A buyer side guide to the Oracle Technology Price List in 2026. How to read list prices for Database, options, and middleware, why the metric matters more than the discount, and where the recurring support base compounds.
The Oracle Technology Price List is the public starting point for Database, options, and middleware pricing, but the list number is rarely what an enterprise pays or what it owes. The metric, the options stack, and the support base matter far more than the headline.
This pillar is for procurement and IT asset leaders who need to read the Oracle Technology Price List the way Oracle reads it. Pair it with the Oracle Database licensing guide, the Oracle Database licensing pillar, and the Oracle Knowledge Hub.
The Oracle Technology Price List is the published catalog of list prices for Oracle Database, the database options and management packs, and core middleware. Oracle updates it periodically and publishes it as a PDF.
It is a reference document, not a quote. Oracle expects enterprise buyers to negotiate down from it. You can read the current list on Oracle's corporate pricing page.
The list separates Standard Edition 2 from Enterprise Edition. The two are priced on different metrics and serve different scales of workload.
Options are the part buyers underestimate. Enterprise Edition is the base, and capabilities like Real Application Clusters, Partitioning, and the Diagnostics Pack each carry a separate per Processor price. Oracle documents these in its database technology pages.
The metric you license under decides everything downstream. Processor licensing covers unlimited users on counted cores. Named User Plus counts people and devices instead.
Oracle Technology Price List, common line items, list prices illustrative
| Line item | Metric | List per unit | Annual support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Database Enterprise Edition | Processor | 47,500 dollars | 10,450 dollars |
| Real Application Clusters | Processor | 23,000 dollars | 5,060 dollars |
| Partitioning | Processor | 11,500 dollars | 2,530 dollars |
| Diagnostics Pack | Processor | 7,500 dollars | 1,650 dollars |
| Database Enterprise Edition | Named User Plus | 950 dollars | 209 dollars |
Processor licensing fits public facing systems and large user counts. You count physical cores, apply the Core Factor, and you stop worrying about who logs in.
Named User Plus fits small, known populations. Oracle sets a minimum per Processor, so the saving disappears once user counts climb past the break even point.
Support runs at 22 percent of net license fees each year, a figure Oracle confirms in its support policy documents. Over a decade that recurring fee dwarfs the one time license, and Oracle resists reducing it.
The standard advice is to chase the deepest discount off list and treat that as the win. We disagree. In roughly 40 of the pricing reviews we ran, the discount looked strong while the support base, the metric, and unused options quietly drove total cost.
The buyer side move is to negotiate the support base and the option footprint, not just the headline percentage. A smaller, cleaner estate at a modest discount beats a bloated one at 80 percent off.
Source: Redress Compliance advisory engagement file, 2024 to 2025.
List price is Oracle's opening bid, not your cost. The cost is set by the metric you chose, the options you carry, and the support base you let compound.
Oracle publishes it on its corporate pricing page as a downloadable PDF. It lists Database, options, management packs, and middleware at list prices. The published number is a starting point for negotiation, not a quote.
Enterprise Edition lists near 47,500 dollars per Processor. Annual support adds about 22 percent of the net license fee. Options such as Real Application Clusters and Partitioning are priced separately per Processor on top of the base.
First time enterprise purchases commonly land 50 to 80 percent below list. The exact number depends on volume, the competitive situation, and timing in Oracle's fiscal year. The discount alone does not tell you whether the deal is good.
No. Support is separate and runs at about 22 percent of net license fees per year. Over a multi year contract, support typically becomes the majority of total Oracle spend, which is why the support base matters more than the upfront discount.
Processor licensing counts cores and allows unlimited users. Named User Plus counts named people and devices, with a minimum per Processor. Processor fits large or public user bases, while Named User Plus fits small, fixed populations.
Options such as Partitioning, Diagnostics Pack, and Tuning Pack are easy to enable and easy to use accidentally. Each carries a separate per Processor fee, so an unlicensed option in use becomes a direct audit finding and a true up cost.
Oracle updates the list periodically rather than on a fixed annual schedule. Prices can move, items can be added or retired, and metrics can be redefined. Always work from the current published version when modeling a deal.
Reducing support is hard because Oracle ties repricing rules to the support base. The practical levers are terminating licenses you do not use, consolidating contracts, and negotiating the base at renewal. Third party support is an option for stable, older estates.
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The standard advice is to chase the deepest discount off list and call it a win. We disagree. In the pricing reviews we have run, the support base and the unused options drove total cost while the discount looked great. The buyer side move is to negotiate the base and the footprint.
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