What is the difference between OAS and OAC?

Oracle Analytics Server is the on-premises product, licensed perpetually per processor or Named User Plus. Oracle Analytics Cloud is the managed cloud service, metered per OCPU. Same engine, opposite commercial models.

How much does Oracle Analytics cost?

OAS lists at $46,000 per processor, or $950 per Named User Plus with a 10-per-processor minimum, plus 22 percent support. OAC runs about $21 per OCPU per hour for Professional or $16,000 per OCPU per month for Enterprise, where one OCPU is two cores.

Is the move from OAS to OAC reversible?

No. Migrating to OAC converts perpetual entitlements you own into a subscription you rent, and there is no path back to perpetual once you are on the cloud.

When is OAC cheaper than OAS?

OAC earns its price when the workload is elastic and OCPUs are scaled down or off between peaks. Run always-on at a fixed OCPU count, it can cost far more than the perpetual server over five years.

Which OAS metric should I choose?

With a 10 Named User Plus per processor minimum, a small counted analytics community is often cheaper on NUP; a large or uncountable user base uses Processor. Run the break-even.

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White Paper · Oracle Analytics

Oracle Analytics Licensing: OAC, OAS & the One-Way Door

Oracle Analytics is sold two ways, a perpetual per-processor server and a per-OCPU cloud subscription, and the move between them does not reverse. The prices, the metric math, and the five-year model.

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Last Updated July 15, 2026

What you will take away

The two models: perpetual OAS server versus per-OCPU OAC subscription
The OAS processor and NUP prices and the 10-per-processor minimum
The OAC OCPU editions, where one OCPU is two cores
Why the OAS-to-OAC migration does not reverse
The five-year model that decides which fits the workload

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Written byFredrik FilipssonCo Founder & Group CEO · ex Oracle, IBM, SAP

PublishedJuly 14, 2026

Last updatedJuly 14, 2026

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