Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform Comparison Calculator

This calculator compares the ongoing subscription costs of Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform Premium with Management to the upfront license and ongoing support/maintenance costs of Oracle WebLogic Portal and IBM WebSphere Portal.

Pricing models for IBM WebSphere and Oracle WebLogic are highly dependent on both the number of processor cores as well as the type of processor core in use. Please review the instructions for each comparison to ensure the correct IBM Processor Value Units (PVUs) and Oracle Core Factors are being used.

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Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Oracle WebCenter Portal Red Hat JBoss
Portal Platform		 Oracle WebCenter Portal Red Hat JBoss
Portal Platform		 Oracle WebCenter Portal Red Hat JBoss
Portal Platform
Existing Processors Enter the number of existing processors in year 1 here 4 n/a 8 n/a 12 n/a
New Processors Enter the number of new processors for each year here 4 4 4
Cores per Processors 4 4 4
Total JBoss Cores n/a 32 n/a 48 n/a 64
Oracle Core Factor Enter the Oracle Core Factor from the Oracle Core Factor sheet 0.5 n/a 0.5 n/a 0.5 n/a
Total Adjusted Oracle Processors 8 8 8
Oracle List License Costs The Oracle WebCenter Portal list price can be verified (or updated) as per the Oracle pricing list 125000 125000 125000
License Discount Enter the license discount from Oracle here 0 0 0
Total License Costs 480000 480000 480000
Production Support
(% of License Net) The 22% of list license can be verified on Oracle's website		 22 n/a 22 n/a 22 n/a
Total Support Costs 211200 316800 422400
Total License + Support
-or- Subscription Cost		 691200 50000 796800 75000 902400 84000
JBoss Savings per Year 641200 721800 818400
JBoss Savings Over 3 Years 2181400
JBoss Savings % Over 3 Years 91

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The calculator is only designed to work with up to 1,024 cores. Please edit your entries to equal fewer cores.

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Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
IBM WebSphere Portal Red Hat JBoss
Portal Platform		 IBM Websphere Portal Red Hat JBoss
Portal Platform		 IBM WebSphere Portal Red Hat JBoss
Portal Platform
Existing Processors Enter the number of existing processors in year 1 here 4 n/a 8 n/a 12 n/a
New Processors Enter the number of additional processors for each year here 4 4 4
Cores per Processor Enter the number of cores per processor here 4 4 4
Total Cores 32 32 48 48 64 64
IBM Value Units per Core * Determine the number of Value Units/Core here by referring to the chart on the IBM Web site * 70 n/a 70 n/a 70 n/a
New Value Units 1120 1120 1120
Total Value Units 2240 3360 4480
IBM List License Cost / Value Unit Input the list price per Value Unit here. You can check to see the latest pricing on this page on IBM's web site 789 789 789
License Discount Input the license discount here 0 0 0
Total License Costs 833280 833280 833280
Production Support
(% of License Net) Input the % of list license that IBM charges for support here. NOTE Support/maintenance is included in the Year 1 price.		 20 n/a 20 n/a 20 n/a
Total Support Costs ? 333312 499968
Total License + Support
-or- Subscription Cost		 999936 50000 1166592 75000 1333248 84000
JBoss Savings per Year 949936 1091592 1249248
JBoss Savings Over 3 Years 3290776
JBoss Savings % Over 3 Years 94

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Notes

* Values for IBM PVUs per Core range from 50-120. The default is set for a middle-range processor which has 100 PVUs/core. When customizing, please be specific as to which processor you are using and adjust the PVU value accordingly.

Disclaimers

Oracle/IBM prices are as of January 4, 2013.

  • Red Hat JBoss Middleware pricing is for demonstration purposes only and DOES NOT constitute an official price quote. Red Hat reserves the right to change prices in this calculator without notice. JBoss pricing in this calculator does not include volume discounts. For an official quote with pricing customized for your business, please contact your Red Hat sales representative.
  • Calculator assumes the same number of cores/processor and same Oracle core factor or the same number of IBM Value Units per core for all years.
  • IBM and Oracle pricing and support costs are derived from publicly available data. See above links for details.