The pricing is on the higher side. In Pakistan, for instance, while Oracle might charge ten billion rupees for a license, Microsoft could offer a license for a significantly lower amount, such as one point five million rupees. However, the investment in Oracle database technology is justified by the peace of mind it brings in terms of data security and reliability, making it the preferred choice for organizations operating in sensitive sectors like banking. The pricing structure for Oracle products varies depending on the organization's profile. Oracle Corporation offers discounts for educational institutions such as universities, teaching institutes, and schools. Similarly, organizations with significant profits or large networks may receive preferential pricing. The cost is determined based on specific features utilized, such as Data Guard, compression, number of CPUs, and concurrent sessions. Pricing considerations also take into account the nature of the application, whether it's a web-based application accessed globally or a desktop application restricted to internal use within the organization.
Database and Middleware Technical Head at Riyadh Municipality
Real User
Top 5
Nov 2, 2023
The solution is on the expensive side, but it is not too costly. I would give it a five out of ten in terms of affordability. The cost of Oracle Data Guard is approximately $450,000 per year for my company.
The product is included in the Enterprise Edition license. If we have Enterprise Edition, no additional licensing is required. I rate the pricing a seven out of ten.
DBA Team Lead at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Jan 25, 2023
There is no set cost for the solution. The cost of the Oracle license will depend on the negotiations with Oracle. The license is costly compared with other database systems. The license includes primary support, patches, and technical support.
In some cases, some costumers chose to buy a lot of licenses to have software - at least at first. I'm not happy and okay with some policies of Oracle. In some cases, you have to pay extra money for some features. It's very hard to have access to software directly in comparison to buying some licenses. You can adjust them for some Oracle software, however, if you want to develop or expand your features, it's typically hard to do so in my country. Based on my friend's and colleague's experience, they find it a little bit tricky to use Oracle for buying certain software or getting extra features, and based on my experience, most free and open-source projects are already pretty good.
Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Oct 22, 2019
It's a master of making money! If you want to have everything automated and done smoothly, you have to add additional licenses. They should have more standard licenses without us having to go for additional licenses to get full support. Regarding infrastructure, most of the time the additional costs for uploading systems, alarming the operations, patching the operating system, caring about the shadow data, all of this needs to be maintained as well. So we end up having additional costs and that's why I would advise others to avoid it, if possible.
Cloud Expert | DevOps | Oracle Consultant at confidential
Consultant
Top 20
Jun 6, 2019
Oracle Data Guard is a free solution. When you apply for Enterprise Manager, it comes for free with the solution. When you apply an enterprise solution to a database, you have to pay. It depends on the connotation of the project and what you need for the protocol.
Oracle Data Guard ensures high availability, data protection, and disaster recovery for enterprise data. Data Guard provides a comprehensive set of services that create, maintain, manage, and monitor one or more standby databases to enable production Oracle databases to survive disasters and data corruptions. Data Guard can be used with traditional backup, restoration, and cluster techniques to provide a high level of data protection and data availability.
The pricing is on the higher side. In Pakistan, for instance, while Oracle might charge ten billion rupees for a license, Microsoft could offer a license for a significantly lower amount, such as one point five million rupees. However, the investment in Oracle database technology is justified by the peace of mind it brings in terms of data security and reliability, making it the preferred choice for organizations operating in sensitive sectors like banking. The pricing structure for Oracle products varies depending on the organization's profile. Oracle Corporation offers discounts for educational institutions such as universities, teaching institutes, and schools. Similarly, organizations with significant profits or large networks may receive preferential pricing. The cost is determined based on specific features utilized, such as Data Guard, compression, number of CPUs, and concurrent sessions. Pricing considerations also take into account the nature of the application, whether it's a web-based application accessed globally or a desktop application restricted to internal use within the organization.
The product is expensive.
The licensing cost is significantly high.
We had an unlimited license agreement with Oracle.
The solution is on the expensive side, but it is not too costly. I would give it a five out of ten in terms of affordability. The cost of Oracle Data Guard is approximately $450,000 per year for my company.
The product is included in the Enterprise Edition license. If we have Enterprise Edition, no additional licensing is required. I rate the pricing a seven out of ten.
There is no set cost for the solution. The cost of the Oracle license will depend on the negotiations with Oracle. The license is costly compared with other database systems. The license includes primary support, patches, and technical support.
Check with Oracle to make sure you are using your products effectively.
The cost is expensive.
It is not a cheap product, but if you look at the price, features, availability, scalability, and maturity, it is a very good product.
We work for a non-profit organization, so we have a discounted rate on licensing and other purchasing agreements.
In some cases, some costumers chose to buy a lot of licenses to have software - at least at first. I'm not happy and okay with some policies of Oracle. In some cases, you have to pay extra money for some features. It's very hard to have access to software directly in comparison to buying some licenses. You can adjust them for some Oracle software, however, if you want to develop or expand your features, it's typically hard to do so in my country. Based on my friend's and colleague's experience, they find it a little bit tricky to use Oracle for buying certain software or getting extra features, and based on my experience, most free and open-source projects are already pretty good.
It's a master of making money! If you want to have everything automated and done smoothly, you have to add additional licenses. They should have more standard licenses without us having to go for additional licenses to get full support. Regarding infrastructure, most of the time the additional costs for uploading systems, alarming the operations, patching the operating system, caring about the shadow data, all of this needs to be maintained as well. So we end up having additional costs and that's why I would advise others to avoid it, if possible.
The pricing of Oracle is average. It's not inexpensive but it's okay.
This is the best solution if you want something similar that's less expensive than Oracle Grid. We pay once per year.
Oracle Data Guard is a free solution. When you apply for Enterprise Manager, it comes for free with the solution. When you apply an enterprise solution to a database, you have to pay. It depends on the connotation of the project and what you need for the protocol.