• SAN array with 40TB FC and 40TB NL -450K
• 4x HP BL465c, 2x16, 256GB, 2x 10Gb FiberSwitch, 16x vSpere License, ESXi enterprise License - 200K
• Planning to hold 300 virtual servers
• This is based on an a quotation. I do not know the actual purchase price. The day to day cost is not much. There is no need to go to the data center unless we need to upgrade the hardware. I can power off and power on any server from my desk in case the server freezes.

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The licensing model is yearly-based. It is quite expensive.  Moreover, there are extra costs to the standard licensing fees. 

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This is really a niche area, but we have an enterprise license for our business. We have many users on our cloud applications, so we went with a costly enterprise license.

VMware does provide organizations with discounts. The customer service license fee we got discounts on from the supplier in order for us to get the best out of the license fees. That's our experience. We possibly paid less than our partner company. The partner is only local and not global like our firm.

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The tool is a bit expensive.

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The tool is neither expensive nor cheap. The pricing depends on the users. Suppose we have 100 users, and the architectural team spends $10,000 on infrastructure to build the data center. After some years, we have to replace the systems and upgrade them.

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Earlier, the solution had a perpetual license, but now, it has a subscription. Also, they have increased the price. The certification is costly.

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It's not a cheap solution. The maintenance specifically is quite expensive. I also find that it's more expensive than the higher tier products. 

We've looked at buying into something like a vROPS or whatever they call it today. However, when you look at the cost and the benefits, although there is great benefit in the product, it's just never been a cost discussion that we've been able to entertain with management. 

Similar to vSAN, we looked at that a couple of times. It's a great product and it has proven itself. It's brilliant. It's stable. However, as soon as you look at any peripheral products, it becomes quite expensive, as it's licensed per socket or per blade or per server or whatever. 

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The solution is not cheap.

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The licensing has become cheaper over time. As there are multiple offerings, it depends on how you are leveraging.

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It is very expensive as compared to other competitive hypervisor solutions in the market today. Its competitors are actually more aggressive. Even though most of them are less established solutions, they have started to catch up in functionality and capacity, and their pricing is extremely aggressive.

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I rate the solution's pricing a ten out of ten due to the recent price changes. 

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I find it highly expensive. I would rate it ten out of ten. It would be highly beneficial for VMware to collaborate with local hosts and partners in countries like those in Africa to establish specific pricing that would align with the economic conditions of countries in Africa, ensuring suitability and compatibility with our consumption capabilities.

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The product is expensive. I rate the pricing a three out of ten. They have multiple products with extra services. It increases the cost.

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VMware is expensive, from the baseline, initial investment. It depends, though, because if someone goes for ESXi—the latest version, ESXi Essential, or even the opensource—then it is not available in Microsoft. ESXi opensource is totally free, and the only features that aren't available are some API features. But if someone has a small office with less than 50 users, and they just need to run the hypervisor, then VMware is a free solution for that. If someone is considering the price and comparing Business ESXi with Hyper-V, if they already have an existing Windows license, then I would suggest going for Hyper-V because it's much cheaper. Aside from that, I would recommend going for VMware. 

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We are on a perpetual license for VMware vSphere and the price can be expensive compared to other solutions, such as Hyper-V. They should lower their price.

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As far as I know, there is a standard licensing fee. It all depends on the options that you choose and what you need for each business. Every company that I've worked for has had a different pricing model and a different set of use cases. So pricing can range anywhere from $700-$800 per server core, all the way up $2,000-$3,000 per core.

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vSphere 7.0.1 offers a lot more than the previous version. Container support is the last great addition for VMware and it is worth the money you spend on it.

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The license of VMware is a one-time payment and you can continue to enroll in support for troubleshooting and also administer the licenses.

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It's a common trend as many progressive IT firms are transitioning towards cloud or virtual environments due to factors like pricing, SMAX, and VMatter. In this regard, I would rate VMware as moderately satisfactory. I would rate it seven out of ten.

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This solution is quite expensive, but it provides the same functionality as its competitors.

Today, you have the Nutanix Hypervisor, which I believe is AHV and is also very good. However, because our infrastructure is so large, we have Nutanix servers that are similar to Hyperconverged, but we run VMware on them. However, we have some other sites where we have installed the Nutanix Hypervisor, which is AHV. And it is effective. And it's free if you buy the Nutanix bundle.

