Which BizTalk Version is right for you – check the chart

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

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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

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