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“But how much does a PostgreSQL license actually cost?” A Frequently Asked Question from Oracle users considering PostgreSQL (stormatics.tech)

submitted 11 months ago by jnovinger to c/postgresql

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

I understand corporate inertia and tech debt, I really do, I'm in the dev business. But FFS, I can't imagine why people still do business with Oracle.

Same for SQL Server. One of our products required some customers to upgrade from SQL Server Express to the real deal. Guess who was tasked with figuring licensing? What a damn nightmare. If we weren't sunsetting that product, I'd be pushing to convert to PostgreSQL.