The license is expensive. It is powered by the CPU. The more CPU' you have, the more you have to buy.

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On a government contract, everything's just a base price. You don't get much of a choice. We'd always like to see the price drop, but I realize that may not be realistic.

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They can do better by giving better pricing. Their pricing is on the expensive side. As a matter of fact, we are considering switching to OpenStack.

We only work with perpetual licenses. As a company, we don't do subscriptions.

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Pricing can be an issue in terms of scalability, depending on how quickly you want to expand. If you budget every year, put some aside that you know you need to get another host and you plan for it, then it shouldn't be that hard. If you're going to try to all of a sudden say, "I want to add six hosts to my environment," then it's going to a little bit pricey and you're not going to want to spend the budget on it.

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Just evaluate the features offered in the different versions to meet your needs.

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VMware vSphere on-premises is still cheaper than the cloud. It's the kind of technology you can always count on.

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The biggest pain when it comes to VMware is that licensing costs are pretty high.

The product itself has been around for so many years, I'm sure they can offer much better terms.

The licensing is paid on a yearly basis. 

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When comparing the price of VMware solutions to other vendors, such as Nutanix, they are costly.

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I currently use the yearly licensing option, and I think that the pricing is fine for this solution.

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Its price is quite high. VMware licensing is quite costly. You have to pay for the CPU and Threads, but if you want good service, you have to pay the price. Its cost is not more than 1 million for us.

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The pricing could be improved.

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The original cost of the first set of servers to migrate a whole school district to, was close to $100,000. More recently, an upgrade to an SSD SAN cost an additional $120,000. Keeping in mind software costs of maintaining the product, and all virtualized servers, the day to day cost of the product is essentially the cost of running the hosts, (power, cooling, etc).

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The product is very expensive.

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I think the licensing cost depends on the number of users.

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One of the problems with the solution is the pricing. The licenses are not cheap.

We do pay a yearly licensing fee. Originally, it was a five-year package. Now we pay either every 12 or every 24 months.

If I have three hosts, just three hosts, a minimum of three hosts plus the vSphere and Center, I'm almost spending close to $250,000 a year. That's half a million in every two years inside just three hosts. In a serious medium enterprise where we would need at least 20 hosts, it means our annual fee or annual license cost could jump into the million-dollar range which means in three years you're spending three million alone on software.

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We do pay for the solution. It's on a yearly basis.

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This is not the cheapest solution, but when you consider the stability of VMware vSphere, it is a great solution.

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Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis. The license is a one-time payment. You buy it once and own it forever, but you must pay for support, which is provided by the vendor, on a yearly basis.

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We pay a yearly licensing fee. 

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There's a yearly licensing fee, however, it isn't overly expensive. 

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Considering the number of users, it is pretty reasonable. I am not aware of any costs in addition to the licensing fees.

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There is an annual cost for the use of this solution. 

The price is a little high in developing countries. If they were able to reduce the price they would receive more customers now and even more in the future.

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The price is reasonable.

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Normally our clients go for a one-time cost because that's easier for them. They don't want to go for recurring costs. But some clients prefer to go for recurring costs. It depends on the client and doesn't depend on us.

Once you pay for the standard license, that's it unless you want another feature to be activated. That's a different thing.

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The price is high, but you get a lot functionnality included with the product. You can also start with the free version of ESXi.

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I built the machine for the test environment we have in-house. The machine ran about $700.00 over all. Day to day cost is only that of the electricity used to run it. The 4 other ESXi hosts were built before I arrived. I can estimate the cost about $400 each plus the OS's (SBS, Win2008r2, etc, etc) to build and to run daily is again only the cost of the electricity. View full review »

It depends on the contract they have with VMware.

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There are different licensing costs depending on whether you're using the standard or enterprise solution. A socket in the standard solution might cost $1,000 whereas it would cost $4,000 for the enterprise socket. 

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Do not buy based on price alone. Many of my customers chose the lowest cost option only to discover that the additional funds needed to access even a few more features would have been money well spent. Likewise, if you are going to spend more money on additional features, then have a plan to actually deploy and integrate those features into your infrastructure. Many customers never take full advantage of the many features that they are paying for and that can be avoided by being proactive in developing your overall vision for the infrastructure.

