Oracle Support Cost Reduction
Reduce Oracle Support Costs
Without Triggering Reprising.
We enable unused licenses to be removed from support while avoiding repricing. Our fees are outcome-based: we earn when you save.
The Reality of Oracle Support Costs
22% Annual
Support
Oracle support is typically based on 22% of the original license fee, with annual increases thereafter.
Paying for Unused
Licenses
Licenses you no longer need remain under support — and continue generating annual costs.
Repricing Limits
Savings
Removing licenses can trigger repricing of what remains, reducing or even eliminating the expected savings.
The Cost of
Waiting
Support costs for licenses you no longer use increase every year.
The Repricing Constraint
Removing Licenses Is Easy.
Preserving the Saving Is Not.
The obvious approach is to identify licenses that are no longer required and terminate their support.
Oracle may reprice the remaining licenses within a related license set. The expected saving can therefore be substantially reduced—or disappear altogether.
The issue is not only what can be removed, but what happens to the remaining support price.
Remove Unused
Licenses
Remaining Licenses
May Be Repriced
Expected Saving
Reduced or Eliminated
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What Oracle’s Support Policy Says
“Support for the remaining licenses […] will be priced at Oracle’s list price […] minus the applicable standard discount.”
What This Means in Practice
Oracle may price support for the remaining licenses using its then-current support list price and standard discount. The original negotiated discount may therefore no longer apply.
Removing 50% of the licenses therefore does not necessarily reduce support fees by 50%.