I believe we pay on a yearly basis. I don't know the current costs of them. We outsource all that to a third party. Each of the developers gets a Microsoft Visual Studio Azure DevOps license, which gives them access to the TFS server as well. We probably pay on average about 1,800 Canadian Dollars a year for every developer, but that covers a lot more than just TFS.

The cost isn't prohibitive. We use a lot of different software in our company. We use a lot of engineering software. If I compare the cost of our developer team software to some of our other solutions, such as our CAD package SolidWorks or our PCB design software Altium, we pay orders of magnitude less for TFS than we do for those other packages. Microsoft's licensing terms are also much better. They're good. I would rate them a four out of five in terms of pricing.

The only additional cost that you have is that you need to run it on a server, and you need a Windows Server software license. If you didn't have that to start with, you'd have to purchase it, but we already had that for other services within the company, such as file services, print services, etc. Other than that, there are not really any costs.

I believe that my company has opted for volume licensing provided by TFS. So, it is not just one or two licenses my company has since my company trusts products from Microsoft. Though I am unsure, I think that if you purchase one of Microsoft's products, they offer you some of their other products for free. As per my knowledge, Microsoft products are cheaper than other products in the market. On a scale where ten is the highest and one is the cheapest, I rate the solution's licensing cost at one on a scale of one to ten.

Microsoft products are always expensive. Obviously, they are quality products, but it would be helpful if there was a reduction in price. But compared to other vendors, I think the cost is high.

I've been doing the budgeting for clients, and I find that the costing part — when we are going for new environments or we are ordering new servers — definitely plays a big part.

I would rate it between a 2 and 3 out of 5.

TFS is not cheap. We pay for monthly licensing at the enterprise level.

I was working with the engineering team, and that was not under my umbrella. From what I can remember, its license was yearly. They had the licenses on a per-user basis, and they included MTM.

Our organization has an enterprise license with TFS.

You will need to obtain server and account licenses.

The overall price of TFS is good.

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

TFS is expensive, and the licensing costs are yearly. I rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten. 

We are using the open-source version.

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.

There is a yearly licensing fee that needs to be paid. 

The tool's licensing costs are yearly. 

I am not in a position to comment on the licensing terms, as we are talking about an enterprise arrangement. I am not part of that.

There are different prices depending on the configurations. There is a free version available. There is no extra cost for the solution. However, the hardware could be something that needs to be considered.

The pricing is reasonable at this time. 

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

I wouldn't say that this tool is cheap or expensive but in the middle. TFS is definitely not as expensive as some other tools like Rational Team Concert. Basically, I would say that it is affordable.

Professional Services is a separate cost from the standard licensing fees.

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.

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.

The solution is expensive.

TFS licencing can be confusing, we have to read it well and have a good user management strategy and control.

The solution's cost is relatively high. I rate its pricing six out of ten.

We pay for the license yearly.

TFS is more competitively priced than some other solutions.

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.

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.

I am not sure about pricing. I never got a chance to purchase it.

Size accordingly. Not every shop needs every feature.

No idea on this one as it was done by different team.

Not idea on this one as it was done by a different team.

It's free with MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network).

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

The complete switch is very good. If you have the budget, choose TFS.

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.

Excellent, especially if you have an enterprise license agreement with Microsoft.

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

Pricing is better compared to other leading tools.

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.

if TFS was completely free (not limited to five members for online), I would suggest using it, but the price for extra members is too expensive in my opinion and is worth it only if you are using Visual Studio, otherwise other solutions can do basically the same (talking only about source control).

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

We pay subscription fees on a yearly basis and the price is reasonable.

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

You could use a less expensive product, but if you need integration with MS Visual Studio this is the best product.

I was not involved in the buying process.

We are currently using the free version.

The price of the solution is cheaper than other competitors and it is a per-user license.

It is pretty expensive compared to other project management tools.

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.

It is a really fair price for the functionality you get.

Its pretty much dealt with using a Microsoft subscription.

There is no product costing if you have a Microsoft subscription.

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