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The cost is a bit high.

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The solution requires a license and it could be cheaper.

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We pay for the solution on an annual basis. There are no additional fees other than the standard license.

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I'm satisfied with the VMware vSphere price. They have a bundle that is priced well. However, any advantage feature is very costly.

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Our customers incur a yearly licensing fee, one of three or five years, in fact. 

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This is an expensive product and the price needs to be reduced.

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VMware is consistently expensive and their pricing arrogance is what will drive us and other customers away. Compared to physical systems, it is a bargain, but compared to other solutions, it is losing its appeal due to pricing.

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Consider the scale of environment, especially if you're in a position to have closeted datacenter. It’s self-contained and cost-effective.

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It’s not something I really deal with as an engineer. Because of the types of service we offer, we don’t sell customers vSphere licensing.

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We have an on-premises setup. There aren't any extra costs involved. 

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The organization pays the licensing fees.

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Our customers have the option of paying the licensing fee when they purchase the solution or renting it from us.

If a customer chooses to rent the solution, the customer pays us and we purchase the solution.

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You can save quite a bit using this solution. 

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vSphere is very expensive.

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vCenter is expensive. It's worse to buy if you have a high volume of ESXi hosts.

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In order to maintain stability, you should ensure that your physical machine is equipped with enough RAM, else it becomes ineffective. 

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The solution has standard licensing fees. Support is the only additional cost.

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We are currently buying some more licenses to be able to move to version 7.

The solution is expensive, however, due to the criticality of the features on offer, for us, it's worth the cost.

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There are 3 levels of licensing: Standard, Enterprise, and Enterprise Plus. VMware is very pricey and really the most useful in very large virtualization environments. It takes a lot of hardware and configuration knowledge. If you don't already have this in house, obtaining it can be pricey as well. 

If you aren't already familiar with virtualization environments, I would suggest taking a course and/or doing a lot of reading before deciding on a license and configuration.

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Licensing is not a major obstacle to adopting this product in an enterprise environment. VMware does offer some specialized vSphere editions for small business environments in which cost may be a considerable factor. There is a wide range of options provided by VMware with suitable price points for each license.

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Its price could be lower. There is the cost of one license, and then there is the subscription cost for support.

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The licensing model is not complex.

It is a perpetual licensing but there is also an annual maintenance cost. The price of the solution depends on the features that you want. You can have a very basic setup or you can choose a more advanced set of features. The more features that you want and the more extensive your requirement is, the more you have to pay.

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In my opinion, the price is not cheap, nor it is expensive. It's average.

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There is a perpetual license for this solution and the support is a yearly subscription.

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This is quite an expensive product, although everything is included in the standard licensing fee.

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I don't like the price because it's too expensive.

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We would like it to be affordable to use the manage services on the cloud, then let VMware manage it and have AWS a part of it. This would make the easier transition from on-premise to cloud and be of value. We don't want to go through a third-party vendor.

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Price/License – Free is not free. Review what capabilities you want to have v need to have and then select the appropriate license. With that said, “Good Enough” is a valid stance now. You do not need to get everything you want to make it successful.

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Get an expert with you before you buy something. Most of the customers that I work with have some licenses already; but when they explain what their core business, plans, etc., are we find that the licenses don’t match the mission. That starts with Microsoft a lot of times – the licensing isn’t correct – working with VMWare, and the vendor doesn’t see the combinations. A lot of the time, we see the software vendors maybe are VMWare partners, but they don’t care what licenses they sell. They just want to make a lot of money. So there’s a real gap in the market.

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Original setup cost Including: hardware infrastructure costs, software licenses, cost deployment training and technology transfer management and operation.  Also 12 month warranty costs and consulting solutions if you rent.

Day to day: Rental assistance, monthly administration, and hiring a full-service PaaS/SaaS system.

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The solution’s licensing terms keep changing, which is too complex for our customers. If a user purchases a new license, it cannot be mixed with the existing perpetual license.

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VMware is costly versus other competitors but is still one of the market leaders and expanding now with partners like AWS.  Ensure you get the right licensing for the feature sets you want within the product and research what those are.  Setup can be easy if you have someone that has worked with VMware before or costly when hiring external help, but research in to implementers prior to hiring them is always the best method to get good ones.

