Tanzu Licensing [best] -

| Component | Licensing Metric | Description | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Per CPU Core | The standard runtime. License counts cores on the hosts running K8s worker nodes. | | Tanzu Application Service (TAS) | Per vCPU / Instance | The Cloud Foundry-based abstraction layer. Consumption-based. | | Tanzu Mission Control (TMC) | Per Cluster / CPU | The management plane. Often licensed per CPU of the managed clusters, or via "service tokens" depending on the bundle. | | Tanzu Observability (Wavefront) | Per Metric / Host | SaaS-based monitoring. Priced based on data ingestion rates (points per second) or monitored hosts. | | Tanzu Labs | Professional Services | Not a software license; billed as time-and-materials consulting. |

If you’ve been confused about VMware Tanzu licensing, you’re not alone. With Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware and the subsequent portfolio simplification, the old "Tanzu = Kubernetes on vSphere" mindset is outdated. tanzu licensing

The "Platform" products—specifically Tanzu Application Service (TAS)—use a consumption-based model. This is designed for multi-cloud environments where you might not own the underlying infrastructure (e.g., running on AWS or Azure). | Component | Licensing Metric | Description |