SharePoint 2010 Licensing Costs

Question

Hi,

We will be implementing a public-facing website in SharePoint 2010 and I have a few questions regarding licensing:

1. Is there any (relatively) reliable pricing information available for SharePoint 2010? What about rumors?
2. What edition of SharePoint 2010 would be appropriate for a publicly facing website (in 2007, you needed Enterprise for this, but it seems that WCM functionality is included in Standard in 2010)?
3. What would be a reasonable number to budget for SharePoint 2010 licensing for a publicly facing website?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Answer 1

To answer your questions:

1. I've covered some ballpark prices in the article Indicative SharePoint 2010 Licencing Costs
2. There are two options; SharePoint 2010 Internet Sites Standard or SharePoint 2010 Internet Sites Enterprise. The standard license is approximately one third of the enterprise license for Internet sites. The standard license is targeted at small to medium businesses and as well as a reduced feature set is limited to a single domain and its subdomains (e.g. www.contoso.com and support.contoso.com). The Microsoft SharePoint site has further details on the licensing options on their official Licensing Q&A page and a detailed feature comparison.
3. See 1. - much less than MOSS FIS if you can get away with the standard licence.

Answer 2

Assuming Open Business pricing, SharePoint 2010 Internet Standard is the least expensive option for a publicly facing website at $11,793 USD without Software Assurance.

The following was the Open Business Pricing (and MSFT part numbers) as of May 2010 (all prices USD):

Without Software Assurance

SharePoint 2010 Server $4,926 76P-01199

Standard User CAL $95 76M-01349

Standard Device CAL $95 76M-01346

Enterprise User CAL (Additive) $83 76N-03435

Enterprise Device CAL (Additive) $83 76N-03432

Internet Standard $11,793 CLF-00254

Internet Enterprise $41,392 CKF-00254

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With Software Assurance

SharePoint 2010 Server $7,389 H04-00221

Standard User CAL $142 H05-00391

Standard Device CAL $142 H05-00165

Enterprise User CAL (Additive) $125 76N-00839

Enterprise Device CAL (Additive) $125 76N-00072

Internet Standard $17,689 CLF-00248

Internet Enterprise $62,087 CKF-00248