Vmware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Pricing Jun 2026

For edge deployments or bare metal servers (e.g., using TKG on Dell PowerEdge without vSphere), you still require vSphere licenses (or Kubernetes subscription licenses) to qualify for TKG. There is no separate "standalone TKG" license for bare metal unless you use (see below).

| Edition | Typical Price (per 16 cores/year) | Includes TKG? | Key Features | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | ~$3,500 - $4,500 | No (only basic supervisor cluster) | Run VMs and containers on same host; no advanced cluster lifecycle management. | | Tanzu Standard | ~$4,000 - $6,000 | Yes | Full TKG lifecycle, cluster upgrades, policy management, Tanzu Mission Control. | | Tanzu Plus | ~$7,000 - $10,000+ | Yes | Adds advanced networking (NSX), data services (Postgres, RabbitMQ), and Spring Runtime. | vmware tanzu kubernetes grid pricing

If you are a pure public cloud shop (AWS EKS, Azure AKS, GCP GKE) with no on-prem footprint, TKG’s pricing will likely be higher and more complex than using managed cloud-native Kubernetes. For edge deployments or bare metal servers (e