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The licensing could be lower.

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Everything is always too expensive. Of course, they could improve on that side and then probably they will have to. I know they revisited the licensing costs of the user charge. Now they charge per core instead of per socket. 

This will make them more expensive than they were and maybe it will make them also less price competitive with some other solution on the market. On a Windows environment, Hyper-V is pretty much free, however, you need to license all the cores anyway if you're going to install any Windows on the physical server. Therefore, when you use Windows servers and virtual machines, you have to pay an additional tax, let's say, for vSphere if you want to use vSphere for the hypervisor. That's something that you don't need to do with Microsoft Hyper-V. Of course, there are other hypervisors that are free - like KVM. On the cost, right now, they pretty much are the most expensive solution Ion the market.

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Only purchase what you’re going to use, our management makes decisions, and buy lots of products we’re not using.

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You do have to purchase a license in order to use the solution.

The solution should base its prices on what the market can handle. Right now, it's a bit expensive.

The price is a little bit higher when you go for the enterprise edition. The Standard edition is quite low and the enterprise edition is quite high.

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The licensing is perpetual licensing that you pay for once.

As far as the price of the license, I can't think of anyone who will say, "I'm happy with the pricing." There's always room for improvement. But, you get what you pay for. It's as simple as that. With vSphere, from my perspective, I don't want problems. I want it to be as seamless as possible. That's unfortunately why you've got to pay for it.

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The licensing and pricing need to be improved. 

The price is not an issue for our mid-sized or large-sized customers, but it can be expensive for our smaller customers.

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Basic vSphere, without centralized management, is free. When you get into the centralized management vCenter server, it starts adding cost. Then, it's license-based upon the number of CPUs in your host servers.

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The licensing fees are on a yearly basis.

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The pricing is too expensive. The reason why we implemented Hyper-V is because of the licensing costs. 

They are way too high. This is tough when you have to present to management with a flat budget, and everything will be more expensive. 

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Pricing is insanely expensive. We spent millions of dollars on NSX. If you want anything, it costs you more. The pricing model is constantly changing. We wanted to look at HCX, but we had to get it bundled with NSX and vRNI. We already have vRNI. I will be installing, architecting, and rolling it out. However, how does it affect the cost for HCX? We still haven't received a real answer.

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I miss the Enterprise tier. When they went to Enterprise Plus, it increased the price. I was one of the guys that operated well inside the Enterprise tier. I paid a little bit more than standard but I got a lot more features. Enterprise Plus has a lot of things that I'll never use. So when they chopped that tier out, they kneecapped me. 

If you go with a standard license, it's very affordable. If you start digging into how they price all of their add-ons compared to Hyper-V, you get into the mud, because Hyper-V bundles everything together. So, at least you can customize your pricing to exactly what you need, so that is a plus.

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• Initially identify a small deployment.
• Get training.
• Bring in an organization to do the initial design/implementation and sign up for at least the first year of support for maintenance.

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I really did not handle the financial aspects of my VM environments, but I do know VMware is pricey. These days, from a price point, I would take a hard look at MS Hyper-V as they are catching up with VMware fairly quickly.

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You should have good capacity management and you might have at least two clusters or more to separate your guests by tiers or have a good notion of resource pools to keep the resource utilization in good shape.

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Even though the initial cost of vSphere seems a bit high, it is really going to pay off by freeing time for teams and lowering your hardware costs. Regarding licensing, if you have any doubt, just ask VMware’s customer service to help you. Some editions and kits might already include all you need.

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The price could always be lower, but I think it's fair. 

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Licensing costs aren't too expensive, although you pay extra for additional features. 

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VMware vSphere is a top enterprise solution, so we pay the price for a major product.  We use vSphere because when we get the project, the customers were already using it. But currently, for example, if we have a new project and we are setting up our environment, and we have no constraints about the technology, like using vSphere, we rather go for Proxmox.

We are using it because it was already there before. The cost of migration, for example, is too high to move into different solutions, and the cost of keeping it is enough, and so we accept it. 

Overall, I would like to have cheaper licensing costs and maybe a different policy for licensing. However, we don't see that as a big issue because we are paying for a good solution. 

That's why I think it's a fair price. We are using it on the production side, and everything is good from our experience. That's why I would say that the cost isn't too high. However, it would always be nice if it was cheaper.

