With Broadcom's pricing changes, the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for VMware has skyrocketed. But what does the math actually look like?
If you factor in licensing, required support contracts, and the necessity of purchasing specific OEM hardware to remain on the HCL, VMware's 5-year TCO is staggering. Proxmox VE, utilizing standard enterprise hardware and community/enterprise support models, slashes that TCO dramatically. When you add the fact that Proxmox includes native backup capabilities - eliminating the need for expensive third-party backup software like Veeam - the financial argument is unassailable.