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Oracle: Is the High Price Worth It?
Oracle’s relational database has a lot of competitors, but it is still considered to be the best. And bolstered by a variety of acquisitions, Oracle is pretty strong across a wide range of business application categories.
But choosing Oracle isn’t cheap. Oracle RDBMS software lists at $40,000 per CPU compared with Microsoft’s SQL server at $25,000 per CPU. And Open Source options are much much cheaper.
MySQL has done a comparison of the total cost of ownership of a database system for three years. They calculate that an Oracle system can set you back $768,000. A MySQL system can be operated at a 90% savings.
Oracle’s cost has got some customers thinking that it may be time to look at other options. A survey by searchoracle.com of 683 IT professionals at companies using Oracle found that 48% of them are considering lower-cost alternatives. Of those that are considering other options, 73% say that Oracle’s cost is the main reason for evaluating options. Others have issues with Oracle’s ease of use, support and functionality.
Other users say that you get what you pay for and that Oracle’s quality of services and support is hard to match. But as might be expected, some disagree.
As with anything, before buying, carefully check and compare before making a decision.
