Escape VMware Price Shock
Start With Dev & Test
Cut test and development licensing costs to €0 while keeping production stable. Set up new environments in 5 minutes instead of 45.
€0 Licensing
For test and development
5-Minute Setup
vs 45+ minutes manual
Keep Production Stable
Migrate in phases
The Broadcom Reality Check
Real customer examples show 200-500% price increases. Here's what actually changed.
Documented Price Increases
UK University
Annual licensing costs
Education Provider
Support contract increase
SMB Customer
Forced to find alternatives
Academic Discounts
All educational pricing removed
Sources: The Register, Reddit r/vmware, community reports (2024-2025)
Why Start With Non-Production?
Smart organizations are escaping VMware costs in phases. Here's why test and development environments make sense first.
Lower Risk
- No production impact
- Mistakes don't affect revenue
- Learn without pressure
Immediate Savings
- €0 licensing costs
- Start saving this month
- No complex negotiations
Better Performance
- 90% faster setup
- Developer self-service
- Automated environments
The Bottom Line
Many organizations find that test and development environments make up the majority of their virtual machines but represent minimal migration risk. Start here for immediate savings while you evaluate production options at your own pace.
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Realistic Migration Timeline
Based on successful enterprise migrations - plan for years, not quarters
Assessment & Planning
Months 0-9Comprehensive inventory of VMs, applications, and dependencies. Evaluate alternatives, build business case, and secure budget. This phase determines migration success.
- • Inventory all applications and VMware dependencies
- • Map inter-application dependencies
- • Test application compatibility on target platforms
- • Calculate true TCO for all options
- • Build migration team and secure resources
Pilot & Non-Production
Months 6-12Start with test, dev, and staging environments. Build experience, validate procedures, and achieve immediate cost savings while learning the new platform.
- • Deploy parallel test environments
- • Migrate development workloads first
- • Train operations team on new platform
- • Document procedures and gotchas
- • Validate backup and recovery processes
Production Migration
Months 12-36Gradual migration of production workloads with careful validation at each step. Maintain VMware environment until fully validated.
- • Wave-based migration approach
- • Comprehensive testing after each wave
- • Rollback procedures for every application
- • Performance monitoring and optimization
- • Maintain parallel environments during transition
Optimization & Decommission
Months 30-48Fine-tune new environment, implement advanced features, decommission VMware infrastructure. This is when you finally realize the cost savings.
- • Performance optimization and capacity planning
- • Advanced feature implementation
- • VMware license termination
- • Team productivity improvements
- • Document lessons learned
Real-World Example
State of Alaska: Migrated 1,200 servers (700 applications) in 3 months - but only after 18 months of planning, assessment, and pilot testing. Success came from treating it as a multi-year transformation, not a platform swap.
Start with Non-Production Today
While planning your full migration, escape VMware licensing for test/dev immediately. Deploy eryph + Hyper-V for non-production workloads and save €75,000+ annually on 50 VMs while you evaluate long-term production strategies.
Quick Comparison for Test & Development
Focusing on what matters for test, development, and staging environments
Hyper-V + eryph
Recommended for non-production
VMware
Traditional approach
Cloud
Azure, AWS, etc.
* Comparison based on simple server deployments without advanced features
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Try With 10 Environments
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Scale Gradually
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