Licensing costs driving 90 percent of VMware users to explore options: Survey
Summary
A survey of 300 organizations using VMware found that 90 percent are looking for alternatives due to high licensing costs and changes after Broadcom acquired VMware. Many companies want to reduce reliance on one vendor and are planning to use multiple virtualization platforms and hybrid cloud environments to save costs and improve flexibility.Key Facts
- 90% of VMware users are exploring alternatives because of increased licensing costs.
- Broadcom’s takeover of VMware led to cost increases, sometimes up to 1,000%.
- 54% of users are unhappy because Broadcom ended support for perpetual licenses.
- 73% say saving money is a top reason for changing their virtualization plans.
- Main challenges in changing virtualization include complex operations (40%) and managing multiple vendors (38%).
- 60% of organizations are considering using multiple hypervisors (software to run virtual machines).
- 47% prefer a hybrid approach using both hypervisors and containers for better workload management.
- Nearly half (48%) do not plan to move to VMware’s hybrid cloud platform, Cloud Foundation.
- Gartner predicts that by 2029, 55% of companies will try alternatives to VMware for hybrid cloud setups.
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