Post updated Feb 1, 2024
VMware Cloud on AWS has been helping our customers accelerate their hybrid cloud journey since its launch in 2017. Not only have we extended the benefits of proven VMware enterprise capabilities to the AWS Cloud, we have also delivered a strong economic value compared to the alternatives of staying on a traditional on-premises infrastructure or moving to traditional public cloud instances.
We have worked with thousands of customers and validated hundreds of TCO assessments with them. On average, we can save our customers approximately 30% versus staying on-premises on their traditional 3-tier architecture. We have also commissioned 3rd party analysts from Forrester and IDC to interview our customers. In 2019, Forrester has found that a typical customer saves 59% on infrastructure and operating costs[1] by moving to a VMware Cloud on AWS. A 2020 IDC study has shown that VMware Cloud on AWS customers were achieving average 351% 3-year return on investment along with significant improvements in application performance and reduction in unplanned downtime[2].
Importantly, we have also provided a compelling cost advantage compared to traditional cloud instances. When our customers have done an apples-to-apples comparison accounting for the enterprise capabilities included in VMware Cloud on AWS by default, they have found that VMware Cloud on AWS environment is more cost -effective than traditional cloud instances. And VMware Cloud on AWS customers can achieve a higher return on investment by maximizing the utilization of their cloud resources — the same value that vSphere has been delivering for years on-premises. And don’t forget about costs of retooling, re-platforming, and retraining to move vSphere workloads to non-vSphere public clouds. Those costs are largely eliminated with VMware Cloud on AWS.
In order to help customer optimize their costs further while moving storage heavy workloads to the cloud, we are reducing the pricing for i3en.metal hosts by 20%.
Please check out the details below:
i3en.metal prices now reduced by 20%
We are excited to announce that i3en.metal hosts have now become 20% cheaper as we are reducing the pricing for on-demand, 1-year or 3-year subscription for i3en.metal hosts of VMware Cloud on AWS by 20%. With reduction in the stated list price, customers who want to migrate their storage intensive workloads to VMware Cloud on AWS will now be able to optimize their total cloud infrastructure spend and realize more cost savings.
Offer Details
- Eligibility: Any customers who purchase any number of new on-demand, 1-year subscription or 3-year subscription of VMware Cloud on AWS i3en.metal hosts will have 20% cheaper pricing for i3en.metal hosts.
- The offer is available across all VMware Cloud on AWS regions including AWS GovCloud(US-West) and AWS GovCloud(US-East) regions and it is available for all currencies.
- This offer is available through VMware, AWS, and their respective channel partners; for all payment options (SPP credits, pay by invoice, or credit card payment); and all operators (VMware-managed or MSP-managed).Customers can redeem existing SPP credits or purchase new SPP credits and use this offer for purchasing new VMware Cloud on AWS hosts.
- Customers can also redeem VMware Cloud Universal credits and use this offer to purchase VMware Cloud on AWS hosts.
Below is a snapshot of a promotional pricing of VMware Cloud on AWS i3en.metal hosts in AWS US-East (N.Virginia) region:
| Current Prices for i3en.metal(AWS US-East(N.Virginia) region) | 20% reduced pricing for i3en.metal hosts(AWS US-East(N.Virginia) region) | |
| 3-Year Subscription | $244,633.09/host/3-Year | $195,706.47/host/3-Year |
| 1-Year Subscription | $112,737.00/host/1-Year | $90,189.60/host/1-Year |
| On-Demand | $17.27/host/hour | $13.82/host/hour |
How to get started?
If you would like to learn more about these offers, please get in touch with your VMware or AWS representative to learn more.
Resources:
Meanwhile, if you would like to learn more about VMware Cloud on AWS, here are some resources for you:
- You can learn more about our VMware Cloud on AWS service at the VMware Cloud on AWS website or by viewing VMware Cloud on AWS: Overview.
- Follow us on Twitter @vmwarecloudaws and give us a shout with #VMWonAWS.
- Leverage the new VMware Cloud on AWS Techzone for curated technical documentation.
- Watch informative demos, overview videos, webinars and hear from our customers: VMware Cloud on AWS on YouTube.
- Try the VMware Cloud on AWS Lightening Lab for a first-hand immersive experience.
- Read our latest VMware Cloud on AWS blogs.
- Obtain the VMware Cloud on AWS Solution Brief and VMware Cloud on AWS TCO 1-pager.
- Follow the VMware Cloud on AWS release notes, VMware Site Recovery release notes and VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery release notes on continuing updates.
- Read Technical Guides on Operations, Applications, and Performance.
- Listen to latest episodes of VMware Cloud on AWS Unplugged Podcast
- Check out Cloud Customer Success Community, engage with your peers and get your questions answered.
[1] The Total Economic ImpactTM Of VMware Cloud On AWS, an August 2019 commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of VMware
[2] The Business Value of Running Applications on VMware Cloud on AWS in VMware Hybrid Cloud Environments, Sponsored by VMware, October 2020
