VMware vCenter Pricing

“Overall, we have a positive ROI based on many extremely useful features of vCenter Sys Admin work is nearly impossible without this tool Every cent is worth it, vCenter is "The Tool" for any...”

“Although a little pricey, if your environment had multiple hosts, VMware vCenter Server is highly worth the cost.”

“Anyone with an Enterprise license should automatically get WMware vCenter Server to utilize all features of the license fully.”

“I believe it is about $500 for the basic license (or used to be about that much).”

“The cost to purchase and cost to renew support. … I think that the overall ROI is definitely worth the investment in larger sites/environments.”

“Since vCenter requires either per host CPU licensing or VM subscription model pricing, this has to be a consideration as well. … I would like to get more accurate subscription pricing before we commit to this product.”

“We initially used Citrix XenServer and made the switch to VMware vCenter due to it being less expensive at the time.”

“It’s less expensive and easier to deploy and maintain.”

“Makes it more expensive.”

“That being said, it does come with an enterprise price tag.”

“Very expensive - especially considering that with standard and above it is not optional.”