- Cyber Security
Cloud Services and Cyber Essentials Plus: What Counts?
18 Jun, 2026

£36.08 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
This is one of those boring-but-useful add-ons. Paying £30.40 ex-VAT for a 3-year Omada Cloud Controller licence for a single device makes sense if you already run (or plan to run) Omada gear and you want remote management without faffing around with your own controller hosting. In day-to-day terms, it’s handy for multisite installs, small offices, or managed service setups where “being able to check and push configs from anywhere” saves a lot of time.
That said, I wouldn’t buy it if you’re only managing one network locally and you’re happy with on-prem control—cloud convenience is the whole point here, and you’ll pay for it. Also double-check you actually need the **cloud** controller specifically (not just basic management), because the value depends entirely on whether you’ll benefit from remote access over the next three years. If you’ve got a real need for central oversight and you’re buying into the Omada ecosystem, it’s good value; if you’re doing a simple setup, it’s probably unnecessary spend.

Lenovo
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server - Subscription (3 years) + Lenovo Standard Support - 1-2 sockets/virtual machines - for ThinkSystem SR250 V2, SR630 V2, SR645, SR650 V2, SR665, ST250 V2, ST50, ST50 V2, ST650 V2

TP-Link
TP-Link Omada Cloud-Based Controller - Subscription licence (5 years) - Linux

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Lenovo
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Standard subscription (1 year) + Red Hat Support - 2 sockets, 1 physical/virtual node
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