A common question is the monthly cost of Licensing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and what the differences are between the versions. Below are the costs based on Microsoft’s Monthly Pricing Terms when you have a Virtual Private Server (VPS), Dedicated Server, or Managed Server in our Datacenter. This chart is a very high level overview on the pricing, CPU and Memory utilization of the different SQL Server versions and does not take into effect all of the different features included.
| Pricing | CPU | Max RAM | DB Size | |
| Microsoft SQL Express | Free | 1 CPU | 1 GB | 4 GB |
| Microsoft SQL 2008 Web | $20/mo | 4 CPU | None | None |
| Microsoft SQL 2008 Workgroup | $55/mo | 2 CPU | 4 GB | None |
| Microsoft SQL 2008 Standard | $220/mo | 4 CPU | None | None |
Monthly SPLA Microsoft pricing is valid for any Dedicated Server or Windows VPS that is hosted in our EarthLink Rochester, NY or Partner Datacenter Facilities. For a Full Database Comparison by feature of the different SQL 2008 versions see this Microsoft Article.
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