Don't forget about the open-source XCP-ng[1] to which you can add Xen Orchestra (which is like vCenter; a key reason people use ESXi) which has a flat-rate (no

Don't forget about the open-source XCP-ng[1] to which you can add Xen Orchestra (which is like vCenter; a key reason people use ESXi) which has a flat-rate (no socket, host or VM limits) $2600/year Enterprise license. And XCP-ng even supports migrating from VMware[3]. [1] https://xcp-ng.org https://xcp-ng.org [2] https://xen-orchestra.com/#!/xo-features/webinterface https://xen-orchestra.com/#!/xo-features/webinterface [3] https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2022/10/19/migrate-from-vmware-to-xcp-ng/ https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2022/10/19/migrate-from-vmware-to-xc... and https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2022/04/13/how-bedrock-streaming-migrated-from-vmware-to-xcp-ng/ https://xcp-ng.org/blog/2022/04/13/how-bedrock-streaming-mig...