Datasheet

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LICENSING VMWARE VSPHERE 13
Table 1.2: Overview of VMware vSphere Product Editions
Essentials Essentials
Plus
Standard Advanced Enterprise Enterprise
Plus
vCenter
Server
compatibility
vCenter
Server for
Essentials
vCenter
Server for
Essentials
vCenter
Server
Foundation
and Standard
vCenter
Server
Foundation
and Standard
vCenter
Server
Foundation
and Standard
vCenter
Server
Foundation
and Standard
Cores/CPU 6 6 6 12 6 12
vSMP
support
4-way 4-way 4-way 4-way 4-way 8-way
RAM/Server 256GB 256GB 256GB 256GB 256GB No license
limit
VMware HA 
vCenter Data
Recovery

VM Hot Add 
VMware FT 
VMotion 
Storage
VMotion

VMware DRS 
vNetwork
Distributed
Switch

Host profiles 
Third-party
multipathing

List price per
CPU
$795 $2245 $2875 $3495
Source: ‘‘VMware vSphere Pricing, Packaging and Licensing Overview’’ white paper published by VMware,
available at www.vmware.com