It's not easy, because IBM has about 42 versions of DB2, but in general their SE/EE prices are similar to SQL Server, ie a third and half of Oracle's.
It's a good point about support costs. Microsoft runs at 25%, Oracle at 22%. Comparing is hard, of course, since you can often get Server-licenses (not cpu or named user, but server) on SQL Server, which might make many installations way cheaper. IBM often bundle in Support for free these days.
One difference I've noticed is that Microsoft will bundle in OLAP stuff in the EE version, while it's a 50% extra price option with Oracle.
It depends.
Mogens
Ryan wrote:
how do oracle costs compare to DB2? Anyone use that? I dont have any experience in pricing.
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RyanMySQL.
Comparing the costs are very difficult. You must carefully verify you have
included all the costs, such as support.
Oracle has Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition. Microsoft has
Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition. From my analysis, they are not
comparable (SE to SE or EE to EE). If you are considering MS SQL, you have
probably decided you don't need the features of Oracle EE. If you feel you
don't need the features in Microsoft EE you should probably consider
Therefore I feel that for most sites the comparison comes down to OracleSE
vs. MS SQL EE. If you factor in all the support costs, I found that Oracleover
SE was actually a little cheaper than MS SQL EE. I did that comparison
claimsa year ago, so the prices may be slightly different today. And in your situation one or both vendors may be willing to reduce their price.
Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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what is the difference in cost between sql server and oracle? oracle
its similiar due to sql server needing more hard ware. now that isprobably
bull in low end system, but is it accurate in high end systems?
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My company it's moving all the development efforts to SQL Server because the customers don't want to pay Oracle licenses anymore..
Gabriel
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