2020-11-15T06:19:18Z

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for OpenShift?

Julia Miller - PeerSpot reviewer
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GR
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2024-01-25T07:42:20Z
Jan 25, 2024

The product has reasonable pricing. It is an affordable solution but needs a learning effort to understand industrial-grade security.

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2023-10-04T12:05:03Z
Oct 4, 2023

The product’s pricing is expensive. It has the biggest market share right now as a containerization platform. It is the highest-selling product.

Arun Sahani - PeerSpot reviewer
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2023-06-21T16:52:00Z
Jun 21, 2023

The price depends on the type and the nature of the organizations, along with the types of projects that are of considerable range. I don't think the price is very much of an issue for any organization against the services being delivered over the cloud and the services of OpenSuite.

Gustavo Magni - PeerSpot reviewer
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Top 5Leaderboard
2023-05-22T14:36:00Z
May 22, 2023

The solution is expensive but cost-effective.

Yossi Shmulevitch - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2023-05-22T08:19:00Z
May 22, 2023

The product's support is expensive. I would rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten.

Markos Sellis - PeerSpot reviewer
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Top 5Leaderboard
2023-01-09T09:07:00Z
Jan 9, 2023

It's expensive. It may be cheaper to invest in building Vanilla Kubernetes, especially if security is not the number one motivation or requirement. Of course, that's difficult, and in some business areas, such as banking, that's not something you can put as a second priority. In other situations, a Vanilla Kubernetes with a sufficiently strong team can be cheaper and almost as effective. In addition, people who are already working with a specific cloud provider tend to find cheaper solutions by combining Kubernetes on the specific cloud and choosing that over OpenShift.

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CB
Real User
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2022-12-29T18:11:00Z
Dec 29, 2022

Vendor support is one reason to go with OpenShift. It's an open-source product, but you can pay for support.

JK
Consultant
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2022-12-12T16:21:00Z
Dec 12, 2022

The first thing we need to know is that Kubernetes is free. However, if we need to maintain a Kubernetes environment, we need 10 people to build, maintain and keep Kubernetes secure and bring it to the same level as OpenShift. Then we have to pay evenly as subscriptions for OpenShift. It's important to start small because the solution is scalable. We can build our cluster and look at the bundle option, not the external subscriptions. Talking to the people at Red Hat can save us money.

MB
Real User
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2022-12-07T02:23:00Z
Dec 7, 2022

I think it is a good idea to start looking at alternatives to Red Hat, perhaps a more open-source solution. This way we can save on licensing costs and have more control over our infrastructure. We get to the point where we can afford to pay skilled people to look at our code instead of paying for a license. OpenShift is really good when we need to start, but once we get to a certain scale, it becomes too expensive. It is more cost-effective to go with a cloud-managed Kubernetes if the organization is already on the cloud.

AC
Real User
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2022-11-13T19:32:00Z
Nov 13, 2022

This solution is fairly expensive but comes at an average cost compared to other solutions in the market.

SP
Real User
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2022-10-05T10:34:09Z
Oct 5, 2022

The licensing cost for OpenShift is expensive when compared to other products. RedHat also charges you additional costs apart from the standard licensing fees.

Vikram Casula - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-09-14T10:05:28Z
Sep 14, 2022

We are currently using the open version, OKD. We plan to get the enterprise version in the future.

KA
Real User
Top 5
2022-08-01T13:44:00Z
Aug 1, 2022

Depending on the extent of the product use, licenses are available for a range of time periods, and are renewable at the end of the period.

Mustafa Kavcioglu - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-07-14T12:39:20Z
Jul 14, 2022

I don’t have any information about the licensing costs or the process.

EdisonMacabebe - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
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2022-07-04T17:17:00Z
Jul 4, 2022

Pricing of OpenShift depends on the number of nodes and who is hosting it. OpenShift is more expensive than other solutions, however, I think it is worth it.

AK
Real User
2022-01-26T12:05:00Z
Jan 26, 2022

We had a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) license for all our servers' operating systems. By having multiple Red Hat products together, you can negotiate costs and leverage on having a sort of enterprise license agreement to reduce the overall outlay or TCO. The pricing and licensing for OpenShift is okay.

DM
Real User
2021-04-25T12:17:00Z
Apr 25, 2021

I don't deal with the cost part, but I know that the cost is very high when compared to other products. They charge for CPU and memory, but we don't worry about it. If people really want to make use of this platform, they don't care about the licensing and costs.

HH
Real User
2020-11-15T06:19:18Z
Nov 15, 2020

The licensing costs are quite cheap compared to other similar solutions.

OpenShift is Red Hat's Kubernetes platform that provides a cloud environment for development, hosting, and scaling applications. The solution enables a cloud-like experience regardless of the location where it has been deployed, including in the cloud, on premises, or at the edge. It allows developers to select where to build, deploy, and run applications through a consistent experience, supported by full-stack automated operations, and self-service provisioning. OpenShift employs an open...
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