2019-08-11T06:26:00Z

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM WebSphere Application Server?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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EI
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2024-01-02T14:53:09Z
Jan 2, 2024

The pricing is a little expensive. I would rate the pricing a four out of ten.

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Saleem Shar - PeerSpot reviewer
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2023-03-03T12:38:49Z
Mar 3, 2023

The solution is quite expensive. Therefore, it is not suitable for small and medium businesses. The solution is more of an enterprise application. Large employers, such as those with a large customer base, TPS 100 to 200 plus, the banking sector, and the government sector, are better suited for this solution. If an organization has fewer than 200 employees, it would not be suitable for them to use IBM WebSphere Application Server for their application, whether it is for internal or online use. IBM WebSphere Application Servers should only be considered if the organization has a concurrent load of 15,000 or more.

LV
Real User
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2022-10-10T22:00:11Z
Oct 10, 2022

The licensing cost is 1,000 of euros for a 30-year table.

SK
MSP
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2022-08-29T20:40:00Z
Aug 29, 2022

WebSphere Application Server is expensive, so it may not be a good option for small companies.

DP
Consultant
2022-03-02T21:54:18Z
Mar 2, 2022

It costs more than some of the others, but, you get what you pay for. Much like TWS, IBM, the way they price their products is known as sub-cap pricing. It can be very complicated and intimidating for people who don't understand the concepts. I would like to see IBM simplify its licensing models.

IR
Real User
2022-01-14T18:51:39Z
Jan 14, 2022

When you purchase Maximo, you get WebSphere for free. Why would you pay more for WebLogic?

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Real User
2021-11-07T09:55:15Z
Nov 7, 2021

The solution is expensive. We have 80,000 PVU, as this is referred to by IBM. The licensing policy is based on the PVU base. The initial setup and purchase cost approximately $4 and $5 million. The yearly support cost accounts for around 20 percent of the licensing cost, which means that we tend to pay IBM an annual sum of $800,000, which is a huge amount.

Viktor Dolyna - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2021-08-16T14:12:03Z
Aug 16, 2021

The price of IBM WebSphere Application Server could be less expensive and there is an annual license required for this solution.

PO
Real User
2021-07-06T21:53:37Z
Jul 6, 2021

It is very expensive.

SR
Real User
2020-11-19T09:48:12Z
Nov 19, 2020

We used to pay about $100,000-$120,000 US or somewhere around there. That was a bit cost-prohibitive for us to continue. You need to pay for both software licenses and software support, which was the IBM backline. There were two levels of support for software and software bots. We had hardware support, which was separate, and we had to proactively monitor service maintenance support as well.

MV
Real User
2020-05-11T06:07:00Z
May 11, 2020

The product is very expensive because PVU has to be calculated on maximun virtual cores and there is no difference between production and non-production environments.

Nicolae - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2020-04-13T06:27:36Z
Apr 13, 2020

The price of this product is higher than that of competitors.

SH
Real User
2020-03-16T06:56:00Z
Mar 16, 2020

There aren't any additional costs besides for the standard licensing.

GE
Real User
2020-01-12T07:22:00Z
Jan 12, 2020

The solution is very expensive compared to an open-source stack.

GB
Real User
2019-08-11T06:26:00Z
Aug 11, 2019

I don't remember the price, but there were no additional costs.

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