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This is a place VMware have to work on. Bringing in products or upgrading is difficult to sell to the finance guys.

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Skip Essentials and Essentials Plus. You will outgrow it, and then you will be stuck with a very expensive jump to Professional.

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Start small in a development environment. For $200 per year, you can get access to files VMUGs. 

You can get a 60-day free trial with a download from the VMware website, but I recommend using VMUGs and attending local VMUG meetings. They have a lot of really capable technicians who really love to share.

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Always pony up for one level higher than you think you need. It's so worth being able to implement new features and redundancies once your team is comfortable with how it works and what it means.

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I always look at the price before purchasing technology.

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We pay for the license of VMware vSphere yearly.

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The cost of the licenses is acceptable and we haven't seen any major increases from the vendor in the time we've been using it. This is not a cheap product but it's an investment.

There is a cost associated whenever we need to add licenses.

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We have a yearly subscription that we pay for this product.

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As the vSphere platform allows for a variety of additions, it is quite good. There is enterprise plus, enterprise and standard, so the pricing is not too bad.

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The price could be better. The license is definitely expensive.

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In terms of pricing, a little bit of improvement is required. There is a lot of competition in the market. If you talk about Nutanix, Nutanix is much cheaper than this product. Very recently, we lost out on a contract due to the pricing.

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We have the licensing for the solution and the perpetual license which we have allows us to choose whether we want a support license separate or not. It's not an overly expensive solution. The pricing is average.

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After getting a headache, you will find the cost is reasonably cheaper.

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Pricing is competitive I would say, because usually we buy the software, along with the hardware stock so it's usually a bundle thing that we try to squeeze the hardware windows in to get us proper discounts. So, it is regularly higher than what a Microsoft overall solution turns out to be. But, the capabilities are worth it. The price is justified.

Licensing is pretty standard.

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Pricing is the one "ding" I have against it. Except for VMware vSphere Essentials, it would be pretty challenging for anything but a medium or large size company to use.

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Its pricing is affordable for a small company as well.

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It loses points on cost, as there are free solutions, but we don’t want to use them.

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There is licensing cost and there is maintenance cost. Both compared to buying more servers are negligible.

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Our customers typically use permanent licenses, not subscription-based. However, there are subscript-based licenses.

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Pricing can still be improved for this product.

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You do need a license. Most of these vendors also offer what they call the free version of the software. If you want more support, more features, you have to go for the paid versions. That said, you can still get the free or community version of it.

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While I'm sure we are paying some sort of licensing fee, I cannot speak to any exact details. That's handled by management and is not something that I have to deal with directly. 

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We pay for our license. 

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Our licensing fees on paid on a yearly basis and the pricing is fine.

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The cost varies from customer to customer. VMware offers various price policies, and therefore I'm unsure of how it differs from client to client.

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Its price is slightly higher for India. It is a little bit expensive on a monthly basis when considering the value of the Indian rupee.

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The license growth of vSphere depends on the growth of the visual environment and the addition of more hosts.

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VMware licensing and pricing are a bit more expensive compared to others, like Hyper-V. However, you get what you pay for.

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Start with the lowest and upgrade if, and only if, absolutely necessary. Customers will find that the standard edition is more than sufficient for their needs until they are internally ready to move forward to a cloud operating model.

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Make sure you're using the right licenses because VMware licensing is a little bit complex. In my previous job, I ran into an issue where I wanted to expand our cluster from three hosts to four hosts, but we couldn't do it because my boss had bought a vCenter Foundation license and it only permitted three hosts. It's one of those little surprises that you can find yourself in. Just pay attention and make sure you are buying the right system that's going to scale to what you need as far as licensing goes.

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We don't have an active subscription. We have a prepaid or permanent license.

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The licensing is on a subscription basis.

The solution, in general, is quite expensive. They should work to make it less costly for their customer base.

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The pricing is reasonable and you are able to purchases licencing for certain time frame intervals, monthly, yearly etc.

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The price is high. It would be nice if VMware made a price reduction. 

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Compared with other vendors’ products, the pricing of the license is slightly lower. The annual S&S price is very affordable.

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I would say that the total cost of benefits are not just across virtualization but across general business categories. Don’t cut yourself short from using the solution to drive cost-benefits in multiple financial categories.

