Re: RDI pricing (was: SEU support for Free format in the F and D specs)

Some clarification below--well, it will probably be even muddier with my
input.

Before I go there, I say check with your IBM Business Partner. They'll
have the latest pricing. Then can sometimes get a discount from IBM's list
pricing.

I found options for RDi licensing are described by searching for "RDi
floating license"--my result was:

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?mhq=RDi%20floating%20license&mhsrc=ibmsearch_a&uid=swg22014195

"RPG400-L" <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 12/19/2018 06:31:03
PM:

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Subject:

Re: SEU support for Free format in the F and D specs

Thomas

I think I already responded to an earlier post like this. Whatever,

right?

List price US$ for the authorized user license is $1120 - annual
maintenance could be $250 or so.

I think maintenance is closer to $225, but that's trivial in the grand
scheme of things. If I recall it's 20% of the current list price for the
product.

There was around a 30% discount if you trade seats of ADTS (Application
Developer Tool Set), the green-screen development tools on the IBM i. So

now you're down to less than $800 - we do that for every copy we

license.

Maintenance is based on the list price. But after 2 years, your cost
with the discount is about $1050, after 3 years, $1300.

The floating license price on the site Buck gives is $913 . . .

I don't think this is the floating license--it's the annual PER USER
license. It's only valuable if you've got a short-term need--e.g., a
project where you've hired a temporary developer who you absolutely are
not going to retain longer than a year.

- you have to
pay that amount every year, it is a limited-to-one-year license with
maintenance for the year. Personally I don't see much benefit to getting

this license - others can speak to that.

After 2 years, your cost is $1825, after 3 years, $2738. for one license

- now, yes, if you had 2 licenses and had 2 people using them in a day

I don't think that's allowed with that license. It specifically states
"per user per year." It sounds like two users even using it at different
times would require two of these licenses.

at different times, it would be like $1350 per developer after 3 years.
Authorized user would be $1300, just a bit more.

Again the best bet is a good IBM business partner.


Michael Quigley
Computer Services
The Way International