Editions Open no-level price (US dollar) Licensing model Channel availability Enterprise $15,123 2 core pack Volume licensing, hosting
Of course MS heavily push for SA and while it's not useful for the most SMBs it has benefits like unlimited virtualization rights.
[0] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-2022-p...
[1] https://download.microsoft.com/download/0/f/4/0f4c1b3c-cbc4-...
Edit: as a sysadmin the quite easy to configure default maintenance plans with backups is a godsend. It is still very awkward what you need reinvent the wheel (or use/buy a 3rd party product) to just backup databases on schedule in PG/My SQL.
Of course MS heavily push for SA and while it's not useful for the most SMBs it has benefits like unlimited virtualization rights.
[0] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-2022-p...
[1] https://download.microsoft.com/download/0/f/4/0f4c1b3c-cbc4-...
Edit: as a sysadmin the quite easy to configure default maintenance plans with backups is a godsend. It is still very awkward what you need reinvent the wheel (or use/buy a 3rd party product) to just backup databases on schedule in PG/My SQL.