TFS Pricing and License Cost

Derek Deida Evermore

AVP, DevOps Manager at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Use the Microsoft recommended “seat-based” licensing model. This allows a single developer with multiple machines to consume only one client license. View full review »

QaIv5145

QA IV with 501-1,000 employees

I am not sure about pricing. I never got a chance to purchase it. View full review »

Automatibe4a

Automation Specialist Team Lead at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

It's just as expensive as HPE ALM, without many of the features, best used for development tool only to avoid higher costs. View full review »

SeniorSyb114

Senior System Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

We use a Visual Studio subscription for every team member and the TFS licenses are included. If running TFS on-premise is expensive, maybe you could consider moving to the Cloud and use the Visual Studio Team Services. View full review »

TfsAdminb8f4

TFS Admin, Configuration Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Yes, the pricing and licensing for TFS is on the higher side, but if you intend to use the tool as a complete ALM tool, it will reduce your costs in the long run. View full review »

WaelAbdullah

Senior Technical Lead

Excellent, especially if you have an enterprise license agreement with Microsoft. View full review »

it_user371505

QA Manager, Automation Testing Architect at a recruiting/HR firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

If you have an MSDN license for using TFS, it is a good tool to start from. Later on, you may prefer to select another suite. However, you need to be sure about change. TFS, as from 2015, is evolving very quickly including the CI server, GIT server, and code review process with pull requests support inside. View full review »

it_user231201

Software Development Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Pricing and licensing model is still quite complex, as are all of Microsoft's products. View full review »

Pothuraju Katta

SVP Development Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Very straightforward pricing. We have an enterprise agreement with Microsoft, where the majority of the product is covered. One good thing is the stakeholder license, which is free for business users. Hence, the cost of the license for only the QA and Development team is around $5. View full review »

H.T.Nguyen

Development Manager at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

There is now cloud offering of the Team Foundation Server known as Team Foundation Services for smaller companies/individuals to use, starting out with the free version for five users. I would recommend people review their requirements based on the size and resources; review them with the different offering that is now available from Microsoft. View full review »

Chaminda Chandrasekara

Software Architect with 501-1,000 employees

If you do not want to have the burden of maintenance, go for Visual Studio Team Services (TFS in cloud) which is cheaper, flexible, and is always getting the latest features first. View full review »

TadashiTakahase

Senior Developer

This is the negative side of TFS; the price is expensive. Microsoft offers VSTS for free if you have a very small company and don't mind to keep your code in the cloud. But if this isn't the case, you have to pay too much for licenses (in the cloud or out of it), especially if your company just needs to track the changes in your code. View full review »

Ramesh Karanam

Microsoft and Dev-ops Architect at Mphasis

No idea on this one as it was done by different team. View full review »

Ramesh Karanam

Microsoft and Dev-ops Architect at Mphasis

Not idea on this one as it was done by a different team. View full review »

Namitha BM

Sr. Quality Engineering Manager with 51-200 employees

It is pretty expensive compared to other project management tools. View full review »

Valentino Lopez

The pricing model has changed several times, even within the last several years, but, I believe, the model is cheaper than before. View full review »

Abhishek Ransingh

Senior Microservice/Cloud Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

I wasn’t involved in discussions of pricing or licensing for TFS at Lennox. View full review »

Hemkumar Thiruvarangam

Technology Expert at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

There is no product costing if you have a Microsoft subscription. View full review »

Principac67c

Principal Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I cannot advise as the costs and licensing vary by organization and the type of agreement that they have with Microsoft. I direct all those types of questions to Microsoft. View full review »

Stephen Olner

Server Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

It's free with MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network). View full review »

QaAutoma6bc2

QA Automation Engineer

It is a really fair price for the functionality you get. View full review »

RaviKumar3

IT Manager 2, Data Mgmt Tools at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

Microsoft changes licensing and pricing every year. Best thing to do is reach out to their licensing/sales folks for the latest info. View full review »

it_user542019

Software Test Consultant / Automation Test Architect at a tech services company

Microsoft has different licensing models. Each organisation would have to decide which is best for them. View full review »

Arthur Alonso

DevOps Manager with 5,001-10,000 employees

The complete switch is very good. If you have the budget, choose TFS. View full review »

Archana Agarwal

Sr Project Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Pricing is better compared to other leading tools. View full review »