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Overview

Take advantage of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) license portability to run VMware-based workloads on AWS within your Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). Deploy and use your VCF licenses purchased from VMware by Broadcom or qualified VCF resellers on Amazon EVS.

Amazon EVS is comprised of three pricing dimensions. You are billed for your hourly use of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances, VPC Route Server Endpoints, and the Amazon EVS control plane.

Pricing dimensions:

Amazon EC2 Instances are billed at standard i4i.metal rates and customers can take advantage of reservation and saving mechanisms
The pair of VPC Route Server Endpoints required for each environment are billed at a discounted rate, 73% lower than standard VPC Route Server Endpoint pricing
Amazon EVS Control Plane (also referred to as Amazon EVS on the AWS Pricing Calculator) is billed hourly

You only pay for the AWS resources you use, as you use them—no minimum fees or upfront commitments required.

Pricing table

Amazon Elastic VMware Service (Amazon EVS)

Below is the pricing table for the Amazon EVS Control Plane pricing dimension.

Pricing Examples

Comparing different consumption models

To help you understand Amazon EVS pricing and potential savings, let's explore a deployment scenario with different pricing options. For customized estimates, you can use the AWS Pricing Calculator.

You created an Amazon EVS environment in US East (Ohio), bringing your own VCF license with four i4i.metal dedicated instances and two VPC Route Server Endpoints to dynamically program private routes to the route table. You’re considering different EC2 instance purchasing models: on demand, one year, or three year. See the different pricing examples below for a monthly estimate (730 hours).

Example 1: On-demand model

Bring your own VCF license and purchase on-demand EC2 instances from AWS

Pricing calculation for Amazon EC2 instances and VPC Route Server Endpoints:

Pricing dimension	Quantity	Hours used	Standard price	Discounted price	Charge for the asset (quantity x hours used x price)
i4i.metal	4	730	$10.98 per instance-hour	-	$32,061.60
Route Server	2	730	$0.75 per endpoint-hour	$0.20 per endpoint-hour	$292.00

Pricing calculation for the Amazon EVS control plane:

EVS usage-hours = 4 (instance quantity) x 730 (instance hours) = 2,920 hours
EVS charges per usage-hour = $0.92
Total EVS control plane charge = 2,920 hours x $0.92 = $2,686.40

Total calculation for pricing scenario:

With all pricing dimensions added up, your monthly bill for the Amazon EVS environment would be $35,040 ($32,016.60 [EC2] + $292.00 [VPC Route Server] + $2,686.40 [EVS Control Plane]).

Example 2: One-year model

Bring your own VCF license and purchase a one-year Instance Savings plan (ISP) for EC2 instances from AWS

Pricing calculation for Amazon EC2 instances and VPC Route Server Endpoints:

Pricing dimension	Quantity	Hours used	Standard price	Discounted price	Charge for the asset (quantity x hours used x price)
i4i.metal	4	730	$7.13 per instance-hour	-	$20,819.60
Route Server	2	730	$0.75 per endpoint-hour	$0.20 per endpoint-hour	$292.00

Pricing calculation for the Amazon EVS control plane:

EVS usage-hours = 4 (instance quantity) x 730 (instance hours) = 2,920 hours
EVS charges per usage-hour = $0.92
Total EVS control plane charge = 2,920 x $0.92 = $2,686.40

Total calculation for pricing scenario:

With all pricing dimensions added up, your monthly bill for the Amazon EVS environment would be $23,798 ($20,819.60 [EC2] + $292.00 [VPC Route Server] + $2,686.40 [EVS Control Plane]).

Example 3: Three-year model

Bring your own VCF license and purchase three-year Instance Savings Plan (ISP) for EC2 instances from AWS

Pricing calculation for Amazon EC2 instances and VPC Route Server Endpoints:

Pricing dimension	Quantity	Hours used	Standard price	Discounted price	Charge for the asset (quantity x hours used x price)
i4i.metal	4	730	$5.08 per instance-hour	-	$14,833.60
Route Server	2	730	$0.75 per endpoint-hour	$0.20 per endpoint-hour	$292.00

Pricing calculation for the Amazon EVS control plane:

EVS usage-hours = 4 (instance quantity) x 730 (instance hours) = 2,920 hours
EVS charges per usage-hour = $0.92
Total EVS control plane charge = 2,920 x $0.92 = $2,686.40

Total calculation for pricing scenario:

With all pricing dimensions added up, your monthly bill for the Amazon EVS environment would be $17,812 ($14,833.60 [EC2] + $292.00 [VPC Route Server] + $2,686.40 [EVS Control Plane]).

Example 4: Large number of instances

Accommodating a larger number of i4i.metal instances

Creating three environments

You grouped your instances into three environments: two environments of 15 x i4i.metal shared instances and one environment of 10 x i4i.metal shared instances. You’re also considering a three-year EC2 instance savings plan to offset your on-demand EC2 usage.

Pricing calculation for Amazon EC2 instances and VPC Route Server Endpoints:

Each environment requires two VPC Route Server Endpoints to dynamically program private routes to the route table. For this scenario, six VPC Route Server Endpoints is required. See the total instances and endpoints required below:

Pricing dimension	Quantity	Hours used	Standard price	Discounted Price	Charge for the asset (quantity x hours used x price)
EVS Environment 1
i4i.metal	15	730	$5.08 per instance-hour	-	$55,626.00
Route Server	2	730	$0.75 per endpoint-hour	$0.20	$292.00
EVS Environment 2
i4i.metal	15	730	$5.08 per instance-hour	-	$55,626.00
Route Server	2	730	$0.75 per endpoint-hour	$0.20	$292.00
EVS Environment 3
i4i.metal	10	730	$5.08 per instance-hour	-	$37,084.00
Route Server	2	730	$0.75 per endpoint-hour	$0.20	$292.00

Total EC2 charge: $176,076 ($55,626.00 [Environment 1] + $55,626.00 [Environment 2] + $37,084.00 [Environment 3])
Total VPC Route Service charge: $876.00 ($292.00 [Environment 1] + $292.00 [Environment 2] + $292.00 [Environment 3])

Pricing calculation for the Amazon EVS control plane:
EVS usage-hours = 40 (instance quantity) x 730 (instance hours) = 29,200 hours
EVS charges per usage-hour = $0.92
Total EVS control plane charge = 29,200 x $0.92 = $26,864.00

Total calculation for pricing scenario:
With all pricing dimensions added up, your monthly bill for the Amazon EVS environment would be $176,076 ($148,336.0 [EC2]+ 876.00 [VPC Route Server] + $26,864.00 [EVS Control Plane])

Note: 730 usage hours is the total hours for a month. 1-year and 3-year ISP charge charges are committed term charges applicable irrespective of the actual EC2 usage.