Open-source alternative  ·  Server Management

Replace HPE OneView with Netbox + OpenBMC + Ansible.

Netbox for data centre inventory and IPAM, OpenBMC for baseboard management, Ansible for automated provisioning and firmware updates. Full server lifecycle management. Self-hosted, no per-server licence.

You'd keep~R222 000 to ~R444 000/year

Current licence  ·  Server Management

HPE OneView

~R222 000 – ~R444 000/yr

10-user estimate

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Netbox + OpenBMC + Ansible

Self-hosted, R0 licence

You keep ~R444 000/yr

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Today's licence price

2 tiers. HPE OneView's prices.

Vendor-advertised pricing converted to ZAR, 10-user estimate. Pick the tier closest to what your team is on today.

Standard

R222 000/yr

R1 850/user/month

Per server

With Netbox + OpenBMC + Ansible

Keep R222 000/yr

Advanced

R444 000/yr

R3 700/user/month

Per server

With Netbox + OpenBMC + Ansible

Keep R444 000/yr

Enterprise and negotiated pricing varies. Book a free audit for your exact number.

Five years on the books

What the spend looks like compounding.

HPE OneView grows around 10% per year on average. Netbox + OpenBMC + Ansible hosting stays flat. Watch the gap open up.

R0kR197kR393kR590kR787kYear 0Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5R715kR44k flatSalesforce (50 users, 10%/yr inflation)SuiteCRM (self-hosted, maintained)

Five-year cumulative saving

R3.16M

Salesforce alone, single tool, 50 users. Stack multiple tools and the maths compounds harder.

How this migration runs

HPE OneViewNetbox + OpenBMC + Ansible, in four moves.

01

Audit

Workflows, customisations, integrations, users. Mapped against the OSS feature set.

02

Plan

Migration sequence, rollback path, parallel-run schedule. You approve every step before we move.

03

Migrate

Stream the data, verify checksums, replay the audit trail. Both stacks run side by side until cutover passes every test.

04

Operate

Documentation in your repo, monitoring on your infra. We stay on as the team that maintains and grows it.

Same category

Other server management migrations.

Running one of these alongside? Same migration shop covers both.

Migrate HPE OneView.
Keep the money.

Free audit. 30 minutes. We map your current setup, surface the real licence costs, and show you the migration in time and rand.