The Register reports on a survey of 269 executives, managers and professionals at VMware customer organisations, conducted by Unisphere Research between December 2025 and February 2026 and commissioned by third-party support provider Rimini Street, in which nine in 10 respondents said higher licensing costs were prompting them to consider alternatives and 54 percent cited the end of perpetual-license support as a reason to evaluate other options. The survey also found that 48 percent had no plans to move workloads to Broadcom’s preferred VMware Cloud Foundation subscription platform, adding to the pressure Broadcom faces as customers weigh lower-cost alternatives and open source virtualisation and cloud stacks.
Nine in 10 VMware customers eye the exit as licensing bills bite
The Register reports on a survey of 269 executives, managers and professionals at VMware customer organisations, conducted by Unisphere Research between December 2025 and February 2026 and commissioned by third-party support provider Rimini Street, in which nine in 10 respondents said higher licensing costs were prompting them to consider alternatives and 54 percent cited the end of perpetual-license support as a reason to evaluate other options. The survey also found that 48 percent had no plans to move workloads to Broadcom's preferred VMware Cloud Foundation subscription platform, adding to the pressure Broadcom faces as customers weigh lower-cost alternatives and open source virtualisation and cloud stacks.
Source: The Register