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.
Cost Escalation
Licensing restructuring has driven significant cost increases for enterprise customers. Perpetual licenses eliminated in favor of subscription bundles with higher per-core pricing.
Reduced Flexibility
Product portfolio consolidation has removed standalone options. Enterprises are forced into bundled suites whether they need all components or not.
Vendor Concentration Risk
Single-vendor dependency for virtualization infrastructure creates strategic risk. 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
Analyze existing VM workloads, dependencies, and migration readiness. Identify quick wins versus complex migrations. Build a prioritized migration roadmap.
Migrate
Move VMs to KubeVirt on ACP with live migration support. Gradual, non-disruptive transition with 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.
Ready to Move Beyond VMware?
See how Alauda Virtualization provides a production-ready VMware exit path on Kubernetes.