If you also need vSphere, vSAN, NSX, then VCF + included Tanzu is cheaper than separate Tanzu + separate vSphere.
| You want… | You buy… | Pricing model | |-----------|----------|----------------| | Just Kubernetes management (multi-cluster) | Tanzu Platform Standard | Per core/year | | + Service mesh + API portal + Spring Boot | Tanzu Platform Advanced | Per core/year | | + Internal developer portal + policy as code | Tanzu Platform Enterprise | Per core/year | | Full private cloud + built-in Tanzu | VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) | Per core/year | | Just Spring Boot runtime (no K8s) | Spring Runtime Enterprise | Per core/year | vmware tanzu pricing model
160 cores × $800 (mid-range Advanced) = $128,000/year . If you also need vSphere, vSAN, NSX, then
Tanzu is no longer sold as a fragmented set of over 160 standalone products. Instead, it is positioned as a critical capability within two primary tiers: Instead, it is positioned as a critical capability