[bdavisx]

Just so no one else has to try to find the price (you have to search for it a little). The cheapest new user price for Delphi is USD $1,405.

[vintagedave]

Or $0, if you use the Starter edition. It's free for hobbyists, students, startups etc, with the clause that if you start making over a certain amount of revenue you're asked to buy it.

[systems]

but it seems and correct me if i am wrong you cannot use the starter edition to create an application that connects to a database

which in my opinion makes it useless, RAD tools are mostly used to create line of business applications

[Karunamon]

..which blocks off a lot of arbitrary features, including iOS, OSX, UWP, and 64 bit compilation of all things.