Oracle Database Plans Pricing
Oracle Database is sold under perpetual or term software licenses with two main metrics — per-Processor and per-Named-User-Plus (NUP). Public list prices come from Oracle's Technology Price List; Enterprise discounting is common. Free editions exist (XE — Express Edition); cloud-managed alternatives (Autonomous Database, Database Cloud Service) are billed per-OCPU/ECPU-hour on OCI. NUP minimums apply (25 NUP per processor on Enterprise Edition). Annual support is typically 22% of license list price.
Plans
Free, redistributable edition of Oracle Database with capacity caps. Useful for development, learning, and small embedded deployments.
- Up to 12 GB user data
- Up to 2 GB RAM, 2 CPU threads
- No per-user / per-app limit (within capacity caps)
Mid-tier edition with full SQL, partitioning replaced by simpler features. Per-Processor perpetual license; capacity capped at 16 threads.
- Capped at 16 threads
- Includes RAC (legacy 19c only)
- 22% annual support
Per-NUP licensing for SE2; minimum 10 NUP per server.
- 10 NUP minimum per server
Flagship edition with full feature set; per-Processor perpetual license. Options (Partitioning, Active Data Guard, Diagnostics Pack, etc.) are licensed separately.
- Full feature catalog
- Add-on Options and Management Packs sold separately
- 22% annual support
Per-NUP perpetual license; 25 NUP minimum per processor.
- 25 NUP minimum per processor
- NUP cheaper than processor metric for low user counts
Per-OCPU- or per-ECPU-hour cloud-managed Oracle Database (Base Database Service, ExaDB, Autonomous Database). License-Included or BYOL variants.
- Pay-as-you-go on OCI
- BYOL discount available
- Backups, patching, HA included