Which BizTalk Version is right for you – check the chart

by community-syndication | Oct 4, 2007 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication

I recently came across this and thought I’d share it with you – keep it handy for
those planning meetings 🙂

Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Editions – Comparison Chart
SKUs	Microsoft BizTalk Sever 2006 R2 Editions
	Enterprise	Standard	Branch	Developer
Primary Scenario	Designed for customers with enterprise-level requirements for high volume, reliability, and availability	Designed for businesses with moderate volume and deployment scale requirements	Specialty version of BizTalk Server designed for hub and spoke deployment scenarios	Available for development and testing purposes, and BizTalk Server 2006 Evaluation Edition (EVAL) is for free evaluation purposes
License	Per processor basis	Per processor basis	Per processor basis	Per processor basis
Price (in US Dollars)	$30K per proc	$8.5K per proc	$1.8K per proc	$500 per proc (free with MSDN Universal)
Functionality	Complete EAI, B2B, and Business Process Management functionality	Complete EAI, B2B, and Business Process Management functionality	Subset of BizTalk Server functionality appropriate for intra-enterprise hub-and-spoke scenarios	Complete EAI, B2B, and Business Process Management functionality
Accelerators	Includes all vertical industry accelerators (RosettaNet, HIPAA, HL7, and SWIFT)	Includes all vertical industry accelerators (RosettaNet, HIPAA, HL7, and SWIFT)	–	Limited solely to designing, developing, and testing solutions
Adapters	Includes all current and new application and technology adapters	Includes all current and new application and technology adapters	–	Includes all current and new application and technology adapters
RFID	Includes BizTalk RFID	Includes BizTalk RFID	Includes BizTalk RFID	Includes BizTalk RFID
Host Integration Server (HIS)	Includes Host Integration Server 2006 Server Edition	Includes Host Integration Server 2006 Server Edition	Includes Host Integration Server 2006 Server Edition	–
Applications	Unlimited	Five	One	Unlimited
Failover	Scale out/failover multiple message boxes	–	–	Non-production (must participate in the ISV Royalty Program to sell these SKUs)
Maximum Processors	Unlimited	Two	Two	Not Applicable
Virtual Processors	Unlimited	–	–	–