Oracle Exadata Pricing

Guruprasad Gonjare - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Cloud Architecture at LTIMINDTREE

There are both monthly and yearly subscription options for the solution. The solution is expensive but it’s worth the cost of consolidating data. It is not a simple machine. However, a ten or fifteen percent discount can be good for customers.

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FG
IT Architect at TIM

Oracle Exadata is not a cheap solution. Pricing is a problem for Oracle, and every client, not just my company, would like the vendor to improve on the price, or lower the price.

My company paid for several years' worth of Oracle Exadata licenses. You need to pay for the technical support and other features separately, on different contracts.

In terms of affordability, my rating for Oracle Exadata is two out of five.

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Rodion Bykadorov - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at SA Capital

The price of Oracle Exadata is competitive. There are some features that are outside of the initial purchase license, such as some monitoring packages.

I rate the price of Oracle Exadata a four out of five.

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RP
SubDirector of Project Management at DISH

I don't handle the licensing or billing, therefore, I'm not familiar with the direct costs of using this solution.

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Arun Kumarasamy - PeerSpot reviewer
Exadata ,Senior Oracle DBA and Goldengate Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The solution’s cost is a little bit more than the traditional databases. Less cost would enable most customers to choose the product.

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Jörg Bieri - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at OrcaNet GmbH

The cost of the solution is high. But there are situations where no alternatives exist.

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Robin Saikat Chatterjee - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Solutioning Technology and Architeture at Tata Consultancy Services

There are many new options available now, including Exadata Cloud @ customer or ExaCS. I would advise others to engage a third-party expert to ensure that they get the best deal. I did note that Oracle does tend to internally oversize things especially if they want to fill up a budget, and hence third-party oversight is essential.

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EA
Sr. Director, Systems & Databases at GTech

I recommend a proper sizing. A proper sizing makes you decide how big (1/8,1/4 etc) your Exadata should be. In the sizing phase, you can also decide whether to license all cores, or reduce the number cores using capacity-on-demand features of Exadata, as well. This has a direct impact on licensing.

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Semih Erakay - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Of e-Transformation Services at VBT Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş.

We pay for an annual license and it is expensive.

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CB
Senior Technical Director at AEM Corporation

We had ACS perform the initial Startup Pack, however there are companies that can do this much cheaper to lower the original setup cost, such as ours. Day-to-day cost is greatly reduced compared to our legacy environment as we no longer have to serve as "fire fighters." In terms of pricing, Exadata is probably not going to be the lowest cost option. There is a price to pay for performance and stability. With that being said, I have not heard of any customers who have regretted the purchase and/or looking to get off the technology. On the contrary, I can't imagine going to another solution at this point and trying to justify this with the user community in terms of why the system performance degraded. Can't imagine that would go over too well.

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Vedat Gunes - PeerSpot reviewer
BI & Analytics Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

There is an annual license to use this solution. The solution is expensive.

I rate the price of Oracle Exadata a three out of five.

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EP
Deputy CEO, CIO at a insurance company with 51-200 employees

Oracle Exadata is costly. Its licensing should also be more versatile. Smaller companies would benefit if Oracle Exadata had lower pricing.

Pricing for a solution should be justified, so you must make several calculations to evaluate the price correctly. Oracle Exadata adds costs on the hardware which you wouldn't otherwise have. Still, when you go with the solution, it offloads some of the database processing on the processors, so you don't need a license for database use, and it uploads it to store sales. It means that when you do data processing intensively, or you're processing large data sets, the database will be offloaded to the storage CPU, which means that Oracle Exadata gives you free database processing, so at some point, Oracle Exadata becomes cheaper versus licensing the database and running it on your server or in the cloud.

This is when you need to carefully calculate and see if Oracle Exadata is the right choice for your company. I wouldn't give it a very high rating in terms of affordability, but it still depends. For my company, for example, it's cheaper to use Oracle Exadata than use Oracle database without Oracle Exadata. It depends on the customer. It's up to you to calculate. I'd give the solution a five out of ten for affordability because it's not cheap.

My company pays for Oracle Exadata licenses according to need. For example, my company uses a real-time cluster and has possible configurations that require licensing for the database, though that's quite modest. My company isn't huge, so the environment isn't large.

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AS
Enterprise Architect at TechnipEnergies

We are okay with the licensing, as it's not much. Oracle is always costly but it's fine.

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Said Mokhtari - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at TGR

You have to pay for the storage and the database in Oracle Exadata. It cost a lot, but it is worth it. It would be a benefit if we could reduce the price for the number of CPUs and extend the memory.

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it_user452334 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Principal Consultant at Pythian

Choosing a vendor: obviously cost, high availability, and the strength of the rack technology. It's a corner of the Oracle technology that basically not exactly gets reinvented, but the new features and the new ways of going about to do things and the capabilities of failover and all that is a huge concentration as the product matures, not that it is immature. I think that's a primary reason that people might consider looking at this. There's absolutely no doubt, it's not far from an upgrade basically being done on the fly. There's so many things that can be done online. The plague of course of the '90s and the early-2000s was downtime.

