Oracle SAM is the ongoing discipline of knowing your true license position before Oracle GLAS does — tracking Database option usage, the Java per-employee count and Oracle-on-VMware exposure as your estate changes. This page explains the mechanics, then lists the firms that run Oracle SAM — each with pros and cons, listed, not ranked.
Last reviewed: 5 June 2026
Oracle is one of the hardest estates to keep a clean license position on, because usage can change without any deployment action. A DBA enabling a Database option or management pack — Partitioning, Diagnostics and Tuning Pack, RAC, Advanced Security — creates a licensable event that no purchase order ever recorded. SAM for Oracle is the practice of continuously reconciling what is installed and used against what is entitled, so the gap is found and closed by you, not discovered by GLAS.
Three areas dominate the work. Database options and packs have to be monitored for accidental activation. Java has to be modelled on the per-employee subscription basis, because that count moves with headcount, not with Java use. And Oracle-on-VMware has to be mapped against the soft-partitioning position so virtualization changes do not silently expand exposure.
This page is general information about Oracle licensing and software asset management, not legal, financial or licensing advice for your situation. Vendor programs are described factually. Indicative figures, where shown, are labelled indicative.
Listed alphabetically with pros and cons — a directory, not a ranking. Selected for Oracle coverage plus software asset management work.
One of the largest SAM teams in ANZ, offering multi-vendor SAM and licensing consultancy including Oracle, with an optimisation-led advice model.
Oracle-accredited UK consultancy offering Oracle SAM, licensing and managed services across the Oracle estate.
Independent CEE/EMEA boutique offering multi-vendor SAM and audit support across Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and VMware, with its own SAM tooling.
Independent SAM managed-service provider covering multi-vendor estates including Oracle, with an audit-readiness slant.
Established independent Oracle and Microsoft advisory offering Oracle SAM, negotiation and renewals across the database and middleware estate.
Independent India-based boutique covering Oracle and Microsoft license audit defense and SAM, with its own SAM tooling and a stated non-partner position.
Listed alphabetically — not a ranking. Independence is shown as a pro and reseller, Big-Four or vendor-side-audit ties as a con, stated as factual trade-offs for you to weigh. Firm details are compiled from public sources and are unverified (demo) until the verified registry is live.
Indicative — directional patterns from how Oracle software asset management work tends to resolve, not a quote or a guarantee. Specific figures are not published until the verified registry is live.
| LEVER | WHAT IT CHANGES | INDICATIVE EFFECT |
|---|---|---|
| Maintained ELP | Keeps entitlement versus deployment current | Indicative: turns audit surprises into known, managed items |
| Option / pack monitoring | Flags accidental Database option activation | Indicative: closes the most common Oracle finding early |
| Java headcount model | Tracks the per-employee subscription basis | Indicative: prevents headcount-driven exposure drift |
| Virtualization mapping | Records Oracle placement across clusters / cloud | Indicative: contains the highest-dollar VMware risk |
The value of Oracle SAM is mostly avoided cost: a maintained position means option activations and Java headcount changes are caught early and cheaply, instead of compounding into an audit finding. The same artefacts that prove the position are what a defense firm would otherwise have to reconstruct under audit pressure.
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Audit defense is reactive work once Oracle GLAS has opened an audit; SAM is the ongoing discipline that keeps your effective license position accurate so an audit holds no surprises. Done well, SAM produces the entitlement-versus-deployment evidence that a defense would otherwise have to reconstruct under time pressure.
Because Oracle usage can change without any purchasing action. A DBA enabling a Database option or management pack, headcount growth changing the Java per-employee count, or a VM migrating across a vSphere cluster can each move your position without anyone buying anything. SAM exists to catch those events continuously rather than at audit time.
It reduces the risk and the cost of an audit but does not eliminate the possibility. Oracle can still open an audit; a maintained position simply means you enter it with evidence and a defensible number rather than reconstructing everything from scratch. Many buyers keep a SAM relationship and a defense relationship for that reason.
No. This is a directory, not a ranking. Firms are listed alphabetically with balanced pros and cons. Independence is shown as a pro and reseller, Big-Four or vendor-side-audit ties as a con, both stated as factual trade-offs for you to weigh.
No. The directory and the matching service are free for buyers. We take no money from software publishers and add no markup, and no vendor ever sees your brief.
Tell us about your Oracle estate — Database options, Java headcount and virtualization — and we will route your brief to firms that run ongoing Oracle SAM. The directory and matching are free for buyers, no vendor ever sees your brief, and we add no markup.
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