Veeam Platform Packaging

As the market increasingly shifts more toward multi-cloud and hybrid environments, data needs to become more portable. As a result, subscription-type licensing has become the expectation. Veeam® has made the commitment to offer more products via a portable license model for our customers. The customer benefits of this model include:

• Universal portability: Licenses can be used interchangeably across multiple Veeam products and workloads.

• Simplified use: Easier license ordering, management and merging capabilities. VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV and Red Hat Virtualization

• Increased value: More features at a lower price per workload. Buy only what you need without risking specific workload license lock-ins.

• Price predictability: Purchase multi-year contracts up front for advantaged pricing or pay annually as you go.

• Pay per workload: Buy only what you need and increase or decrease what you buy based on need at the time of renewal.

• No lock-in: If you're not satisfied, you can choose not to renew your subscription.

• Support included: Get 24.7.365 production support for the entire term of your license at no extra cost.

VUL is a portable license that can be used universally. This provides users with the added element of portability, which makes the jump to cloud and hybrid environments even easier without additional cloud fees.

VUL licenses are sold for a defined duration, either through one- to five-year paid upfront terms or licenses that are paid annually for a three-year term. These licenses can be used across a variety of Veeam products and workload types interchangeably. This licensing offers all the benefits of a pay-as-you-go license, like the ability to start small without lock-ins and the ability to pay for what you consume using a cloud-friendly OpEx budgeting model. CapEx options are available as well. 

There are many more benefits to VUL that separates it from legacy licenses. You no longer have to purchase licenses by individual product or restrict yourself to a specific workload type. This new model makes a variety of products and features more readily available to more users. Licenses can be used across multiple products and workloads, whether they be virtual, physical or in the cloud. This means you aren’t tied to a license type or product that you don’t need — now that’s portability!

Use what you want when you need it. License portability also simplifies ordering and license management, which reduces the complexity of managing various SKUs by product or workload type. 

A workload can be a virtual machine (VM), physical server, cloud VM, enterprise application, NAS file share and more. With VUL, customers can use their licenses to protect any workload, since the licenses are portable. Customers purchase licenses, sold in minimum quantities of five to 10, and they can use these licenses to protect various workloads. 

The number of licenses generally needed equates to the number of workloads you are looking to protect. Most workloads require just one license instance. An exception would be when you’re protecting workstations or endpoints; in this case, one license would protect three workstations. One VUL license will also protect 500 GB of NAS file capacity, which equates to two licenses per TB. The best way to see how many licenses you need is with our license configurator. Select the product, enter your workloads and your term length of choice. 

VUL licenses are sold in minimum quantities of 10 licenses. If the minimum purchase requirement of 10 licenses is a barrier, we suggest trying Veeam Backup Essentials™, which is sold in five-license bundles for up to a maximum of 50 workloads for small business needs.

VUL can be used to license a variety of things, and that list continues to grow. Essentially, VUL can be used to protect most workload types, including VMs and cloud-based VMs, physical servers and workstations and enterprise applications. The list below shows the types of workloads that are available today:

• VMs: VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV and Red Hat Virtualization
  
• Physical servers and workstations: Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS, IBM AIX and Oracle Solaris
  
• Cloud-native workloads: AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud
  
• Enterprise application support: Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, SQL, Oracle RMAN and SAP HANA
  
• NAS file shares and unstructured data
  
• Monitoring and analytics: Veeam ONE, sold as part of Veeam Availability Suite or Veeam Backup Essentials

Site recovery orchestration and testing can be added to the VUL environment with the Veeam Disaster Recovery Orchestrator (licensed separately).