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SH
Specialist, Database & Hadoop Administration at Robi Axiata Limited

I would rate the tool's pricing a nine out of ten. 

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SA
Senior Database Consultant at Riyad Bank

The pricing of Oracle Exadata is too high. 

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DP
Data Center Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

I give the pricing of the solution a five out of ten.

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MA
System Admin at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

At first glance, it is expensive because it contains many HW and SW components and provides high availability, as you have to buy licenses for DB, RAC, packs, and Exadata drivers SW per disk. But, if you are going to use it in a consolidated way for all Oracle databases, I think the price will be reasonable, as you have many DBs. There are many sizes for Exadata, so you have to choose the suitable one for your organization according to proper sizing. For licensing, the minimum license number is 8 cores, which are available for Exadata X5-2 and X6-2.

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BJ
IT Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Our customers are always looking to reduce the license's cost. 

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it_user515301 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Pricing is fine because we are seeing an excellent results. we could have get the same things for lower prices but the Oracle service is really good.

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it_user517617 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Total ROI should include the HW and all the associated SW licenses required. With an EXA, the cost to implement is prohibitive when also performing replication as you have to procure two of these very expensive boxes.

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it_user247236 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder and President at Viscosity North America

Setup costs for the Exadata varies from customer to customer and depends on database size, number of databases, and number of applications. For our most recent customer in Dallas Texas, the cost rolled up to approximately 800k for 2 X Quarter racks, which include storage cell software, and 25k for setup services. To determine day-to-day cost, we estimated the cost to average about 7k per month for both QTR racks.

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MF
Tech Lead at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

I'm giving Oracle Exadata five out of ten in terms of pricing. Its price could be lower.

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MR
Solution Sales Specialist at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees

When you talk about the pricing, the pricing is on the higher side. That said, if you're looking for good performance, then you definitely need to pay the price. Therefore, the price is reasonable.

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AM
GIO IT Infra Build Er. DBA at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

The price is very high. But, it is worth it.

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it_user403353 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior DBA and Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

In the long run one can consolidate the various DB related licenses. The number of cores required to run the DBs and applications is much lower on a SuperCluster with Exadata, thereby leading to fewer licenses and reduced cost. Since the entire stack is owned by one vendor (in this case Oracle) the core factor for licensing is 0.5 leading to fewer licenses for the software components.

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it_user259974 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oracle DBA with 1,001-5,000 employees

Really evaluate your needs from a hardware and software end. Buy what you will need for between three and five years down the line, in terms of storage and memory. Buy products either before Oracle’s fiscal year end (May) or Open World. You can bundle all of your Oracle products into one agreement to get the best discounts. Try to get training and some consulting time into the agreement.Some companies leverage the partner or beta programs. I did one such beta test and was glad I did because I made improvements.

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TK
cloud security and DevSecOps Apecialist at Join Cloud Ltd.

It is quite expensive. Nevertheless, its numerous strengths and advantages make it a compelling choice.

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RB
IT Consultant at Trend Import-Export

I don't evaluate the fees involved in using the solution. It's too big. However, it's my understanding that you need to pay for the hardware, the nodes, and the cells. That said, you can configure it however you want. You can easily buy and increase the capacity in only the nodes or only the cells if you prefer. It's worth the money you spend. The value is there.

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AS
Chief Technology Officer at Triana Business Solutions Lda

Going to EXADATA is not good advice for non-profit companies, like government institutions, all though this is a very safe infrastructure to guarantee security and availability for a long period. The OPEX must be well prepared for a period that can have all the return of the investment. Using EXADATA as a database as a Service (Multi-tenancy) can be an alternative to good ROI.

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AR
Vice President & Head of IT Governance at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We are under contract and pay a license to Oracle. I cannot speak to the exact amount.

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SP
Technical Director at Wissen infotech

The price of the solution could improve, it is expensive.

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PX
Sales Manager at LTA-RH Informatica

The majority of our customers are in government or big enterprises, and the projects that we sell come out to several million USD. With this amount of money on the table, it's always better to have an experienced team of consultants, who know Exadata very well, handle the implementation.

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SU
Master Consultant - RedHat & Oracle Cloud, Virtualization , Automation at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The licensing is the same as it is with other Oracle products, which depends on how many CPU cores are activated. In addition to that, there are storage licenses that are needed. All things considered, the price of this product is fairly high, as is always the case with Oracle.

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EP
Deputy CEO, CIO at a insurance company with 51-200 employees

If you compare an Oracle database on your system to buying into Exadata, which is an engineering system consisting of hardware, then, of course, it is more expensive. On the other hand, it gives you some possibilities to experience better performance than you would have if you would run Oracle on your servers. When you scale it up, it means that you actually get this additional hardware for free. You need to pay more for the license instead. This is one of the cost differences that is not very clear how to calculate. It is hard to tell how long it takes for one product or the other to become a cost advantage.  

