Microsoft Dynamics CRM Pricing: Two Cost and Pricing Variations for MS CRM 2011 Licenses
Microsoft CRM Licensing Costs come in two different flavors.
- The first is MS CRM 2011 On-Premise. This licensing is a bit more expensive and is the latest generation after Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
- The second flavor is MS CRM 2011 Online. To be clear, this is where Microsoft is focusing most of their attention. They have decent market share with the on-premise product. But they are now going toe to toe with Salesforce.com in competing for the SaaS market.
Interestingly, in the calendar year 2011, Microsoft noticed that their client base shifted from 80% onsite licensing to 80% online. In one year! Unbelievable. And the trend is continuing.
Pricing for CRM Online Subscription/License
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Online is subscription based and is simply priced at $44/month per user. One nice feature in their pricing is that the customer can pay on a monthly ongoing basis. This is different from other top competitors such as Salesforce.com.
Additional Microsoft CRM storage can be purchased for $9.99 per gigabyte per month. Thus, increasing your storage by 10GB is fairly inexpensive – $99.90 per month…not bad for the ability to use this as a virtual DMS (Document Management System). In fact, it might be of interest to simply connect your online CRM to Office 365 SharePoint. You get more storage and the use of the best DMS available.
License Costs of CRM On-Premise
MS CRM Workgroup includes the server license and allows for up to 5 users. This is priced at $2,100. MS Enterprise Server also requires a CAL for each user and costs $4,100. MS Client Access License (CAL) is $795, and the configuration requires an Enterprise CRM server license.
To simplify things, if you want to go with On-Premise, simply calculate with roughly $6000 for the Server License plus $1000 per User. And then you own the software! You can renew at any time.
Don’t forget though to add in another $5000 for a good-quality hardware server as well as some IT staffing or implementation costs to configure this for you.
Click here to download the official Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Pricing Guide. Beware, it is quite lengthy - getting into CAL pricing and many other options.
Our Conclusion regarding Microsoft Dynamics CRM Pricing
Overall, the simplest way to price Microsoft CRM is by going with the Online version. This is simply $44 per user per month. That’s it. No servers, no CALs, no IT staff costs, etc… And you are up and running in hours.
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