SCOM Pricing
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Richard McLaughlin
Vocational Coordinator at UMMS
The solution is provided by Microsoft for free but there are operating costs. Those would be the many hours necessary to prune it. We have a contract for support. If that didn't exist, then the cost of the solution would include paying for support. Because it is a complex system, I will contact support for assistance. I also have the general resource requirements just to have the systems up. This includes several databases and front-end servers running. However, added together, all of these costs are minimal.
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AJITHH G
Solution Engineer at AppSmart
I don't know the exact cost because it's managed by our sales team, but Microsoft is on the higher side.
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YasirAhmed
Managed Services - System engineer at Brennan IT Pty Ltd.
It is the cheapest product available in the market. I rate the pricing a one out of ten.
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Mohammed Badowi
IT system manager at NBO
If you compare the pricing of SCOM to some solutions now available — like ManageEngine — I think it is a bit more expensive. But at that price, you get more in Microsoft System Center. SCOM is a bundled product, it is not only SCOM. You get a complete suite of Microsoft System Center products. There are five products in the bundle. There are no additional costs for SCOM itself and everything is included in the license. The only additional costs that you may have is in getting management packs.
On the other hand, open-source solutions are available that are mature or maturing and they are very good. They may pose a better solution because they are free.
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Bill Watts
Sr. Systems Engineer at Arapahoe County Government
Our Enterprise Agreement includes the price.
All of the Systems Center products have a backup, which we don't use, but SCCM is included in the pricing. As a result, we can afford it because we have the Enterprise agreement.
Trevor Watkins
Server Applications Senior Administrator at Home Hardware Stores Limited
I rate the pricing an eight out of ten. The price could be improved.
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Robert Hedblom
Cloud and Solution Principal Architect at sumNERV Provider AB
SCOM's pricing is average.
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SergiusNkomadu
Service manager at Signal Alliance LTD
SCOM is very cheap because it's included in the license for the System Center suite, which is around $8,400 per CAL. Support is initially free but will incur an additional fee once you exceed a certain level.
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OmidKoushki
Solution Architect at KIAN company
I can't speak to the actual cost of the solution. It was more or less handled by the sales department. The licensing aspect was not my responsibility.
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Morne' O'Kennedy
Lead specialist at OKCIUS (Pty) Ltd
If you have a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement, then this is part of the agreement.
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Usama Mustafa
Solutions specialist lead at Jaffer Business Systems
Two customers bought the enterprise agreement with Microsoft and paid for Software Assurance. But few customers don't buy it for Software Assurance. They just buy it and deploy it, and they think that we will be using it for the next five years.
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reviewer1423482
Group CIO at a import and exporter with 51-200 employees
I don't have an individual cost for SCOM. We buy all our licenses under the program. We get invoiced for the quantities of each of the products without having an individual cost for SCOM. If you buy certain licenses or servers, SCOM automatically comes with it.
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it_user397317
Programmer Analyst at a leisure / travel company with 10,001+ employees
With regards to licensing, if your organization has Enterprise CALs then SCOM is typically included in the suite and may help you if you are trying to save operational costs.
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reviewer1647066
DevOps Engineer at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
In terms of pricing, I'm not sure how much the company pays. As far as I know, our company gets a Microsoft package and SCOM is already included in the package. It's not separated out.
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Helder Valente
Infrastructure and Networks at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
We have to pay for a license and the price is fine for us.
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Vinicius Ribeiro
Head of IT South America at Compass Minerals
Our licensing fees are approximately $30 per user, per month.
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Advanced Systems Engineer - 3 at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Pricing and licensing is fairly OK. If you have a MSDN license, then your dev environments can be set up for free as you can get a dev SCOM license from MSDN. You only have to pay for production SCOM server if you have a MSDN license.
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IT Infrastructure Engineer at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
I don’t know specifics about pricing and licensing, but if you’re familiar with Microsoft, you can get very good deals buying a certain level of licensing and getting System Center thrown in.
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Aymen Dridi
Systems and Virtualization Engineer at Altelios Technology Group
There is a license needed to use this solution and it is paid annually.
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reviewer1505493
Systems Engineer at a educational organization with 11-50 employees
We have an EA with Microsoft, and it comes as part of the EA.
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reviewer1417944
Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The pricing is good, and it's part of their system center suite. I believe we pay for the license on a yearly basis.
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reviewer1260267
Senior System Administrator at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
We have an enterprise agreement that includes this product as part of it.
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SCOM Specialist at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
SCOM comes as part of the System Center stack. So if you buy one product you will have them all. Some organizations already have the licenses needed. Some have special pricing (education organizations for instance).
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NOC Senior Technical Shift Leader at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Cannot comment on this. I was on the technical aspect of SCOM. However this was given "for free" as part with the SCCM package.
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Microsoft System Center Consultant with 10,001+ employees
Licensing is based on how many and what type of agents you have installed, in my experience it is difficult to calculate licensing and pricing without help from Microsoft.
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reviewer1412814
SCOM Administrator at a government with 201-500 employees
SCOM is part of the System Center suite and I am satisfied with the pricing. The entire suite is expensive but it comes with a lot of functionality.
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Edgar Parra
Senior Technical Consultant at The Instillery
The price is OK, and I think the licensing works the same as any other Microsoft product.
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IT Consultant with 501-1,000 employees
The license is very cheap compared to other products, and with SCOM license you get a license for all system center products.
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Infrastructure Consultant, specialist SCCM, SCOM, VMware, Hyper-V at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Microsoft simplified a lot the licensing so only two licence Standard and Datacenter. SQL and management servers are free.
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Senior Technical Consultant at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Please contact your Microsoft Account Manager regarding this. It is different for each customer and for each country. The System Center licensing has different criteria and you should get the most applicable for your environment.
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Technical IT Manager at a engineering company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Included as part of MS ELA.
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IT Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
For both products, the pricing and licensing are fair.
it_user76893
Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Please go through the documentation once, which is available on the Microsoft Website- Technet to understand what SCOM actually is. It looks like a single console, but very deep and interesting to learn. You can end up becoming SCOM Admin, SCOM MP Author etc. Go for virtual labs before implementing SCOM which are available on Microsoft technet.
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