Rimini Street released a survey examining virtualization strategies among 300 global organizations currently using VMware. The research, conducted in partnership with third-party firm Unisphere Research, found that licensing costs are the primary driver pushing customers to evaluate alternatives to their current VMware deployments.
According to the survey findings, 90 percent of respondents indicated they are exploring VMware alternatives, with increased licensing expenses cited as the main factor. Additionally, 54 percent of participants mentioned that Broadcom’s discontinuation of support for perpetual license holders influences their decision-making. Since Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, customers have reported substantial cost increases, ranging from modest increases of 100 to 300 percent to extreme increases reaching approximately 1,000 percent. Cost reduction emerged as a top priority for 73 percent of survey participants when developing their virtualization roadmaps.
Organizations exploring alternatives face several operational challenges, according to Rimini’s analysis. The most significant barriers included operational complexity identified by 40 percent of respondents, multi-vendor management difficulties cited by 38 percent, expanded security risks noted by 37 percent, and workforce skill requirements also mentioned by 37 percent. Despite these obstacles, many organizations view the situation as an opportunity to reduce reliance on a single vendor and build more diversified technology environments.
The survey data indicates growing interest in alternative infrastructure approaches. Sixty percent of organizations are considering multi-hypervisor strategies, while 47 percent favor hybrid environments combining hypervisors with containers. Notably, 48 percent do not plan to migrate assets to VMware’s Cloud Foundation platform. Gartner’s recent analysis suggests that 55 percent of enterprises plan to conduct proof-of-concept evaluations of alternative distributed hybrid infrastructure solutions by 2029, compared with 25 percent currently doing so.
Analysts characterize this shift as part of a broader enterprise effort to reduce dependency on single providers, maintain system continuity, and pursue modernization aligned with individual business requirements.
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