Senior Infrastructure Specialist at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Real User
Top 5
Jan 3, 2025
Pricing depends mainly on hardware costs. The main expense is the hardware, as the operating system and logical domains are free. Oracle does not charge for these, however, they do charge for support and maintenance associated with the hardware. I f I opt for any clustered Oracle products, there are different licensing costs. When it comes to hardware, the cost of the hardware is the primary concern. The OS and logical domains are free, however, if support is needed, it is chargeable. Licensing for application databases is separate.
The user will be charged accordingly as well—pay as you go. So, that's also a feature that comes with Oracle. Basically, you get charged only for storage. If I stop a VM, then I'm not charged for the CPU usage. So, that's fine. The pricing is cheap. The charge is around $20 to $ 30 per day for that.
Oracle VM is a virtualization solution that facilitates moving operating systems between different platforms. However, it's not an automatic process and requires some preparation and configuration, including data migration. When transitioning from platforms such as Unix to Linux, it involves more than just a simple copy-paste operation. Complexity varies depending on the specific circumstances.
The solution comes for free with Oracle's x86 servers, called X9. If you choose other x86 vendors like HP or Dell, you must procure an Oracle Linux subscription with two modes. 8-5 support and 24/7 support. The 8-5 support is $400 per year for up to two servers, 24/7 costs $1,400 for a two-node system.
The solution as a standalone product can not be purchased. When you purchase the hardware such as Oracle X36, and the support cost for the hardware, you get the support for the operating system and the virtualization stack included. It is part of either operating systemized on the Linux side or over on the slower side. I give the cost a seven out of ten.
Oracle VM pricing is expensive, because it runs on the Oracle database, and the Oracle database runs very smoothly on Oracle VM and Oracle Linux, and this can make pricing more expensive.
Clients who use the solution pay for a subscription. Oracle VM and Oracle Linux, they're not sold as a license. However, they have support subscription. It is so cheap. It's almost 3% cheaper than any other virtualization product that is there in the market. There are many clients who use it exclusively for virtualization; they have converted their existing virtualization solution to Oracle VM.
Manager, IT at a renewables & environment company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Dec 6, 2021
The price compares well with other solutions. Oracle has flexible payment and cost methods. We use an annual credit plan by committing to one year in the Oracle environment. By making this commitment they provide deep discounts for what we do. They also offer a pay as you go and monthly plans.
Senior Oracle Database Administrator at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Real User
Jun 8, 2021
Oracle VM is inexpensive. It's open-source, but you pay for support. Oracle is free of charge, although you have to have a subscription for the support.
All other vendors are selling their licenses to use the VM, but Oracle isn't doing that, which is its biggest advantage. It is free. All you have to do is get the hardware. You can create an unlimited number of VMs for free. With VMware, you have to purchase licenses for the number of VMs that you want to create. You only pay for their premium support, and even that is optional. I am now learning this product, and we can even do without the support.
Vice President of Data Journalism at a media company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Jan 26, 2021
On one hand, I like Oracle's licensing strategy in that they don't have license keys. You don't have to call and beg for another 30-day key and all the hassle that a lot of smaller companies do. Oracle does allow new users to understand what the value of their VM is for you. I see using this solution primarily as a way of maintaining or managing my costs. Anybody who's got any experience in another virtualization technology will pick it up fairly rapidly. It's not difficult to understand. It's not difficult to use. However, if you've got a set of standards and practices in your existing IT, it's another one to learn. It's another one to maintain. And most companies try to streamline. Their licensing is based on the number of cores. Companies need to be careful about costs as they can rise rapidly.
IT Team Lead Planning & Assets at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Oct 1, 2020
In regards to pricing, a lot of that is dictated. The tools and technology that we use are dictated by a global engineering team based in the US. Because it's one shop fits all, for a big corporation, or a big company like us if they say we have to use VMware, then we've got global partners, and we approach our partners for pricing. With having a global contract, we get some discounts. we just move forward with it. We don't really have much of a say when it comes down to pricing, because it's all done at a global level.
I'm on the technical side of things, so I don't deal with the licensing part of the business. I'm not sure what the costs are. It doesn't concern my day-to-day.
Solutions Consultant at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
Consultant
Jan 8, 2019
The cost of this solution is cheap. It is one of the reasons we chose Oracle VM. It is truly "pocket- friendly." In regards to the licensing, Oracle VM is definitely a good choice for a customer that is already using Oracle solutions.
If you choose Oracle hardware, then this virtualization software is included along with support. Licensing of various oracle applications is one of the more expensive components of any implementation, the ability to hard partition it is a major advantage which outweighs any other disadvantage for various x86-based solutions.
OVM support licensing is included in the price of any Sun x86 servers. Since we can use the software for partitioning, it helps save on the licensing of other Oracle products that are licensed on a per-core basis.
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There is no problem. It is not a major issue. We can say that Oracle VM is not a very expensive solution.
Pricing depends mainly on hardware costs. The main expense is the hardware, as the operating system and logical domains are free. Oracle does not charge for these, however, they do charge for support and maintenance associated with the hardware. I f I opt for any clustered Oracle products, there are different licensing costs. When it comes to hardware, the cost of the hardware is the primary concern. The OS and logical domains are free, however, if support is needed, it is chargeable. Licensing for application databases is separate.
