SharePoint is a great solution for companies to consider, but finding quick pricing may get confusing. So let’s cut straight to the chase. I’ll explain the basics and lay out some estimates, then explain the pricing, benefits, and ideal setup more in depth while keeping in mind today’s rapidly changing technology. As well, we fwill look into other popular solutions (some free) for companies, organizations, or others searching for content management and similar portal solutions to consider. Many of the following offer stand-alone products in addition to integration with Sharepoint Portal Server solutions.
“The market for enterprise content management license software will exceed $3.9 billion in 2008, surpassing the overall software market with a forecasted 19% compound annual growth rate.”
- Kyle McNabb, Forrester
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 – MOSS 07
MOSS brings to the enterprice content management solutions and collaboration software markets a maturing product with a robust infrastructure, great compadibility, and customization abilities. Microsoft is the major player in the collaboration software market condending with Oracle Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., IBM, EMC Corp., Cisco Systems Inc. and Google, Inc. Some corporations who have turned to the solution love, others may find it too confusing for their users or costly. Out of the box, I find that SharePoint can support 75% most business’ needs. That still leaves a great bit of customization. Who will do that? The IT department, hired consultants or… Microsoft!? As you can see there are a lot of factors to consider. Size of the corporation, needs, and implementation are just a few.
Here are some price estimates: ****All pricing is in USD $****
Servers Estimated Price: The server may cost you anywhere from free (WSS) to $57,670 (MOSS for Search Enterprise).
- Office SharePoint Server 2007 $4424
- Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search Standard $8213
- Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Search Enterprise $57,670
- Office Forms Server 2007 $4424
- Client Access Licenses Estimated Price
- Office SharePoint Server 2007 Standard CAL $94
- Office SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise CAL $75
- Office Forms Server 2007 CAL $54
- Office SharePoint Designer 2007 $187
- Internet Facing Sites Estimated Price
- Office SharePoint Server 2007 for Internet sites $40,943
- Office Forms Server 2007 for Internet sites $22,118
Solution Overview
MOSS Image
Useful MOSS Pricing links:
Microsoft Voluming Licencing: Useful quote generator http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/mla/
All Microsoft Products: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/FX101754511033.aspx
News and quotes on MOSS07 market position:
From Gartner
Boom or Bust? The Impact of Microsoft’s SharePoint on the ECM Market
9 May 2008: Toby Bell
The success of Microsoft’s SharePoint has caused disruption in enterprise content management and adjacent markets. The forecast is good for vendors that are Microsoft partners. Other buyers and sellers must devise and execute a sound strategy.
From Wall Street Journal Article:
By ROBERT A. GUTH
April 24, 2007
Microsoft has sold 85 million licenses to the enhanced version of SharePoint across 17,000 companies. No marketing campaigns are in the works. “When we get SharePoint in there, it sells itself,” says Jeff Teper, vice president of Microsoft’s SharePoint Server group.
Livelink ECM (Enterprise Content Management): A product of Open Text Corp.
Livelink ECM Discovery Server - Search: query tracking, natural-language queries, restricted access, embedded links, documented locking, auditing.
Starting price is around $180,000 – $220,000 for 128 users
LiveLink ECM Knowledge Management - Fully web-based, brokered search, central repository, metadata, restricted access, workflow, records management, version control, expert identification, business process automation
Starting price is $100,000 for 100 users
Source - Pricing as of 2006*
Licensing
The license fees for core Livelink start at $100,000 USD for the first 100 users.
With volume pricing discounts, 1000 named users is approximately US$340/user and +10,000 named users is approximately US$160/user
Livelink ECM solution overview
Livelink ECM UI Image
http://www.oracle.com/stellent/index.html
PLEASE HELP ME FINISH THIS ARTICLE, IF YOU KNOW ORACLE STELLENT PRICING PLEASE INFORM ME!
Nearly two years after IBM aquired FileNet, the product portfolio has shifted to serve a broader audience.
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/content-management/
Documentum had a hard time finding its place in the ECM market in past years; the vendor dealt with company executive departures whose expertise was the backbone of the “D6″ release. This, coupled with a shift in product marketing focus have made some potential customers worried.
EMC Documentum Content Intelligence Services – Metadata auto-tagging, optional manual classification, prepackaged taxonomies, native European language support. Average Price – $250,000
EMC Documentum Discovery Manager – Intelligent query conversion and post-filtering, dynamic linguistic contextual, clustering, multilingual translation, results exporting to repositories. Average Price – $250,000
EMC Documentum Enterprice Client Intergration Services – Single-query access to multiple sources, post-filtering, workflow, notifications, multilingual translatio. Average Price – $250,000
Source
Solutions Overview
Documentum Interface Image:
Company URL:
http://www.documentum.com/
Here’s a nice article by Zlatan (MVP SharePoint) about SharePoint Server 2007′s Main Competitors: http://dotnet.org.za/zlatan/archive/2007/09/24/main-competition-to-SharePoint-server-2007-ecm-market-leaders.aspx
For whatever product you receive you will need to develop a deployment strategy.
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