Veeam’s new Instance licensing is a subscription model that can be used universally across multiple products and workloads, providing users with an added element of PORTABILITY, making the jump to cloud and hybrid environments even easier without any additional “cloud” fees.
Instance licenses are sold for a defined duration, from 1-5 year terms, and can be used across a variety of Veeam products and across a variety of workload types interchangeably. This licensing offers all of the benefits of a traditional Subscription-style license, such as starting small, no lock-in, pay for what you use and adopting a cloud-friendly OpEx budgeting model.
But there are many more benefits to Instance licensing that separate it from traditional subscriptions. You no longer have to purchase licenses “by product” OR “by specific workload type”, such as VM, server, workstation or cloud VM. This new model makes a variety of products available more easily. That’s right: subscription licenses can be used across multiple products and workloads, Virtual, Physical and Cloud, so you aren’t tied to a license-type or product that you don’t need. We call that PORTABILITY!
Use what you want, when you need it. This license portability also simplifies ordering and license management, reducing the complexity of managing various SKUs by product or workload type.