The pricing for the platform is aligned with other enterprise virtualization solutions.
The user will be charged accordingly as well—pay as you go. So, that's also a feature that comes with Oracle. Basically, you get charged only for storage. If I stop a VM, then I'm not charged for the CPU usage. So, that's fine. The pricing is cheap. The charge is around $20 to $ 30 per day for that.
Oracle VM is a virtualization solution that facilitates moving operating systems between different platforms. However, it's not an automatic process and requires some preparation and configuration, including data migration. When transitioning from platforms such as Unix to Linux, it involves more than just a simple copy-paste operation. Complexity varies depending on the specific circumstances.
Oracle VM is not expensive. I rate its pricing a three out of ten.
There is no need to make any payments to use the solution. You can just download the product and use it for free.
I have heard from my colleague that it comes with a high price tag. I would rate it five out of ten.
The solution comes for free with Oracle's x86 servers, called X9. If you choose other x86 vendors like HP or Dell, you must procure an Oracle Linux subscription with two modes. 8-5 support and 24/7 support. The 8-5 support is $400 per year for up to two servers, 24/7 costs $1,400 for a two-node system.
I work with the paid version. We are moving to the latest Oracle virtualization solutions, so we are going to stick to this solution.
The solution's price is relatively low.
We use the product's free version that is not licensed.
We currently pay yearly licensing for the solution. it is an expensive solution.
The solution as a standalone product can not be purchased. When you purchase the hardware such as Oracle X36, and the support cost for the hardware, you get the support for the operating system and the virtualization stack included. It is part of either operating systemized on the Linux side or over on the slower side. I give the cost a seven out of ten.
Oracle VM pricing is expensive, because it runs on the Oracle database, and the Oracle database runs very smoothly on Oracle VM and Oracle Linux, and this can make pricing more expensive.
The price of the license is expensive.
The licensing for Oracle VM solution is very nice because you license the box.
My customers are all working with enterprise edition licenses with Oracle.
Clients who use the solution pay for a subscription. Oracle VM and Oracle Linux, they're not sold as a license. However, they have support subscription. It is so cheap. It's almost 3% cheaper than any other virtualization product that is there in the market. There are many clients who use it exclusively for virtualization; they have converted their existing virtualization solution to Oracle VM.
The price compares well with other solutions. Oracle has flexible payment and cost methods. We use an annual credit plan by committing to one year in the Oracle environment. By making this commitment they provide deep discounts for what we do. They also offer a pay as you go and monthly plans.
We found this product to be reasonably priced, it's not expensive like VMware.
Oracle VM is inexpensive. It's open-source, but you pay for support. Oracle is free of charge, although you have to have a subscription for the support.
All other vendors are selling their licenses to use the VM, but Oracle isn't doing that, which is its biggest advantage. It is free. All you have to do is get the hardware. You can create an unlimited number of VMs for free. With VMware, you have to purchase licenses for the number of VMs that you want to create. You only pay for their premium support, and even that is optional. I am now learning this product, and we can even do without the support.
On one hand, I like Oracle's licensing strategy in that they don't have license keys. You don't have to call and beg for another 30-day key and all the hassle that a lot of smaller companies do. Oracle does allow new users to understand what the value of their VM is for you. I see using this solution primarily as a way of maintaining or managing my costs. Anybody who's got any experience in another virtualization technology will pick it up fairly rapidly. It's not difficult to understand. It's not difficult to use. However, if you've got a set of standards and practices in your existing IT, it's another one to learn. It's another one to maintain. And most companies try to streamline. Their licensing is based on the number of cores. Companies need to be careful about costs as they can rise rapidly.
In regards to pricing, a lot of that is dictated. The tools and technology that we use are dictated by a global engineering team based in the US. Because it's one shop fits all, for a big corporation, or a big company like us if they say we have to use VMware, then we've got global partners, and we approach our partners for pricing. With having a global contract, we get some discounts. we just move forward with it. We don't really have much of a say when it comes down to pricing, because it's all done at a global level.
I'm on the technical side of things, so I don't deal with the licensing part of the business. I'm not sure what the costs are. It doesn't concern my day-to-day.
Oracle VM is free if you are running it on Oracle infrastructure hardware, otherwise, it is subscription-based.
Pricing and licensing is one of the main decision making reasons for going to Oracle VM because it was cost-effective.
The cost of this solution is cheap. It is one of the reasons we chose Oracle VM. It is truly "pocket- friendly." In regards to the licensing, Oracle VM is definitely a good choice for a customer that is already using Oracle solutions.
If you buy an Oracle server, this solution is free. You have to only pay for support.
The price of this product is high.
If you choose Oracle hardware, then this virtualization software is included along with support. Licensing of various oracle applications is one of the more expensive components of any implementation, the ability to hard partition it is a major advantage which outweighs any other disadvantage for various x86-based solutions.
OVM support licensing is included in the price of any Sun x86 servers. Since we can use the software for partitioning, it helps save on the licensing of other Oracle products that are licensed on a per-core basis.