The Production-Ready VMware Exit Path
VMware licensing costs are escalating. Alauda Virtualization provides a proven migration path — run VMs alongside containers on Kubernetes, unified under a single platform. No dual stacks.
Why Enterprises Are Leaving VMware
The Broadcom acquisition has fundamentally changed the VMware value proposition for enterprises.
150–700% Price Increases
Broadcom's licensing restructuring has driven renewal costs up 150% to 700% for VMware customers. Perpetual licenses eliminated. New per-core pricing with forced 72-core minimums means enterprises pay for capacity they don't use.
Forced Bundling, No Choice
Product consolidation into VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware vSphere Foundation eliminates standalone options. Enterprises are forced into bundled suites — and pay for the full stack whether they use it or not.
Vendor Concentration Risk
Single-vendor dependency for virtualization infrastructure creates strategic risk. With reduced R&D investment and support restructuring, enterprises need optionality and a path to modern, open infrastructure.
Alauda Virtualization: Containers + VMs, Unified
Built on KubeVirt and integrated with the Alauda Container Platform. Run VMs as first-class citizens alongside containers — one platform, one team, one operations model.
KubeVirt-Based VM Management
VMs run natively on Kubernetes with full lifecycle management — create, snapshot, live migrate, and scale VMs using the same tooling as containers.
Live Migration & High Availability
Zero-downtime VM migration across nodes. Automatic failover and self-healing for production workloads. No maintenance windows.
Enterprise Storage & Networking
Integrated block, file, and object storage. Advanced networking with Kube-OVN — VLAN, overlay, SR-IOV, and multi-NIC support for VM-native networking.
Unified Operations
Shared monitoring, logging, RBAC, and security policies for VMs and containers. One team can manage both — eliminating the dual-stack operations burden.
Assess. Migrate. Modernize.
A proven three-phase approach to move from VMware to Alauda Virtualization — at your pace, without disruption.
Assess
Automated discovery and assessment of your VMware estate. Map VM dependencies, identify migration readiness, and build a prioritized roadmap — whether you have 200 or 50,000+ VMs.
Migrate
Bulk batch migration with minimal downtime. Move VMs to KubeVirt on ACP with dependency-aware sequencing, post-migration validation, and rollback capability. VMs and containers coexist from day one.
Modernize
Containerize workloads over time at your own pace. Leverage the full ACP platform — CI/CD, service mesh, observability — as workloads modernize. No pressure, no second migration.
Replace VMware Without Replacing the Problem
Most VMware alternatives replace one proprietary platform with another. Alauda Virtualization is different.
Open Standards (KubeVirt)
Built on KubeVirt — the Kubernetes-native virtualization project. No proprietary hypervisor, no forks. Your VMs run on standard Kubernetes APIs.
Included with ACP
Alauda Virtualization is included with every ACP Suite subscription at no additional cost. No standalone virtualization SKU to license separately.
Air-Gap Native
Full functionality without internet connectivity or a SaaS control plane. Designed for regulated industries and sovereign deployments from the ground up.
Ready to Move Beyond VMware?
See how Alauda Virtualization provides a production-ready VMware exit path on Kubernetes.