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The cost of hardware and maintenance is something we always look at. I was am one person, and it was getting too complicated to keep the physical servers running for, so we needed to switch to virtualization.

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As prices vary, the ideal would be to contact a direct sales team, and report the company's needs so they can point out the best license to use.

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My customers pay for a license to use vSphere. In Egypt, the license is yearly, and we buy three years. 

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We pay our licensing fees on a yearly basis.

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We pay for an annual subscription. We recommend users pay for VMware support because you might need it. We cannot use it without the support license. Here in Egypt, we would like everything free. So if you give us the license for free, we would be thrilled.

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It's a perpetual license paid on a yearly basis.

A customer can buy a license and support on a yearly basis.

The pricing should be more flexible and more affordable for the customer.

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I don't handle the licensing or payments process and therefore don't have visibility into how much the solution costs or what the payment structure is.

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The price of this solution is mid-range. There are additional features that can be purchased for an extra charge. For example, if you want replication between sites then you have to pay more.

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The solution is extremely expensive, especially for startups such as ours, who don't have the capacity to invest so much in such a product.

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Pricing needs to be competitive since Microsoft Hyper-V has come a long way; they are both around the same price range.

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Just focus on the features you need. Sometimes we misunderstand feature and pricing equations.

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For rapidly growing organizations like ours, virtualization is critical to meeting internal and external customer demands. The licensing might seem to be expensive, but the stability and excellent technical support make up for the costs

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I’d recommend it, but take time evaluating to see which parts you need, as it can be a little more expensive, but it seems to work. Also, be sure to have a lengthy POC.

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We look at the price point per performance, performance first and then how much it costs.

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Our license is on a yearly basis.

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I'm not a pricing or budgeting person, but I know that its price is a little bit high, and they can consider reviewing it. Its price is probably the highest in this domain.

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I'm not sure what the pricing of the product is. It's not an aspect of the solution I typically handle. 

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I think that vSphere is an expensive solution.

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I am attempting to build an environment around ROBO licensing, which I would advise anyone who has remote offices to investigate. It should cut our costs bytwo-thirds when I am finished.

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From the position of an enterprise partner of VMware, it is not really easy to convince the end-customers of the VSOM benefits, having in mind the price tag.

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The product is good, but the licensing gets confusing. As a technician, I don’t want to have to worry about the licensing side. If I purchase something, just tell me how many licenses I have left whenever I add a server, just something simple like that.

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Some licenses are expensive, mailny Enterprise Plus versions, but the features that this versions includes are impressive. Just make sure you get the right version for every business or needs.

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Some may say it's not cheap, compared to Microsoft or Citrix, but when you master the solution, you realize its features are unique.

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When compared to the impact that the product has had, I do not believe the cost to be too high.

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Its licensing is typically yearly. From a value standpoint, it's worth it.

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There is a standard license required for this solution.

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The pricing is a little bit on the expensive side, and the licensing is on a yearly basis.

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It's a pricey solution. The price could be better.

We pay for licenses on a yearly basis.

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The pricing is a little expensive, and the licensing is a bit complex. 

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Make sure you find a good reseller you can trust. I don't have any advice with regard to pricing though, because the product is worth what you pay for it. I definitely feel like I"m getting good value.

Because there are multiple tiers, you want to make sure that you size your licensing appropriately. If you're going to have a stack, you're going to want to weigh the features that are available with the Enterprise versions versus the standard versions and really understand what you're going to get out of it.

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I think that in the past there have been some mistakes in the licensing policy. I hope that in the future it will be simpler.

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Pricing is high as VMWare’s cost is always high.

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There is an annual subscription to use this solution.

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It is cost effective. 

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For pricing and licensing I would consider getting the Enterprise plus edition and the proper Windows datacenter licensing.

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The pricing and licensing with VMware can be complicated, but once you understand it, it makes sense.

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If you can go for enterprise plus, do so as you get access to the VDS and all the features it provides, esp LBT and NIOC.

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It's worthwhile investing as VMware is a leader in the virtualization market.

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The price can be very high, but in the case of a service provider with a VSPP program, you can offer the top class vSphere features for two to three sold VM. If you plan a little deployment I suggest bundle kits (Essential and Essential plus).

