Tanzu Licensing [best]

Let’s break down how Tanzu licensing works today, what changed, and how to avoid unexpected costs.

The portfolio is primarily consolidated into several strategic packages rather than individual "Basic" or "Advanced" editions, which were retired in favor of newer bundles. VMware Tanzu Licensing - What's New? - cloud13.ch tanzu licensing

Tanzu is a suite of tools, and the licensing varies by component. Let’s break down how Tanzu licensing works today,

A critical point of confusion often lies in what is included with vSphere Enterprise Plus. - cloud13

As of early 2024, Broadcom has discontinued all for VMware products, including the Tanzu portfolio. Customers can no longer purchase licenses outright or renew existing support contracts for perpetual keys.

Have a specific Tanzu licensing question? Drop it in the comments or talk to your Broadcom rep — but verify everything twice.

| Component | Licensing Metric | Description | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Per CPU Core | The standard runtime. License counts cores on the hosts running K8s worker nodes. | | Tanzu Application Service (TAS) | Per vCPU / Instance | The Cloud Foundry-based abstraction layer. Consumption-based. | | Tanzu Mission Control (TMC) | Per Cluster / CPU | The management plane. Often licensed per CPU of the managed clusters, or via "service tokens" depending on the bundle. | | Tanzu Observability (Wavefront) | Per Metric / Host | SaaS-based monitoring. Priced based on data ingestion rates (points per second) or monitored hosts. | | Tanzu Labs | Professional Services | Not a software license; billed as time-and-materials consulting. |