2018-07-16T10:04:00Z

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TFS?

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2023-10-03T10:45:00Z
Oct 3, 2023

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

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Ashu Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
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2023-09-21T08:11:45Z
Sep 21, 2023

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

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2023-09-20T07:52:51Z
Sep 20, 2023

The tool's licensing costs are yearly.

SJ
Real User
Top 10
2023-05-05T13:41:00Z
May 5, 2023

The solution is expensive.

BW
Real User
Top 20
2023-04-24T10:59:00Z
Apr 24, 2023

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

Muhammad Qasim - PeerSpot reviewer
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Top 10
2023-04-06T08:09:00Z
Apr 6, 2023

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.

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AmrEL Tahan - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2023-02-14T09:53:39Z
Feb 14, 2023

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.

Kumar Rajan - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2022-09-13T07:14:34Z
Sep 13, 2022

The overall price of TFS is good.

Sanjay Patankar - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-06-17T10:59:09Z
Jun 17, 2022

You will need to obtain server and account licenses.

HS
Real User
Top 10
2022-06-06T09:51:00Z
Jun 6, 2022

Our organization has an enterprise license with TFS.

CarlBrown - PeerSpot reviewer
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Top 10
2022-05-26T22:00:49Z
May 26, 2022

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.

Ashish-Kamat - PeerSpot reviewer
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Top 10
2022-04-06T17:00:52Z
Apr 6, 2022

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.

PJ
Real User
2021-11-24T17:59:53Z
Nov 24, 2021

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.

RC
Real User
2021-11-04T16:53:46Z
Nov 4, 2021

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.

TA
Real User
2021-09-03T10:05:50Z
Sep 3, 2021

We pay for the license yearly.

KH
Real User
2021-03-05T19:20:20Z
Mar 5, 2021

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

Reza Sadeghi - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2021-01-08T19:00:40Z
Jan 8, 2021

We are using the open-source version.

KK
Real User
2020-10-08T07:25:17Z
Oct 8, 2020

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.

AE
Real User
2020-08-30T08:33:41Z
Aug 30, 2020

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

Kumar Rajan - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2020-06-18T05:18:35Z
Jun 18, 2020

The pricing is reasonable at this time.

KK
Real User
2020-06-17T10:56:06Z
Jun 17, 2020

TFS is more competitively priced than some other solutions.

PB
Real User
2019-10-07T11:43:00Z
Oct 7, 2019

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

it_user899448 - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
2018-07-16T10:04:00Z
Jul 16, 2018

It is pretty expensive compared to other project management tools.

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