Sr Solution Architect, Sr Technical Manager of Automation at Convergys Corporation
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Top 20
Sep 25, 2024
There are many version control options available in the market. From a costing and licensing perspective, I would rate it around six out of ten. It is not the cheapest product, but it offers good value for money.
I believe that my company has opted for volume licensing provided by TFS. So, it is not just one or two licenses my company has since my company trusts products from Microsoft. Though I am unsure, I think that if you purchase one of Microsoft's products, they offer you some of their other products for free. As per my knowledge, Microsoft products are cheaper than other products in the market. On a scale where ten is the highest and one is the cheapest, I rate the solution's licensing cost at one on a scale of one to ten.
There are different prices depending on the configurations. There is a free version available. There is no extra cost for the solution. However, the hardware could be something that needs to be considered.
I believe we pay on a yearly basis. I don't know the current costs of them. We outsource all that to a third party. Each of the developers gets a Microsoft Visual Studio Azure DevOps license, which gives them access to the TFS server as well. We probably pay on average about 1,800 Canadian Dollars a year for every developer, but that covers a lot more than just TFS. The cost isn't prohibitive. We use a lot of different software in our company. We use a lot of engineering software. If I compare the cost of our developer team software to some of our other solutions, such as our CAD package SolidWorks or our PCB design software Altium, we pay orders of magnitude less for TFS than we do for those other packages. Microsoft's licensing terms are also much better. They're good. I would rate them a four out of five in terms of pricing. The only additional cost that you have is that you need to run it on a server, and you need a Windows Server software license. If you didn't have that to start with, you'd have to purchase it, but we already had that for other services within the company, such as file services, print services, etc. Other than that, there are not really any costs.
Microsoft products are always expensive. Obviously, they are quality products, but it would be helpful if there was a reduction in price. But compared to other vendors, I think the cost is high. I've been doing the budgeting for clients, and I find that the costing part — when we are going for new environments or we are ordering new servers — definitely plays a big part. I would rate it between a 2 and 3 out of 5.
TitleSpecial Education Teacher at a educational organization with 201-500 employees
Real User
Nov 24, 2021
I was working with the engineering team, and that was not under my umbrella. From what I can remember, its license was yearly. They had the licenses on a per-user basis, and they included MTM.
Asst. Vice president, Applications Architecture at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Oct 8, 2020
I wouldn't say that this tool is cheap or expensive but in the middle. TFS is definitely not as expensive as some other tools like Rational Team Concert. Basically, I would say that it is affordable. Professional Services is a separate cost from the standard licensing fees.
Visual Studio’s Team Foundation Server (TFS) is a powerful application development lifecycle management solution. It aids developers in managing every aspect of their DevOps and application creation. TFS combines many different types of solutions into a single powerful platform.
Visual Studio TFS Benefits
Some of the ways that organizations can benefit by choosing to deploy TFS include:
Build automation. TFS enables users to create definitions that can easily automate any and all tasks...
While I do not know the exact pricing, TFS is likely more expensive than GitLab.
There are many version control options available in the market. From a costing and licensing perspective, I would rate it around six out of ten. It is not the cheapest product, but it offers good value for money.
I used the licensed version.
There is a yearly licensing fee that needs to be paid.
TFS is expensive, and the licensing costs are yearly. I rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten.
The tool's licensing costs are yearly.
The solution is expensive.
The solution's cost is relatively high. I rate its pricing six out of ten.
I believe that my company has opted for volume licensing provided by TFS. So, it is not just one or two licenses my company has since my company trusts products from Microsoft. Though I am unsure, I think that if you purchase one of Microsoft's products, they offer you some of their other products for free. As per my knowledge, Microsoft products are cheaper than other products in the market. On a scale where ten is the highest and one is the cheapest, I rate the solution's licensing cost at one on a scale of one to ten.
There are different prices depending on the configurations. There is a free version available. There is no extra cost for the solution. However, the hardware could be something that needs to be considered.
The overall price of TFS is good.
You will need to obtain server and account licenses.
Our organization has an enterprise license with TFS.
I believe we pay on a yearly basis. I don't know the current costs of them. We outsource all that to a third party. Each of the developers gets a Microsoft Visual Studio Azure DevOps license, which gives them access to the TFS server as well. We probably pay on average about 1,800 Canadian Dollars a year for every developer, but that covers a lot more than just TFS. The cost isn't prohibitive. We use a lot of different software in our company. We use a lot of engineering software. If I compare the cost of our developer team software to some of our other solutions, such as our CAD package SolidWorks or our PCB design software Altium, we pay orders of magnitude less for TFS than we do for those other packages. Microsoft's licensing terms are also much better. They're good. I would rate them a four out of five in terms of pricing. The only additional cost that you have is that you need to run it on a server, and you need a Windows Server software license. If you didn't have that to start with, you'd have to purchase it, but we already had that for other services within the company, such as file services, print services, etc. Other than that, there are not really any costs.
Microsoft products are always expensive. Obviously, they are quality products, but it would be helpful if there was a reduction in price. But compared to other vendors, I think the cost is high. I've been doing the budgeting for clients, and I find that the costing part — when we are going for new environments or we are ordering new servers — definitely plays a big part. I would rate it between a 2 and 3 out of 5.
I was working with the engineering team, and that was not under my umbrella. From what I can remember, its license was yearly. They had the licenses on a per-user basis, and they included MTM.
I am not in a position to comment on the licensing terms, as we are talking about an enterprise arrangement. I am not part of that.
We pay for the license yearly.
The price of the solution is cheaper than other competitors and it is a per-user license.
We are using the open-source version.
I wouldn't say that this tool is cheap or expensive but in the middle. TFS is definitely not as expensive as some other tools like Rational Team Concert. Basically, I would say that it is affordable. Professional Services is a separate cost from the standard licensing fees.
We pay subscription fees on a yearly basis and the price is reasonable.
The pricing is reasonable at this time.
TFS is more competitively priced than some other solutions.
TFS licencing can be confusing, we have to read it well and have a good user management strategy and control.
It is pretty expensive compared to other project management tools.