Open-source alternative  ·  Database

Replace Microsoft SQL Server with PostgreSQL / MariaDB.

World-class open source relational databases. Full ACID compliance, stored procedures, JSON support, replication.

You'd keep~R68 004 to ~R285 000/year

Current licence  ·  Database

Microsoft SQL Server

~R68 004 – ~R285 000/yr

10-user estimate

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PostgreSQL / MariaDB

Self-hosted, R0 licence

You keep ~R285 000/yr

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Today's licence price

2 tiers. Microsoft SQL Server's prices.

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

Standard (2-core)

R68 004/yr

R5 667/month

Flat rate

With PostgreSQL / MariaDB

Keep R68 004/yr

Enterprise (4-core)

R285 000/yr

R23 750/month

Flat rate

With PostgreSQL / MariaDB

Keep R285 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.

Microsoft SQL Server grows around 10% per year on average. PostgreSQL / MariaDB hosting stays flat. Watch the gap open up.

R0kR126kR252kR379kR505kYear 0Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5R459kR29k flatSalesforce (50 users, 10%/yr inflation)SuiteCRM (self-hosted, maintained)

Five-year cumulative saving

R2.02M

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

How this migration runs

Microsoft SQL ServerPostgreSQL / MariaDB, in four moves.

01

Audit

We snapshot the schema, the indexes, the stored procs, and the people who use it day to day.

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.

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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.