Comparison
StackMAX against per-core licensed platforms.
What a flat, perpetual license saves over five years, and the organisations across Europe already running StackMAX in production.
The math
What flat, perpetual licensing actually saves
Illustrative 6-server / 192-core cluster, 5-year cost
Per-core licensed platform
StackMAX
5-year software + 24x7 support
License cost as core density rises (indexed)
Left chart: illustrative example only — scope your own estate for an exact quote. Right chart: indices are illustrative — per-core licensed platforms price roughly in proportion to core count, while StackMAX's flat, per-server cost does not change with core density.
In production across Europe
Trusted by organisations across Europe
Proven in production
15+ years running some of Europe's most demanding infrastructure.
StackMAX's architecture has been in production across telecom, research, aerospace, and media environments for over a decade and a half — proof that a converged, open platform holds up far beyond a single rack.
Telecom Italia / TIM
Vodafone
Fastweb
OVHcloud
CERN
INFN
Italian Space Agency
Leonardo
Mediaset
Ducati Corse
Eliminating recurring licensing — without replacing hardware
A U.S. community college needed an alternative to a proprietary virtualization platform that would materially cut licensing and subscription spend. The migration moved roughly 700 virtual machines onto StackMAX and eliminated that recurring annual licensing cost entirely — on the hardware footprint they already owned.
~700
Virtual machines migrated
~$75K/yr
Recurring licensing cost eliminated
$0
Recurring license spend going forward
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