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Key takeawaysWhat is on the price listProcessor or Named User PlusWhat a discount dollar is worthDropping licenses and supportWebLogic and SOA SuiteWhat our quote reviews showedAnswers for the account teamWhat to do nextFAQOracle's Technology Global Price List puts Database Enterprise Edition at $47,500 per Processor, WebLogic Suite at $45,000 and SOA Suite at $57,500. Your bill depends less on those rates than on the counts, floors and support clauses behind them.
- One PDF, stable prices. The April 16, 2026 edition set Enterprise Edition at $47,500 per Processor and $950 per Named User Plus, and later 2026 editions kept both.
- The list decides the metric. Named User Plus is one fiftieth of the Processor price on every Database line, so Processor wins above 50 real users per Processor.
- Floors come first. You license the higher of your real users and the floor: 25 per Processor on Enterprise Edition, 10 per server on Standard Edition 2.
- Discounts compound through support. Support is 22 percent of the net license fee, so each dollar of discount is worth about $2.10 over five years.
- Reductions can save nothing. Matching Service Levels and the repricing clause can leave support unchanged after you drop 37.5 percent of an order.
- Middleware arrives through design. WebLogic Suite and SOA Suite enter through architecture choices and surface when an audit prices them at list.
What is on the Oracle Technology Global Price List?
The Oracle Technology Global Price List is one PDF covering Oracle Database, its options and packs, and Fusion Middleware such as WebLogic and SOA Suite. The edition effective April 16, 2026 put Database Enterprise Edition at $47,500 per Processor, WebLogic Suite at $45,000 and SOA Suite at $57,500.
Each row has four prices: the Named User Plus license, its first year support, the Processor license, and its first year support. Every support figure is exactly 22 percent of the license price beside it.
| Line | Per Processor | Per Named User Plus | First year support per Processor | What to watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Database Enterprise Edition | $47,500 | $950, floor of 25 per Processor | $10,450 | Multiplied by cores after the core factor |
| Database Standard Edition 2 | $17,500 per socket | $350, floor of 10 per server | $3,850 | About one in three Enterprise Edition deployments we review could run on it |
| Real Application Clusters | $23,000 | $460 | $5,060 | Enterprise Edition option, counted on every node |
| Partitioning, Active Data Guard | $11,500 each | $230 each | $2,530 each | Must match the database they run on |
| Diagnostics Pack, Tuning Pack | $7,500 and $5,000 | $150 and $100 | $1,650 and $1,100 | Meter under the edition, per the pack rules |
| WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition | $25,000 | $500 | $5,500 | Includes clustering |
| WebLogic Suite | $45,000 | $900 | $9,900 | Pulled in by high availability designs |
| SOA Suite for Oracle Middleware | $57,500 | $1,200 | $12,650 | Rarely restated by buyers until an audit does it |
Oracle reissued the document on August 3 and September 15, 2026. We checked the September 15 copy, and none of the lines on this page changed. Because these rates rarely move between editions, your bill comes down to quantities, discounts and support terms.
Which lines matter most?
Enterprise Edition sets most technology budgets, because every core is multiplied through the core factor and then through each option and pack on the same server. Options and packs are also what audit scripts find most often. Our price list tool runs any Database line with your quantity and discount, and we cover the other Oracle price list documents separately.
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How do Processor and Named User Plus prices compare?
On every Database line, Named User Plus costs one fiftieth of the Processor price: $950 against $47,500 on Enterprise Edition, $350 against $17,500 on Standard Edition 2. The crossover is 50 real users per Processor. Above it Processor is cheaper, and below it Named User Plus is cheaper, subject to the floors.
The floors are 25 Named User Plus per Processor on Enterprise Edition and 10 per server on Standard Edition 2, and you license the higher of the floor and your real headcount. Users are counted at the front end of any multiplexing layer, so internet facing systems almost always need Processor licenses.
A worked example with 32 Processors
Say you run Enterprise Edition on two servers, each with two 16 core Intel Xeon sockets. That is 64 cores, and at Oracle's 0.5 core factor for Xeon you need 32 Processor licenses, or $1,520,000 at list. The Named User Plus floor is 800 users and the crossover is 1,600.
| Real users | Named User Plus licensed | Named User Plus cost | Processor cost | Cheaper metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | 800 (floor applies) | $760,000 | $1,520,000 | Named User Plus |
| 1,200 | 1,200 | $1,140,000 | $1,520,000 | Named User Plus |
| 1,600 | 1,600 | $1,520,000 | $1,520,000 | Equal |
| 2,500 | 2,500 | $2,375,000 | $1,520,000 | Processor |
Once both counts are right, the metric chooses itself. Our crossover calculator runs the same test for any server.
