Oracle Analytics Server licensing, decoded for buyers

What you will take away

• Why the choice between Processor and Named User Plus turns on a single number — roughly 111 users per processor.
• How x86 core factors and mandatory round-up rules set your true processor count before a price is ever quoted.
• The condition that keeps the OBIEE-to-OAS upgrade free — and the lapse that makes your deployment unlicensed.
• How an 8-vCPU VM on VMware can be claimed as 192 processors ($42M+ list) under Oracle's soft partitioning stance.
• When staying on OAS beats OAC (BYOL) or third party support at ~50% of Oracle's fee.