Pricing History - VMware
At least once a year (usually in the fall), the pricing is updated to align with the current actual costs that OIT is paying for each type of VM. As the cost continually declines from the vendors for the per Gb of memory each year, so does the pricing that OIT charges. The history of this can be seen at at the following link. The pricing history for the past 8 years can be found in the following tables.
Platinum VM Pricing History
| Platinum | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | Current |
| Small | $850 | $815 | $800 | $250 |
| Medium | $875 | $835 | $820 | $275 |
| Large | $925 | $870 | $850 | $325 |
| XL | $1025 | $940 | $910 | $400 |
Silver VM Pricing History
| Silver | FY10 | FY11 | FY12 | FY13 | FY14 | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | Current |
| Small | $250 | $250 | $125 | $100 | $90 | $75 | $70 | $60 | $55 | $50 |
| Medium | $350 | $350 | $200 | $150 | $140 | $110 | $100 | $75 | $70 | $65 |
| Large | $800 | $700 | $350 | $250 | $230 | $180 | $150 | $110 | $100 | $95 |
| XL | - | - | $600 | $425 | $400 | $320 | $275 | $180 | $160 | $155 |
Bronze VM Pricing History
| Bronze | FY10 | FY11 | FY12 | FY13 | FY14 | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | Current |
| Small | $200 | $150 | $100 | $75 | $70 | $50 | $50 | $45 | $40 | $40 |
| Medium | $350 | $150 | $150 | $100 | $95 | $80 | $80 | $65 | $60 | $60 |
| Large | $750 | $600 | $300 | $200 | $180 | $150 | $130 | $100 | $90 | $90 |
| XL | - | - | $400 | $300 | $275 | $250 | $200 | $175 | $150 | $150 |
Copper VM Pricing History
| Copper | FY10 | FY11 | FY12 | FY13 | FY14 | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | Current |
| Small | $100 | $100 | $50 | $50 | $50 | $40 | $40 | $35 | $30 | $30 |
| Medium | $200 | $150 | $100 | $75 | $75 | $65 | $65 | $50 | $45 | $45 |
| Large | $400 | $300 | $200 | $150 | $135 | $100 | $90 | $70 | $60 | $60 |
| XL | - | - | $400 | $300 | $275 | $250 | $200 | $140 | $115 | $115 |
System Administration (per VM)
| Sys Admin | FY10 | FY11 | FY12 | FY13 | FY14 | FY15 | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | Current |
| 24/7 Sys Admin | $1200 | $1200 | $1200 | $1200 | $900 | $700 | $500 | $500 | $450 | $350 |
| 8/5 Sys Admin | $600 | $600 | $600 | $600 | $450 | $350 | $250 | $250 | $250 | $175 |
| 24/7 Web Sys Admin | $1500 | $1500 | $1500 | $1500 | $1150 | $950 | $750 | $750 | $750 | $600 |
| 8/5 Web Sys Admin | $900 | $900 | $900 | $900 | $725 | $600 | $500 | $500 | $500 | $425 |
Pricing is adjusted each year based on the current cost of the on the floor VMWare Infrastructure for VMs and # Servers/VMs to Sys Admin Ration for the System Administration pricing. Based on configuration changes, timing of refreshes, etc., the price drop year over year may be more or less, but as with industry standards, we have always at minimum been able to maintain the current price, and more often than not lower it.
Similar pricing history for Storage and Backups can be found at the following link.
Article number: KB0025154
Valid to: October 18, 2027