As a private user or individual, I wouldn't recommend it to others, considering it is a costly product. For a private company, it is a reliable product. An individual can't use much of the solution since it is a complex tool.
Service Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Jul 31, 2021
If you have a 20 or 30-core CPU underneath Oracle, they expect you to pay for all the cores, although the VM only has assigned a couple of them. They are very difficult license-wise and that is the reason why we went to Oracle Solaris. We were presented this option by our external advisor to prohibit extensive Oracle Linux costs. We have a lot of government organizations here in Holland leaving Oracle. It is not a bad solution, it is a perfect solution because we have used it for more than 25 years and have never lost one record. It is technically a good solution, but the licensing and sales issues, people are really annoyed about and many Dutch organizations are going over to other solutions. For example, Postgres databases or EnterpriseDB, which is a commercial version of Postgres. They are more cost-efficient if you speak to sales teams. The price is not good and needs to improve. What was surprising to us was that our Oracle databases run better with fewer resources on Linux than they did on Solaris. We found that strange because if Oracle brings out the new version of their database it is almost always firstly brought out on their own platforms, such as Solaris. You would expect that Solaris would work the best. However, in our case, it did not, there is something wrong with the resources in Solaris.
CEO at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Sep 27, 2020
This is a free product. It doesn't cost anything. What you can purchase is support. If you buy Oracle hardware it's supported free with the hardware. If you're putting it on non-Oracle hardware, that is when you buy the support license, which is also very reasonable. It is $1000 dollars per year, so it's not overly expensive. If you compare what it can do with how much Oracle charges for support, it's more or less free.
Just look into it. You'll find that this is one of the lower-cost solutions out there. There is no OS licensing cost if you use their hardware and purchase hardware maintenance.
Oracle ACE Director "Solaris " / CEO / Enterprise Consultant at JomaSoft
Real User
Top 5
May 5, 2016
When buying a server from Oracle, all the software is included -- OS, virtualization and patches. There are no hidden costs. We like the long life cycle of Solaris and the SPARC servers. There's no need to replace the hardware every two to three years, and we have a life cycle of five years and more.
Oracle Solaris is a trusted business platform that provides consistent compatibility, is simple to use, is always secure, and is designed to help you run your modern and legacy enterprise applications. The solution is the most recommended enterprise operating system for Oracle Database and Java applications and is engineered for large-scale enterprise deployments.
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I find the pricing of Oracle Solaris to be affordable compared to competitors like Windows.
We don't use an authorized license.
As a private user or individual, I wouldn't recommend it to others, considering it is a costly product. For a private company, it is a reliable product. An individual can't use much of the solution since it is a complex tool.
It is an expensive product. I rate the pricing a ten out of ten.
The product is inexpensive.
The current setup with hardware devices involves a higher cost, but the performance is top-notch.
The solution is free to use.
Solaris is highly priced compared to other solutions, but since it's a niche product, this is to be expected.
The solution is expensive and is based on an annual fee.
The price of Oracle Solaris could be less expensive.
It is a very expensive product.
There are no licensing fees but you can opt to pay for support.
Licensing for Solaris is normally on a yearly basis.
This solution needs a license to use it.
If you have a 20 or 30-core CPU underneath Oracle, they expect you to pay for all the cores, although the VM only has assigned a couple of them. They are very difficult license-wise and that is the reason why we went to Oracle Solaris. We were presented this option by our external advisor to prohibit extensive Oracle Linux costs. We have a lot of government organizations here in Holland leaving Oracle. It is not a bad solution, it is a perfect solution because we have used it for more than 25 years and have never lost one record. It is technically a good solution, but the licensing and sales issues, people are really annoyed about and many Dutch organizations are going over to other solutions. For example, Postgres databases or EnterpriseDB, which is a commercial version of Postgres. They are more cost-efficient if you speak to sales teams. The price is not good and needs to improve. What was surprising to us was that our Oracle databases run better with fewer resources on Linux than they did on Solaris. We found that strange because if Oracle brings out the new version of their database it is almost always firstly brought out on their own platforms, such as Solaris. You would expect that Solaris would work the best. However, in our case, it did not, there is something wrong with the resources in Solaris.
Its licensing is on a yearly basis.
There should be an option to install the solution for free and just pay for the support. We purchased an annual license and the price could be better.
You don't have to pay a licensing fee. The solution is free to use. It's bound with the hardware.
This is a free product. It doesn't cost anything. What you can purchase is support. If you buy Oracle hardware it's supported free with the hardware. If you're putting it on non-Oracle hardware, that is when you buy the support license, which is also very reasonable. It is $1000 dollars per year, so it's not overly expensive. If you compare what it can do with how much Oracle charges for support, it's more or less free.
Just look into it. You'll find that this is one of the lower-cost solutions out there. There is no OS licensing cost if you use their hardware and purchase hardware maintenance.
It is more expensive, but very complete and worth enacting.
When buying a server from Oracle, all the software is included -- OS, virtualization and patches. There are no hidden costs. We like the long life cycle of Solaris and the SPARC servers. There's no need to replace the hardware every two to three years, and we have a life cycle of five years and more.
I can't talk about prices. Solaris is free for final users, and in the case of OEM licenses, you should visit www.oracle.com.