The prices right now for HP are high. It has the highest price if you compare it with other solutions like Dell, for example. 

That said, I don't directly deal with contracts and can't speak to the exact cost.

I need to pay for the license, and it is expensive. We make yearly payments.

I don't have access to your financial information or the specific details of this solution's pricing.

There are no additional fees. It is the hardware and the support.

HPE is not the cheapest solution but if you want to buy a Rolls Royce, it costs. They are the most expensive product on the market. It's been 10 years since we implemented it, so I don't remember the licensing cost. 

The product’s price is high compared to Dell.

The price of HPE BladeSystem could improve. They need to reduce the price to be able to compete better with other vendors, such as Dell.

Cisco UCS is the worst for pricing, then Dell, and HPE.

I rate the price of HPE BladeSystem a seven out of ten.

I can't speak to the licensing. I don't get involved in the cost.

When you purchase HPE BladeSystem you have to pay for the support service. The first three years are covered under the warranty, and for any further support, you have to pay annually. When comparing the cost of HPE BladeSystem to other vendors, the fees are less expensive.

The licenses for HPE BladeSystem are perpetual.

Its pricing was good. We selected this solution because it was within our budget. We paid just once when we bought it. We never bought any license. 

They're not cheap, and for me to buy one is about $75,000 before I put any sort of server inside of it. I'd like the costing to come down a little bit.

The pricing is competitive.

The licensing is on an annual basis.

The cost of the solution is high. There are other cheaper options.

There is no licensing. You pay for the solution once. 

We have an annual license. 

The price for HPE BladeSystem can vary between $100,000 to $1 million or above. The price can be high.

The price of the product was a bit on the high side. 

You do have to pay for the hardware and a yearly licensing fee.

We have been satisfied with the price. However, there are additional costs for support.

The solution is expensive.

I don't know the exact cost of licensing, however, it's my understanding that the solution is relatively expensive.

The licensing is paid on a yearly basis. 

I am not familiar with the pricing.

If we could get the cost down that would be good.

The price of HPE BladeSystem is less expensive than some other solutions, such as Dell. The cost of replacement equipment is expensive.

It's quite expensive for the initial purchase. The chassis itself, with no blade server inside, so expensive. The C7000 model costs around $100,000.

For first time users, only buy two BladeSystems and fill them up. They are expensive. Apart from that, you get more than you paid for.

It wasn’t expensive, and the purchase of the equipment was not bad at all. The total investment was under half a million, which is a drop in the bucket compared to what we’ve gained.

We paid for the hardware itself. I can't speak to the actual costs. It's not an aspect I directly deal with.

It is expensive. There are no additional costs. We are able to get good discounts anyway from HPE, but if the price can come down, we'll be happy.

I would recommend this solution for large enterprises. Medium-sized companies would find it difficult to afford the HPE BladeSystem's overall capital expenses.

BladeSystem is a little bit cheaper.

I would say that the licensing model is probably the one biggest caveat I have. A lot of vendors provide a licensing model whereby you have to license the different functionality and feature sets that you want, but I think that for a lot of customers that's a bit of a stumbling block because you may not always be able to, upfront, understand or know exactly what you want to utilize, and have to make that additional investment later, when the dollars may not be there, is a little bit difficult.

There is a one-time purchase for the HPE BladeSystem.

It would be very smart to know how your are sizing your solution, and what you need to reduce the cost in terms of licensing. In some deployments, it can be done without the need for extra licenses. And as well in terms of the blade units, no need to over size and pay more initially since they can be easily swapped, scaled, or upgraded in the future.

Always ensure that you purchase the Insight Control Suite. This will ensure all current and future blades are licensed for iLO and other features. This will ensure ease of use and configuration.

The prices for the HPE Virtual Connect Modules are expensive compared to other I/O Modules available. It's better to size the solution accurately and identify which I/O Module is needed for your environment (for example, the HPE FlexFabric or HPE Flex-10).

The price is acceptable.

I'm the infrastructure manager; with regards to the prices, they need to adapt to the current needs of the country. Licensing has always been timely and it is a prompt solution.

In regards to the prices, it should adapt to the current needs of the country. Granting of the licenses has always been done in a prompt manner.

I believe it's worth the price you pay.

Go with HPE Synergy instead

For anybody planning to use the c7000 for virtualization, I strongly advise you to use half-height servers. This gives the advantage of using sixteen Blades in a single chassis.

The customer has to decide and evaluate the tradeoff between CAPEX and OPEX.

Ensure that you use virtual connect modules. It is well worth the extra cost over traditional switches.

There wasn't much of a change for our pricing/licensing costs. However, we did have an increase in CPU power meaning there was reduction in the number of CPUs which lowered the hypervisor/socket pricing.

It is not expensive, really, in this class of server products, but as a customer, we always hope that the pricing could be lower.  

Their licensing program is pretty simple.

We have well-defined process for the technical evaluation of pricing.

It depends on the order size of other services we select during the procurement phase.

Consult and check with the HPE pre-sales team before ordering and selecting the best products needed for your applications.

Add OneView and ILO advanced to the base product. Don’t adjust the price, but just include them.

The price could be cheaper.

While there is a high cost, there is no required license.

Do a market survey before and bargain well.

Use top technology and spare yourself the problems and money lost from hardware failure.

Items which are more cost-effective have a greater tendency to be refurbished. This is why I don't really consider the pricing to be problematic. 

This said, it would make everyone happy if the solution were less expensive. 

The price is affordable for what we want in new physical resources.

It's expensive and the price should be reduced.

The HPE BladeSystem is an expensive solution.