An FMCG distributor in New Zealand was paying for SQL Server Enterprise Edition — a licensing liability close to $200,000 — without using a single Enterprise feature.
It is a common drift. Enterprise gets chosen for headroom, and then nothing in the workload ever needs it: no advanced high availability, no transparent encryption, none of the features the premium pays for.
We checked what the databases actually used, confirmed Standard Edition covered all of it, and moved them across. A small, low-risk change.
The excess licensing liability is gone — and nothing the business relies on changed.
$20k to save $200k. Best buy ever. — Chris, CEO
Most SQL Server estates are paying for cores they do not run. A free, read-only licensing check finds them. No production impact, no obligation.
Tell us what is going on. A senior DBA reads every message and points you at the right next step, even when that is not us. A free read-only check will tell you whether this one is sitting in your estate.
Get pointed in the right direction