On: SQL Server 2014 Standard Edition Sucks

[wmf]

At these prices it seems like you could take Postgres, wrap it in a support contract, and call it EnterpriSQL and still charge less than MS.

[kermatt → wmf]

http://www.enterprisedb.com/

[daigoba66 → wmf]

Someone beat you to it: http://www.enterprisedb.com/

[MichaelGG → daigoba66]

Actually, most of their prices are "Call us!"[1]

Looks to be at least $4000/socket/year. So, more money than SQL Server Standard, less than SQL Server Enterprise.

1: http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/subsc...

[piggity → MichaelGG]

SQL Server Standard is $2K per core - with > 4 cores per socket, things flip around a bit.

I'm not a SQL licensing guru; so perhaps I'm confused as well...

[MichaelGG → piggity]

So let's say 4 cores @ $2L, $8K. Then you pay like 35% a year for software assurance; so you'd end up with $2800 a year.

No one buys MS servers products at the flat retail price. They work out plenty of long-term strategies to help you pay.