GoKawiilSurvey: 60% of VMware customers weigh multi-hypervisor strategies to cut costs
A Rimini Street survey of 300 VMware-using organizations found 60% are considering a multi-hypervisor approach, while 47% favor combining hypervisors and containers to choose where workloads run. Respondents cited operational complexity (40%), multi-vendor management (38%), expanded attack surface and staff skills gaps (each 37%) as the main barriers to making such changes.
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The data suggests many VMware customers want more flexibility in workload placement rather than a wholesale switch to a rival virtualization vendor, which could mean they keep running existing VMware infrastructure alongside new tools. Because Rimini Street sells third-party support services, including for VMware, it has a commercial interest in highlighting dissatisfaction with current licensing arrangements. The survey only measures intent, not actual deployment, so it's unclear how many organizations have moved beyond considering these strategies to implementing them.
- 60% of surveyed VMware customers are considering a multi-hypervisor strategy; 47% favor mixing hypervisors with containers.
- Operational complexity, multi-vendor management, security exposure and skills gaps are the top-cited obstacles to change.
- The survey reflects stated intentions rather than confirmed adoption, and was commissioned by Rimini Street, a vendor with a stake in VMware alternatives.
Source: techspot.com — Skye Jacobs, 2026-10-07
Published there as: “VMware licensing costs are driving customers toward multi-hypervisor and container strategies”
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