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Oracle Forms ROI calculator
Most enterprises spend $800K per year keeping Oracle Forms alive without realizing it. Adjust the inputs below to see your actual cost — and how fast a DEX migration pays back.
Your numbers
| 3-year cost | Status quo | With DEX |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle support + licensing | $1,260,000 | $0 |
| Forms developer headcount | $1,440,000 | $480,000 |
| Incident impact | $120,000 | $24,000 |
| DEX migration (one-time) | — | $36,800 |
| DEX platform ARR | — | $95,400 |
| Total (3 years) | $2,820,000 | $636,200 |
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Estimates use DEX engagement data: $200/screen migration fee with $25k floor and $500k cap; $60k base platform ARR + $50/screen; 1 retained Forms dev post-migration; 80% incident reduction. Adjust the sliders to model your environment.
What's actually behind the numbers
The "$800K per year" headline that comes up in our research isn't a marketing number. It's the median across a survey of 12 enterprises running Oracle Forms in production, covering finance, manufacturing, and government. Some run higher — a top-3 European insurer we worked with was burning $2.4M a year before they migrated, mostly in headcount.
The DEX side of the calculator uses our own engagement pricing: a one-time migration fee that scales with screen count, then platform ARR for the runtime, framework updates, and compliance maintenance. Customers who keep one or two Forms specialists on staff for the database side typically still see a 60–80% TCO reduction over three years.
If your environment doesn't fit the inputs above — for example, you're on a heavily customized 6i deployment, or your forms touch a regulated workflow under SOX or HIPAA — the assessment form gives a more precise next step.