test in month 2, Deploy & Manage from month 3), and names an in-house production agent system called Hermes. (powerconsulting.com) |
| Disaster recovery | A written plan plus restores that are performed and timed. More than 30 ransomware incidents handled in three years, every one recovered. | Their disaster recovery page describes DR and business continuity planning around Recovery Point, Recovery Time and Downtime Costs, and describes a company-operated data center. (powerconsulting.com) |
| Who answers | A NetSys engineer, plus a named account manager who gives you a real cell number. | Their IT helpdesk page describes 24/7/365 service from localized technicians with unlimited issue response including onsite escalations at one price per user, and states 97% of issues are resolved remotely. (powerconsulting.com) |
| Response commitments | Written into the agreement rather than implied on the website. | Their managed IT page publishes a four-hour field technician response time and states that guaranteed service levels include compensation for misses. (powerconsulting.com) |
| Proof before you commit | A free Tier 1 external penetration test. The findings are yours whether or not you hire us. | Their IT assessment page lists the scope of an IT assessment (server and file-sharing permissions, backup and business continuity readiness, private/public cloud resources, A/V and VOIP configuration, desktop/laptop hardware recommendations, hardware warranties, software versions), references penetration testing and vulnerability scans in specialized assessments, and its calls to action are 'Request a Quote', 'See Service Pricing' and 'Request More Information'. (powerconsulting.com) |
| Where they are | One office, in Brooklyn. On-site coverage across the New York metro, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and Florida, and remote delivery anywhere in the US. | Their contact page publishes one office address in Manhattan and names NYC, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bergen County and New Jersey as service areas. (powerconsulting.com) |
Power Consulting appears here because it ranked on the first page of search results for IT services in Brooklyn, NY when we checked in September 2026. Everything in their column is drawn from pages published on https://powerconsulting.com/ and links to the source. Where we could not find something published we say so, which means we did not find it, not that it does not exist. We make no claim about the quality of their service. All trademarks belong to their owners and no affiliation or endorsement is implied.
Four more things worth knowing about Power Consulting
Size and history
- Their Brooklyn managed IT services page states the firm has provided technology solutions since 1991. (powerconsulting.com)
NetSys: Independent since 1998. One office, in Brooklyn, and no private equity owner behind the name.
Industries they name
- Their industries page names finance, non-profit, education, healthcare, creative/media, legal, digital agencies, startups, mid-sized businesses and enterprise. (powerconsulting.com)
NetSys: Twenty six industries with a page each, from healthcare and legal to hedge funds, auto dealers and government contractors.
Compliance work published
- Their cybersecurity page names HIPAA, PCI and GDPR, and lists GDPR monitoring and scanning, NYDFS compliance and NYCRR 500 compliance among its services. (powerconsulting.com)
NetSys: Nine frameworks with a service page each: HIPAA, CMMC 2.0, SOC 2, NIST CSF 2.0, NYDFS 23 NYCRR 500, NY SHIELD, FTC Safeguards, PCI DSS and GLBA.
Rates on the website
- Their FAQ page describes a per-user pricing model, mentions umbrella pricing options, and directs prospects to contact the company for pricing specifics. (powerconsulting.com)
- Their managed IT page publishes an expected price band for managed IT in NYC. (powerconsulting.com)
NetSys: We do not publish rates. We quote per business rather than per seat, after a call, because a thirty person firm with two servers and a thirty person firm with a regulator are not the same job.
What we looked for on their site and could not find
privileged access, privileged identity management or managed credentials.
That means we did not find it published, not that it does not exist. Ask them directly, and ask us the same questions. If Power Consulting publishes any of this and we missed it, write to info@netsysgroup.com and we will add it.
The honest fit: is NetSys the right Power Consulting alternative?
When Power Consulting is the better choice
Power Consulting earns the job when you want AI delivered as a defined program with phases and a named agent platform behind it, or when unlimited tickets at one monthly price per user is the commercial shape that suits how you budget. Their published service levels carry compensation for a miss, which is a commitment a buyer can act on, and their help desk page states around the clock coverage with ninety seven percent of issues resolved remotely.
When NetSys is the better choice
The case for NetSys is one team doing the AI work and the security work, on the same network, under one month to month agreement with no early exit penalty. That agreement includes privileged access and privileged identity management, disaster recovery planning and 24/7 monitoring. We are in Brooklyn, we cover the tri-state on site, and any engagement can start with a free Tier 1 external penetration test whose findings stay yours.
NetSys and Power Consulting: FAQs
What does Power Consulting include in its managed IT service?
Their managed IT page sets it out as unlimited tickets at one monthly price with no added fees, covering remote help desk, field technician support, network monitoring and maintenance, device and software management, cybersecurity, cloud services, disaster recovery and IT procurement. The NetSys agreement is drawn differently: AI adoption and automation, cybersecurity, managed IT with help desk, privileged access management, privileged identity management and disaster recovery planning, quoted per business rather than per seat, because a thirty person firm with a regulator is not the same job as a thirty person firm without one.
What is a Power Consulting alternative for AI and automation work?
NetSys, if you want the automation and the infrastructure held by one team. Their published approach is a program you buy with a defined shape and phases, which suits a company that has an internal IT function and wants a specialist project delivered next to it. Ours is a practice inside the managed relationship, led by Jamie Baum with Karla Gilvergara on AI tooling, and everything it builds sits on the tenant and the identity model we already administer. That is a different shape of commitment from a program with an end date.
Is Power Consulting a Brooklyn company or a Manhattan one?
Their contact page publishes a single office on West 26th Street in Manhattan, and Brooklyn appears as a named service area alongside Manhattan, Queens, Bergen County and New Jersey. For most day to day work that distinction does not matter, since monitoring, patching and help desk run remotely for every provider in this market. It starts to matter when somebody has to stand in your server room on a Friday night. NetSys is in Brooklyn and covers the tri-state area on site from there.
Are we locked into a term if we switch providers?
Not with either firm, on what each publishes. Their co-managed page states that services scale on a fixed month to month basis with unlimited technical support for one monthly fee. NetSys is month to month with no early exit penalty. That turns a switch into a project management question rather than a legal one. One clause is easy to miss: whether the monitoring and backup agents on your machines are licensed to you or to the provider, because that decides whether the tooling stays when the provider goes.
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