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I don't know but the licensing model is pretty harsh, so don't start if you only want to virtualize a couple of machines

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In my opinion, the essential version is a good price.

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Purchase only the cheaper solution with support. I don’t recommend high-end licenses.

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I pay for my consumption with VMware vCan Program.

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I’d highly likely to recommend VSphere, but the only thing that’s prohibiting the switching is cost, as it definitely is expensive.

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Pricing and licensing models vary, and are dependent upon your organization requirements and operations. Always start with the minimal licensing model then, later, upgrade to meet your needs.

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It's a monthly subscription model.

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The price could improve for the enterprise versions.

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It is expensive. 

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It is expensive. Other solutions on the market are free. We had to plan with VMware how many hosts that we needed in order to determine the price. 

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The only issue with vSphere might be with the cost of its tools and the software.

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If you compare it with the applicable features provided, the cost is reasonable.

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I advise that you take your time and get the most you can for the money.

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It requires one person to manage it on a full-time basis.

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We are using the tool's free version. 

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The cost of the solution is relatively low. VMware proposes the Essentials kits which are very affordable for SMB companies.

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Depends on your budget and skill set.

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This is where it loses points on sometimes perceived costs; the competition has done a good job of promoting the notion of a “VMware tax”, but the benefit is there with their licensing scheme.

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The cost might be higher than other products offered by the competition but, if implemented correctly, it is worth the investment.

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My advice when it comes to pricing is that pricing is a bummer, especially when it comes to SnS coverage. From the feedback I have received from other users, that’s a concern for most of the customers.

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The licensing can be a little strange, since the per CPU licensing will hopefully be gone in the future. Just make sure to know exactly what you need to make sure you purchase exactly what you need. Also, it is pretty easy to use a licensing calculator.

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The licensing price is fair compared to other similar solutions.

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The price could be lower.

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The pricing is justified. It may be a bit high, but the features are worth it.

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You only pay for what you need, so there are a lot of features that we will not use.

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It could be cheaper. But not only cheaper because Nutanix's hypervisors are free of charge out of the box. You don't even have to pay for the hypervisor's enterprise version. Given that, I don't think VMware should be charging so much for the hypervisor. The hypervisor is a commodity now.

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Carefully think about what features you need now and in the future, because licensing costs depend on that.

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The pricing is reliable.

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The only setup cost is VMware license, no extra cost is needed as we have a IT team who familiar with VMware products. 

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This is an expensive product, especially because we need to pay in US Dollars. Really, it depends on the exchange rate. If the exchange in our country is bad then the product becomes even more expensive.

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It is expensive in terms of cost, licensing, and professional services.

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The costs are inflated for small and medium-size businesses (SMBs).

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Over the last couple of years VMware has included more in your license, but support costs start going up for those products. Hardware costs go down, but licensing starts to cost. CTO’s start looking at open source because of cost, but architects don’t want that.

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Budget appropriately, so look at yhr infrastructure, and have no fear on the VMware side because it's a great product.

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Pricing is a little bit on the higher side, compared to other products.

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The pricing is expensive but we really do not have a choice.

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It is expensive for the private sector but it does have a good pricing policy for the charity sector.

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Know what your needs are and then license accordingly.

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Daily usage is for Critical Business Applications to the users. 

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There are not any licensing costs.

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Licensing fees are not paid yearly, or monthly.

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It is easy to understand the licensing of vSphere. We have standard enterprise licensing.

The pricing is more expensive than Microsoft.

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I would recommend discussing an ELA with the vendor.

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VMware products are expensive.

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I think it’s quite expensive.

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When you do a budget make sure to include administration time, what level of SLA they require and based on that choose right level of features.

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This depends on the particular scenarios. Ours is a big one, and requires full stability (Enterprise license). We manage four geographic areas (Mexico, China, Czech Republic and Brazil).

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The solution comes with a yearly subscription license. 

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Every dollar spent on vSphere will repay itself in up time.

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There is no setup cost. Its only the administration cost.

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The price of the solution could be cheaper compared to others.

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The cost of licensing is bit on the high side.

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Pricing is a little bit high, but you have to value stability, scalability and the support level which are the most valuable parts of any solution.

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We advise in general that the Essentials Plus pack is the best option for the majority of our customers.

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It is expensive.

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The pricing is a bit complex.

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