Oracle licensing in cloud environments

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  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    Summary of Oracle Licensing in Cloud Environments

    The Software Asset Management application enables customers to manage Oracle Database and WebLogic Server licensing in cloud environments, supporting Bring Your Own License (BYOL) across hybrid infrastructures. This allows tracking of licenses for both on-premise and public cloud deployments.

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    Key Features

    • Licensing Metrics: Oracle Database and WebLogic Server can be licensed using either Named User Plus or Per Processor metrics. The Named User Plus metric covers all users and devices accessing the services, while the Per Processor metric is based on virtual CPUs (vCPUs).
    • WebLogic Support: Licensing encompasses the entire WebLogic product family (Standard, Enterprise, Suite editions). Note that for WebLogic applications version 12 or later, the software edition must be manually set on the installation form.
    • Cloud Platform Compatibility: The application supports Oracle services on both Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, with specific licensing rules for each environment, particularly regarding hyper-threading configurations.

    Key Outcomes

    Customers can effectively manage and track Oracle licenses in cloud environments, ensuring compliance and optimizing costs. The application simplifies the licensing process by allowing flexibility in deployment across hybrid infrastructures, ultimately supporting better resource management and financial planning.

    The Software Asset Management application supports licensing rules for Oracle Database and WebLogic Server (Standard, Enterprise, and Suite Editions) in cloud environments.

    Important:
    The Software Asset Management application supports Bring Your Own License (BYOL) for Oracle Database and WebLogic Server across hybrid infrastructures. With BYOL support, you can track licenses for your Oracle Database and WebLogic Server in both on-premise and public cloud environments. For more information about Oracle BYOL support, see Bring your own license or subscription to the public cloud.

    When you install or run an Oracle Database or WebLogic Server in the cloud, you can license it using either the Named User Plus or Per Processor license metric. In addition, the WebLogic Server licensing support covers the entire WebLogic product family that includes the Standard, Enterprise, and Suite editions. For more information, refer to this knowledge base article KB2630167.

    Note:
    For Oracle WebLogic applications version 12 or later, the software edition won't be discovered. For WebLogic applications, on the Software installation form, manually set the Edition Override field to Standard, Enterprise, or Suite.
    • The Named User Plus license metric licenses all users and physical devices that access an Oracle cloud database or WebLogic Server.
    • The Per Processor license metric licenses the virtual CPUs (vCPUs) on which you install or run an Oracle cloud database or WebLogic Server.
    Note:
    The Oracle Processor Core Factor Table is not applicable in cloud environments.

    Amazon Web Services (AWS)

    AWS is a cloud computing platform on which you can install and run Oracle databases and WebLogic servers. You can manage your Oracle databases on AWS using either Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) or Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS). However, you can manage your Oracle WebLogic servers using only Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). For more information on Amazon EC2, refer to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud documentation. For more information on Amazon RDS, refer to the Amazon Relational Database Service documentation.

    If you enable hyper-threading on your AWS virtual machine instance, the Software Asset Management application provides one Per Processor license for every two vCPUs on which you install or run an Oracle cloud Database or WebLogic Server. If you don’t enable hyper-threading, the Software Asset Management application provides one Per Processor license for every vCPU on which you install or run an Oracle cloud database or WebLogic Server.

    For more information on Oracle databases and WebLogic servers in AWS, see Oracle Database on the AWS Cloud: Quick Start Reference Deployment.

    Microsoft Azure

    Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform on which you can create and run Oracle databases and WebLogic servers.

    If you enable hyper-threading on your Microsoft Azure virtual machine instance, the Software Asset Management application provides one Per Processor license for every two vCPUs on which you install or run an Oracle cloud database or WebLogic Server. If you don’t enable hyper-threading, the Software Asset Management application provides one Per Processor license for every vCPU on which you install or run an Oracle cloud database or WebLogic Server.

    For more information on Oracle databases and WebLogic servers in Microsoft Azure, see Accelerate your cloud adoption with Microsoft and Oracle.