DB Services Explorer’s (DBX) Bring Your Own License (BYOL) Advisor isn’t just about taking your Oracle licenses to the cloud; it is about making sure you get the highest value, flexibility, and insight from every license you.

Quick Overview of BYOL Advisor

  • Instant value: Know exactly which cloud services and how many CPUs your Oracle licenses entitle you to in seconds.
  • Optimized decision-making: Quickly compare between available deployment options, understand cost-saving paths, and avoid over/under-provisioning.
  • Easy to use: Handles all Oracle database license types, processor and/or user-based, and maps them to modern Oracle and multicloud environments.

How Easy Is It? Try for Yourself!

The embedded DBX BYOL Advisor example includes a pre-filled sample use case to help you get started.
Tailor it to your needs:

  1. Enter your Oracle Database license details, including version, edition, and processor or named user counts.
  2. Click “Get Started.”
  3. View a real-world entitlement breakdown and explore the optimal migration path for your business 👇

Quick Tour: Understanding Your Results

  1. Quickly Iterate
    Edit the license count or edition, then re-run the advisor to see how your cloud options change. Invaluable for planning renewals, upgrades, or consolidation scenarios.
  2. Cloud Service Mapping at a Glance
    The top section provides an immediate comparison of all eligible Oracle and Multicloud services that match your license inputs. See at a glance which solutions support your entitlement across OCI, Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.
  3. Entitlement Breakdown
    For each matched service, see exactly how your licenses translate into cloud resources (ECPUs, OCPUs, vCPUs). Quickly spot where you can get more value or scale for your workloads.
  4. Feature and Licensed Option Matching
    Instantly review which advanced Oracle database features & licensed options are included or available, such as Data Guard, Advanced Security, RAC, and more. Necessary for accurate planning!
  5. Cost Savings
    See any relevant cost or capacity notes so you know in advance what you’re getting and where extra optimization is possible.

Your Next Step: Turn BYOL Insights into Action

You’ve seen how fast BYOL Advisor translates licenses into clear, cloud‑ready options.
For more information:

  • In your results, click “Why Modernize to Cloud?” to pass your inputs directly to DBX’s TCO & Service Advisor.
  • Compare services side‑by‑side by cost, performance, and business fit; refine with filters for workloads, MAA configurations, certifications, attestations, and more.
  • Use the built‑in links to migration tools and resources to move from plan to execution with confidence.
  • Save or export your summary for stakeholder reviews and decision boards.
The TCO and Service Advisor tool helps users easily compare estimated costs, deployment options, and more for various Oracle database services.

Keep the Momentum Going

DB Services Explorer is more than BYOL! It’s a complete tool suite for ongoing TCO analysis, service comparisons, migration planning, and portfolio exploration. Bookmark this page so DB Services Explorer is always one click away for your next review, and revisit often as we add new capabilities to help you plan smarter and move faster.