Annual subscription prices* for on-premises and cloud deployments
Standard Edition $211 per core**
Enterprise Edition $789 per core**
Hourly subscriptions available from Azure Marketplace***
* Includes premium support
** Must match cores licensed to SQL Server; 4-core minimum.
*** Hourly infrastructure costs for Microsoft SQL Server 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2008 on Windows Server priced separately