INDEPENDENT MIGRATION ADVISORY
The VMware bill went up. Your options did too.
Since Broadcom's acquisition, VMware moved subscription-only, bundled its catalogue and tightened terms. If your renewal quote landed with a shock, you have more credible alternatives than at any point in a decade. This is an independent look at where they lead — and what each move really costs. Heimvar plans and runs the migration itself.
01THE LANDSCAPE
Where the exits lead.
Indicative comparison for a mid-size estate (~40 hosts). Real numbers depend on your workloads — that's what the advisory is for.
| Destination | Licence model | Migration effort | Best fit | 3-yr cost vs VCF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proxmox VE | Open source + support subscription | Medium | Linux-first estates, cost-driven exits | ▼ 55–75% |
| Hyper-V | Included with Windows Server DC | Medium | Windows-heavy shops already licensed | ▼ 40–60% |
| Azure Local | Subscription (Azure) | Medium-high | Hybrid cloud strategy, MS estate | ▼ 10–35% |
| XCP-ng + Xen Orchestra | Open source + support | Medium | vSphere-like operations, tight budgets | ▼ 50–70% |
| Nutanix AHV | Subscription | Medium-high | HCI consolidation, enterprise support needs | ▼ 0–25% |
| Stay on VMware VCF | Subscription bundle | — | Deep NSX/vSAN dependency, no appetite for change | baseline |
Indicative ranges from public list pricing and delivered migrations; no data leaves your browser on this page. A written estimate follows a scoping call.
02HOW WE RUN IT
01 · Assess
Inventory of hosts, workloads, storage and licensing; dependency map;
a written recommendation with real numbers — including "stay put" when that's the answer.
02 · Pilot
A representative cluster migrated first — performance, backup and operations
proven on your workloads before anything else moves.
03 · Migrate
Wave-planned cutovers with rollback at every step; storage and network
transforms handled by engineers who have done this before.
04 · Operate
Runbooks, monitoring and handover — or ongoing operations by us, if you'd
rather keep your team on the product.
Renewal on the desk?
Bring the quote. We'll bring the alternatives.