$500–$1,500 per core/year depending on edition and volume. 💡 Note: “Available core” means all CPU cores in the cluster (not just cores used by Tanzu workloads). Broadcom follows the same core-counting rule as vSphere. B. Tanzu Within VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) VCF is the flagship private cloud stack (vSphere + vSAN + NSX + Aria + Tanzu). Two subscription editions:
| VCF Edition | Includes Tanzu? | Pricing Model | |-------------|----------------|----------------| | | Yes — basic Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) cluster lifecycle | Per core/year | | VCF Advanced (formerly VCF+) | Yes — full Tanzu Platform features, plus centralized multi-cloud management | Per core/year | vmware tanzu pricing model
| Edition | Pricing Model | Typical Use Case | |--------|---------------|-------------------| | | Per available core (subscription) | Multi-cluster Kubernetes management, built-in ingress/security policies | | Tanzu Platform Advanced | Per available core (subscription) | Adds API portal, service mesh, advanced networking, and Spring Boot runtime | | Tanzu Platform Enterprise | Per available core (subscription) | Adds internal developer portal, policy as code, AI/ML extensions, and multi-cloud operations | $500–$1,500 per core/year depending on edition and volume