There are some extra costs for hardware and for everything else if you upgrade to have better performance. At that point, the system uses not just the standard license, but also the storage shares. This can be quite significant when doing larger implementations. So the clarity of the cost models is something that could probably use some improvement from the Oracle side.  

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SH
CTO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Exadata is an expensive tool, but, considering the ROI, it's worth going for the solution.

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Javid Ur Rahaman - PeerSpot reviewer
VP, Infrastructure,Data Management Services & AI Evangelist at a tech company with 51-200 employees

Oracle needs to reduce the licensing cost to get more market penetration and offer an Open Financing Option.

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VS
Systems Engineer at Informatics (Private) Limited

The price of Oracle Exadata is expensive. It is not competitive with other solutions some of the times.

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PR
Senior Database Administrator at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

The licensing can be a bit expensive because you need to have certain tools enabled that require them.

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JS
Database Infrastructure Cloud Architect-Oracle,AWS Migration,Upgardes(Cassandra,Postgres,Hadoop BI) at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Oracle should offer free cell node licensing to encourage current RAC clients to switch.

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it_user419811 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oracle Database Administrator & technical Project Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The pricing and licensing is really complex and you need to have a very detailed plan.

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it_user275232 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solution Architect at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees

Your TCO and Operational expenses will definitely go down with Exadata.

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it_user240024 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

There is no single answer to this question. It varies from client to client depending on the size of the systems included in the setup.

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it_user521958 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Data Warehouse Development | Business Intelligence at a leisure / travel company with 1,001-5,000 employees

As far as cost goes, it's really expensive. The huge price tag on it is the only reason why I have not given it a perfect rating.

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it_user457482 - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Leader at a tech consulting company with 501-1,000 employees

Using Exadata and Exalogic, you can get the best performance optimizing the number of CPUs, saving costs on software licensing. Also, if you consolidate your environment using Engineered Systems, you can save money on hardware (storage/compute capacity).

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it_user452355 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Principal Consultant at Viscosity

I think it comes to pricing. I know a lot of people don't have the better understanding of the licensing and other things. That's where it effectively comes, in the initial logistics of dealing and getting it.

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it_user296958 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solution Architect at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees

My advice would be to have a licensing expert with you to study and analyze the licensing policy before you commit to the investment. There are a whole lot of technicalities in the fine print that may not always be apparent to the non-initiated.

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it_user247422 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO/Architect at Viscosity North America

It is an expensive stack, so there's those things to keep in mind. The upside is that once you've bought into the technology, you have to embrace it , if that's the direction you want to go.

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it_user395682 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Oracle DBA - RAC and Exadata at a tech services company

I was not involved with pricing and licensing.

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it_user517464 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

These are on the high side.

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KK
Exadata Certified and Oracle Certified DBA Consultant at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees

The price and license costs are high as compared to the normal database setup. It depends on the client's requirements and size of the databases. Clients/ buyers have to take the call.

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it_user517551 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist with 10,001+ employees

Exadata has great value. The storage CPUs do not count on the Oracle Database licenses.

If you are acquiring a larger configuration, I would advise you to consider getting two smaller ones, so you can:

  • Get more memory
  • Get additional, separate environments if required by your scenario. (You cannot virtualize OS on Exadata.)

Maybe you should not license every Oracle product if you do not need them on every database.

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RS
Infrastructure Architect at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Little bit high, but it is worth it.

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it_user259683 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oracle Database Specialist at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

It can simplify your IT environment, reducing the costs with maintenance operations if you have the Platinum offering.

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MA
System Admin at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution is expensive and the license is paid annually. It includes the database, clustering and the software for data, so you're paying for three or four software licenses plus the hardware license. If you activate any of the options, that will incur additional payment. 

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MH
Analytics Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The price of the solution has been expensive to implement.

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it_user693849 - PeerSpot reviewer
DBA - Oracle Exadata at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

Public price is high, as usual with Oracle. You need to make a deal with Oracle sales.

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it_user177636 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Analyst ( Senior Oracle DBA) at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

It's too costly.

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it_user270906 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Oracle's pricing and licensing is always costly.

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it_user687189 - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder/CTO/Chief Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

This is where the Exadata hangup occurs. Not only are users paying for
Oracle EE and options such as RAC, and most of the must-have features such
as Advanced Compression, and Partitioning; but also the Exadata Storage
software. Add in the Support costs for all that storage. However, Oracle doesoffer “capacity on-demand” options, which do mollify the compute
licenses (not storage licenses) to an extent.

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it_user521853 - PeerSpot reviewer
Database Administrator at Qualys

It's very costly.

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it_user406893 - PeerSpot reviewer
PL/SQL Developer at a marketing services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

I do know it's eye-wateringly expensive and that we struggled to get it to do what we wanted it to do.

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it_user259878 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer with 501-1,000 employees

It is little bit expensive compared to other solutions, but very useful. You just pay for one license which covers all the components within Exadata.

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Buyer's Guide
Oracle Exadata
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Oracle Exadata. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.