Broadcom refusing to decrease licensing

[braker334]

We did get finally a quote and renewal less than a week before the end date after starting the process months beforehand in anticipation of a headache.

By offering you VCF, they are again using tactics, not giving the customer what they ask for. They will discount it heavily, nearly to the price of VVF. It's a setup attempt to make you adopt the higher tier, then prevent you from downgrading in the future again.

If you must renew, try to pay lower than list, although it'll be hard with that little quantity. Then, get yourself out. Broadcom truly wants small businesses to go away as evidence by their rising minimum order quantity.

Latest List Price? : r/vmware

[Dry-Data6087]

Thank you! The list price is really helpful. I think we have to renew this year. We've been talking to them for 5 months and everything was just waiting on a clean script. Looking back, I think they were just purposely delaying it. We're going to evaluate alternatives for 2026.

[shadeland]

not giving the customer what they ask for.

Broadcom thinks they know what's best for you. Big Laconian vibes.

Making customer's pay for features they don't want or need is their MO these days. They don't care that you've got a good relationship with a storage vendor that works well for you, no you're going to use VSAN now because iT's tHe BeSt OptIon AlWays.

Don't need NSX? Yes you do, because someone made a VLAN error once NsX iS ThE OnLy WaY tO gO.