Where the ratio does not hold exactly
WebLogic Server and WebLogic Suite follow the same one fiftieth ratio. SOA Suite does not: the current list prices it at $1,200 per Named User Plus against $57,500 per Processor. Its crossover is 48 users per Processor, since 48 users cost $57,600.
When Standard Edition 2 changes the answer
Standard Edition 2 counts each occupied socket as one Processor, whatever the core count. It runs only on servers with at most two sockets.
A two socket server lists at $35,000, against $760,000 on Enterprise Edition for the same server with 32 Xeon cores. It has other limits too, including no Real Application Clusters from Database 19c, so test the edition fit workload by workload.
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Support is charged at 22 percent of the net license fee, so a license discount also shrinks every future support invoice. One dollar off the net license saves that dollar plus 22 cents a year in support. Over a five year hold that comes to about $2.10.
The effect runs both ways. A weak discount stays in the support stream for as long as you keep the licenses, and that stream rises each year by an amount Oracle does not cap. Its support policies say only that renewal adjustments may be applied.
The same 32 Processors at a 50 percent discount
- Net license. $760,000 instead of $1,520,000, with first year support of $167,200.
- One more discount point. $15,200 off the license and $3,344 a year off support.
- Five year value of that point. $31,920, which is 2.1 times the license saving.
Hold that figure up against any concession Oracle offers in place of a discount point. Training credits or a short cloud credit rarely come close on a deal of this size.
What Oracle does not publish
Oracle publishes no discount schedule and no cap on the annual support increase. Discounts are set deal by deal and can only be judged against benchmarks for similar volumes. A cap exists only when you write it into the ordering document; our guide to price holds and uplift caps covers the wording.
Can you lower Oracle support by dropping part of your licenses?
Often not by as much as the license count suggests, and sometimes not at all. Two clauses in Oracle's Software Technical Support Policies decide the result, and a third penalizes coming back. The support drop guide covers them in full.
- Matching Service Levels. Every license in a license set must have the same support level. You cannot let support lapse on part of a set; you have to terminate those licenses.
- Repricing. Support on the remaining licenses on that order is repriced at list support minus the applicable standard discount. The result can be no higher than your previous fee plus any annual adjustment, and no lower than what you already paid for the licenses you keep.
- Reinstatement. Restoring lapsed support means paying back support for the lapsed period plus a reinstatement fee of 150 percent of the last annual fee you paid.
Worked example: dropping 37.5 percent for $0
Say one order holds 8 Enterprise Edition Processors bought at 50 percent off: $190,000 net, with $41,800 a year in support. You terminate 3 of them, which is 37.5 percent of the order.
The other 5 are repriced at $10,450 of list support each, minus Oracle's standard discount for that volume. At a 20 percent discount the result is exactly $41,800, and at any smaller discount the ceiling holds it there. You give up 3 licenses and save $0.
The best case is the floor, five eighths of the old fee, or $26,125. Oracle does not publish the discount that decides where you land, so get the repriced quote in writing before you terminate anything.
The two published ways out
Oracle's own route is Support Rewards: each dollar of OCI spend earns 25 cents of credit against technology support, or 33 cents with a ULA. Java subscriptions, some MySQL subscriptions, Oracle Linux and applications support are excluded. The other route is third party support, which takes you outside these clauses entirely.
Why do WebLogic and SOA Suite lines surprise buyers?
They arrive through architecture decisions instead of purchases. A team builds a high availability topology or an integration layer, installs what it needs, and the license question comes up when an audit prices it at list: $45,000 per Processor for WebLogic Suite and $57,500 for SOA Suite.
The WebLogic editions show how it happens. Clustering is included in WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition at $25,000 per Processor. Active GridLink for RAC comes only with WebLogic Suite, which also bundles Coherence Enterprise Edition. At list, moving 8 Processors from Enterprise Edition to Suite for one GridLink data source adds $160,000 in licenses and $35,200 a year in support.
How to check what your middleware uses
- Data sources. The JDBC data source list in the WebLogic Administration Console shows each source's type. A GridLink source means WebLogic Suite.
- Coherence. Look for Coherence clusters in each domain's configuration. Enterprise Edition features in use need WebLogic Suite or a separate Coherence license.
- SOA components. List the servers running SOA Suite components, such as the BPEL process engine. Our SOA and integration guide covers what each one requires.
- Host cores. Record cores on every host running these products, since middleware follows the same Processor counting as the database.
If a design needs only clustering, the WebLogic edition decision may let you step down to Enterprise Edition at renewal.
What have we seen in Oracle quote reviews from 2024 to 2026?
