Zones Review
Global IT solutions provider with strong digital workspace consulting and 80+ country footprint.
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Overview
What is Zones?
Zones differentiates from pure-play IT resellers through a stronger services focus, particularly around digital workspace and digital transformation initiatives. For mid-market to enterprise organizations doing major IT transformation projects, the consulting depth can complement the procurement.
Capabilities
Key features, in detail
What you actually get when you turn Zones on for a distributed team.
80+ country operations
Global footprint useful for multinational enterprise IT procurement.
Digital workspace consulting
Significant consulting practice around digital workspace transformation.
Multi-OEM catalog
All major OEMs (Lenovo, Dell, HP, Apple) plus peripherals.
Asset lifecycle services
Configuration, deployment, retrieval services.
Enterprise integrations
Standard enterprise procurement tool integrations.
Pricing
How Zones pricing works
Zones is account-based with hardware procurement plus services priced separately.
Higher volume.
- Everything in B2B
- Volume discounts
- Asset lifecycle services
- Digital workspace consulting
Strategic enterprise.
- Everything in Enterprise
- Dedicated team
- Custom integrations
- Premium services
What you'll actually pay: Strongest value for organizations combining procurement with significant consulting needs.
The trade-offs
Pros & cons
What we like
- Strong services and consulting focus
- Global 80+ country operations
- Digital workspace transformation expertise
- Comprehensive multi-OEM catalog
What to watch out for
- Less brand recognition than CDW or Insight
- Services orientation can complicate transactional procurement
- Smaller than top-tier competitors
Ideal Customer Profile
Who is Zones best for?
The teams that get the most ROI from Zones tend to share these characteristics.
Digital transformation enterprises
Companies executing major digital workspace initiatives.
Multinational enterprises
Companies wanting consistent global IT procurement and services.
Consulting-needing mid-market
Organizations needing IT consulting alongside procurement.
If not Zones
Top alternatives to consider
Zones sits in a competitive category. These are the platforms most often evaluated alongside it.
CDW
Larger US B2B reseller.
Read review →Insight
Similar IT solutions provider.
Read review →SHI
Technical-depth alternative.
Review coming soonConnection
Mid-market reseller alternative.
Read review →Common questions
Zones FAQ
Similar services-oriented positioning. Insight is larger and has stronger cloud practice; Zones has stronger digital workspace consulting and global footprint. For digital workspace transformation, Zones; for general IT solutions, Insight.
Yes - 80+ countries with global operations. One of the broader global B2B IT solutions providers.
Consulting on modernizing how employees access and use IT - devices, applications, security, identity, mobility. Particularly relevant for distributed-team transformations.
Less optimized for SMB. SMBs typically get better experience from direct OEM portals or Newegg Business.
Bottom line
Our verdict on Zones
Best procurement + digital workspace consulting
Zones has carved out a position as a global IT solutions provider with stronger services and consulting focus than pure-play resellers. For mid-market to enterprise organizations executing digital workspace transformations or needing consistent global IT procurement, Zones is one of the better options.