It's expensive.

The price is reasonable. It costs us about 1 million Danish kroner annually, and we also spend about half as much on consultants. 

It's fairly priced.

The pricing is on the higher end.

The solution is fairly priced. That said, I have nothing to compare it to. 

Active Roles is above average on pricing compared to similar solutions. There are no additional costs to the standard licensing fees. 

It’s a gentleman’s agreement.

Licensing is based on Enabled User Accounts in AD. This should include user accounts, application accounts and service accounts.Temporary accounts could be excluded, but no one from vendors really challenge the user count which the customer provides. Some customer’s find the price bit on higher side but, for me, the price is competitive compared to other products with similar functionality and considering the ROI.

The product functionality does not cease if the customer exceeds the license count. The vendor does not want to force the customer to stop using the product if the license count increases. Instead, customers can buy additional licenses without hampering the day to day work.

The licensing model is a simple user-based model, not that much complicated.

There is a simple user-based licensing model. Not complicated.