IBM WebSphere Application Server Pricing

Saleem Shar - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Consultant at Systems Limited

The solution is quite expensive. Therefore, it is not suitable for small and medium businesses. The solution is more of an enterprise application. Large employers, such as those with a large customer base, TPS 100 to 200 plus, the banking sector, and the government sector, are better suited for this solution.

If an organization has fewer than 200 employees, it would not be suitable for them to use IBM WebSphere Application Server for their application, whether it is for internal or online use. IBM WebSphere Application Servers should only be considered if the organization has a concurrent load of 15,000 or more.

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Yapı Kredi şirketinde Application Infrastructure Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The solution is expensive. 

We have 80,000 PVU, as this is referred to by IBM. The licensing policy is based on the PVU base. The initial setup and purchase cost approximately $4 and $5 million. The yearly support cost accounts for around 20 percent of the licensing cost, which means that we tend to pay IBM an annual sum of $800,000, which is a huge amount. 

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LV
Solutions Architect at a marketing services firm with 10,001+ employees

The licensing cost is 1,000 of euros for a 30-year table.

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Nicolae Chirea - PeerSpot reviewer
System and Solutions Architect at Seidor

My company is on a perpetual or permanent license agreement with IBM WebSphere Application Server. There's also a pay-per-use option, but customers rarely choose that option. Most of the customers are on the perpetual license deal that's all-inclusive.

As the license cost is quite expensive, I'm rating it two out of five.

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PO
Head Banking Application Customization and Reporting at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

It is very expensive.

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GB
Senior Solutions Architect at Department of Justice

I don't remember the price, but there were no additional costs.

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DP
Enterprise Technical Leader at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

It costs more than some of the others, but, you get what you pay for. 

Much like TWS, IBM, the way they price their products is known as sub-cap pricing. It can be very complicated and intimidating for people who don't understand the concepts. 

I would like to see IBM simplify its licensing models.

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IR
Maximo - Technical Consultant/Architect/Analyst at a government with 501-1,000 employees

When you purchase Maximo, you get WebSphere for free. Why would you pay more for WebLogic?

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EI
Web Administrator at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The pricing is a little expensive. I would rate the pricing a four out of ten. 

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MV
Service Relationship Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The product is very expensive because PVU has to be calculated on maximun virtual cores and there is no difference between production and non-production environments.

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Nicolae - PeerSpot reviewer
System and Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

The price of this product is higher than that of competitors.

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SR
Head, Operations at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We used to pay about $100,000-$120,000 US or somewhere around there. That was a bit cost-prohibitive for us to continue.

You need to pay for both software licenses and software support, which was the IBM backline. There were two levels of support for software and software bots. We had hardware support, which was separate, and we had to proactively monitor service maintenance support as well.

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GE
Principal Architect with 1-10 employees

The solution is very expensive compared to an open-source stack.

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Viktor Dolyna - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at Integrity

The price of IBM WebSphere Application Server could be less expensive and there is an annual license required for this solution.

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SH
Application Integration Engineer at EFG-Hermes

There aren't any additional costs besides for the standard licensing. 

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SK
Sap Financial Accounting Senior Consultant at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

WebSphere Application Server is expensive, so it may not be a good option for small companies.

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ME
Enterprise Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

If your application is just a web app that does not need to scale big, you can obtain a single core license of WAS Express edition, which has almost the same features with limited processing cores.

If you manage a very big application farm (i.e. need to run 10 or more WAS servers) it is better to get IBM WAS Hypervisor Edition.

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it_user218334 - PeerSpot reviewer
FileNet Technical Architect at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

Room for improvement would only be in the licensing. As with all IBM products the licensing can be complex and expensive. Bargain well and try to get as much discount as possible. Discounts of 85% are possible. Without the discount, I think the product is overrated.

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