Across the 60 to 80 Oracle quotes, renewal packs and settlement models we worked through from 2024 to 2026, one pattern repeated. The discount percentage was the only number in the buyer's approval pack that got real scrutiny. The quantities it multiplied went through unchecked.
- The Processor count was taken on trust. It came from Oracle's assumptions about cores, virtualization boundaries and minimums, and buyers almost never restated it after applying the core factor.
- Middleware went unreviewed. WebLogic and SOA Suite lines entered through designs that never passed a procurement review, then surfaced at audit prices.
- Edition fit was not tested. Workloads that fit Standard Edition 2 stayed on Enterprise Edition at renewal after renewal.
Buyers who used the price list as a checklist, line by line against what actually runs, met their quotes prepared.
Why chasing the biggest discount first gets the order wrong
The usual advice is to win the largest discount percentage you can. We disagree, because in these reviews the discount was applied to counts the buyer had never verified. Restate the quantities with the counting rules in our database licensing guide, choose the metric, test the edition, and negotiate the discount last, when it lands on an honest base.
A deep discount on an inflated count is the most expensive bargain in enterprise software.
What will the Oracle account team say, and how should you answer?
- "List price is fixed, so the discount is the only thing to discuss." Agree on the list and ask Oracle to show its Processor count by host, with the core factor applied.
- "Support is always 22 percent." Agree, and point out that it is 22 percent of net, so a better discount lowers support too. Then ask for an annual increase cap, since the policies contain none.
- "If you drop those licenses, the rest will be repriced." Ask for the repriced quote in writing, showing list support, the standard discount used, and the ceiling and floor.
- "Your high availability design needs WebLogic Suite." Ask which feature requires it. Clustering alone is covered by Enterprise Edition.
Contract terms to ask for
- Support increase cap. A maximum annual increase written into the ordering document, because Oracle's policies set no limit.
- Price hold. The same discount on additional quantities of the same lines for a stated period, so growth is not bought at list.
- Metric and edition per line. Each product named with its metric, edition and quantity, which leaves an auditor less room to reinterpret what you bought.
What to do next
- Restate the quantities on every quote. Count Processors after the core factor, apply virtualization boundaries, and check the floors before discussing rates.
- Let the ratio pick the metric. Compare each database's real users with the floor and the crossover, and check SOA Suite separately.
- Value every discount point over five years. Trade concessions against that figure, because the support stream is where a negotiation's value compounds.
- Map WebLogic and SOA Suite to the architecture. Find GridLink data sources, Coherence clusters and SOA servers before an audit does.
- Model the support clauses before any reduction. Work through Matching Service Levels and repricing first, with Support Rewards and third party support as the alternatives.
- Get a second pair of eyes. Our Oracle practice checks quotes line by line against the list, and our audit defense services handle the count when Oracle asks for one.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Oracle Database Enterprise Edition cost per processor?
$47,500 per Processor at list, plus $10,450 of first year support, or $950 per Named User Plus with at least 25 users per Processor. On Intel Xeon or AMD EPYC servers one Processor license covers two cores, and every option you add is priced on that same count.
When should we license per Processor versus Named User Plus?
Divide real users by the server's Processor count. Under 50 per Processor, buy Named User Plus, at no less than the floor; over 50, buy Processor licenses. Systems whose users cannot be counted, such as public websites, need Processor licenses whatever the numbers say.
How much is an Oracle discount point actually worth?
Roughly $2.10 for each dollar it removes from the net license over a five year hold, since 22 percent support is charged on the discounted amount. The saving keeps accruing for as long as you pay support, so it is worth more than most concessions offered in its place.
Can we reduce Oracle support costs by dropping some licenses?
Partly at best. Oracle reprices the licenses you keep, and the new fee may equal the old one. Before terminating, get the repriced figure in writing and compare it with Support Rewards credits and with a move to third party support.
Does Oracle publish discount levels or support caps?
Neither. Discounts are agreed deal by deal and judged against benchmarks for similar volumes. A limit on yearly support increases exists only if you negotiate it into your ordering document.
Why do middleware lines like WebLogic surprise buyers?
Engineers choose features, and features decide the edition. An Active GridLink data source requires WebLogic Suite, and Coherence Enterprise Edition needs Suite or its own license, so a design choice made without procurement can turn into an audit finding priced at list.
How often does Oracle update the technology price list?
More than once in some years. In 2026 Oracle issued editions dated April 16, August 3 and September 15. Keep the edition your quote relied on, because its cover date is how you prove which prices applied.
Is the support price on the Oracle list what we will pay every year?
No. The list shows first year support on a license bought at list. Your real fee is 22 percent of what you paid net, and Oracle can raise it at each renewal unless your ordering document limits the increase.