Tanzu Pricing 🆕 Ultra HD
Complex onboarding for certain cloud environments like Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
VMware Tanzu * US$995.00. year. * 4.1 (17) * 3.7 (17) * 3.4 (17) ... * US$7.91. month. Capterra Ireland Estimated Price (MSRP) ~$995/year Basic feature access per year VCF with Tanzu ~$400/core/year Part of the full VMware Cloud Foundation bundle TKG Starter Pack 3-year subscription for 500 cores (Federal/Enterprise) Certification Exam VCP - Tanzu for Kubernetes Operations exam fee tanzu pricing
Disclaimer: Pricing is subject to change under Broadcom. Always validate with a current VMware/Broadcom quote and enterprise agreement. tanzu pricing
: Tanzu is rarely sold standalone. It is typically included as an entitlement within larger infrastructure suites like VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 2. Primary Pricing Tiers tanzu pricing
Most large companies wrap Tanzu into a broader multi-year agreement covering all VMware products.
| Alternative | Pricing model | When to consider | |-------------|---------------|------------------| | | Per core + subscription (~$15k/year for 8 cores) | If you already run RHEL. | | Rancher (SUSE) | Per cluster/month (~$2k/year per cluster) | For multi-cluster management without PaaS features. | | Plain upstream K8s | Free (you pay infra only) | If you don’t need supply chain or enterprise support. | | Google Anthos | Per core/month (~$100/core/month) | If you are heavily on GCP. |