It was not cheap. It's affordable, but compared to Azure, it's more costly because you have to buy licenses upfront. 

With Azure, you have options: consumption-based or a standard monthly price from Microsoft. Consumption-based means you're charged based on usage.

Overall, BizTalk is more expensive than Azure. And it's also more time-consuming if you compare it to Azure. 

In Azure, deployment is much faster. Azure still requires some setup in GitHub for CI/CD and Terraform scripts for deployment. 

BizTalk has multiple deployment methods – MSA packages, direct deployment, or Azure DevOps. So, BizTalk installation takes more time than Azure.

Overall, I would rate this product a ten out of ten because I started my career with BizTalk and still love it.

All companies now prefer cloud solutions like Azure over BizTalk. So, we have to upgrade our skills to match the market trends.

The cost will depend on the client's requirements. If the client has very small business transactions, then we can reduce the cost. If the client wants it to be more secure, then the cost will be very high based on the transactions, requirements, and security policies.

The solution is worth the cost.

I am not familiar with the platform's pricing details. However, based on the knowledge, it is relatively cheaper than Azure Identity Services and cloud services in general.

BizTalk Server is cheap. I would rate its pricing a two out of five. 

BizTalk Server is not freeware. There's a significant licensing cost involved. Be sure you will actually utilize its features fully. In my previous organization, we weren't taking advantage of BizTalk's capabilities, yet we were paying for it. 

If you're not using BizTalk's full feature set, it's a waste of money. We eventually realized this and were able to achieve the same type of manipulations using .NET code without BizTalk. They later removed BizTalk completely. So, my advice is to carefully consider whether you'll truly benefit from BizTalk's features before investing in it.

Pricing and licensing is reasonable.

The pricing and licensing structure is excellent.