HiveIO – Licensing Options – 2024
Executive Summary: Addressing Virtualization Industry Shifts
At HiveIO, we value our professional relationships. We aim to be a trusted advisor. We’ve been speaking with customers and global organizational leaders. A clear consensus has emerged from recent virtualization industry disruptions: businesses want options. They seek flexibility in their enterprise systems, but without exorbitant costs. Motivated by these insights, HiveIO is announcing updates to its licensing models.
Hive Fabric Community: Free and Dependable Virtualization
Hive Fabric Community Edition (CE) is the free version of HiveIO’s award-winning virtualization platform. We’ve redesigned it to provide a basic, dependable virtualization solution. It’s offered without the “bells and whistles” of our paid options. Our recent changes include unlimited perpetual single-host use. This meets demands for basic virtualization. It also lets users easily familiarize themselves with our offering.
Hive Fabric Core: Essential Virtualization at a Competitive Price
Some customers don’t need advanced virtualization features like VDI or HCI. They simply require a platform to host virtualized guests. They also need high availability and asset protection from potential disasters. The new Hive Fabric Core licensing provides everything essential. It lets you run and manage your virtualized environment on a single Hive Fabric host or across a cluster. This all-in-one platform comes at a very competitive price. It’s ideal for deployments not needing virtual machine pool orchestration, remote access via gateway, or hyperconverged storage.
Hive Fabric Enterprise: All-Inclusive Features and Flexible Licensing
HiveIO has always referred to its all-inclusive platform as Hive Fabric. However, with the introduction of Core and the extended use of CE, HiveIO is rebranding its full-featured version as Enterprise. With Enterprise, subscribers enjoy all built-in platform features. These include guest pool deployments, remote access gateway, hyperconverged storage, and user profile management, plus 2FA. Moreover, the Enterprise version offers additional flexibility in licensing methods, like consumption, CPU core, or VM-based.
The Rise of HiveIO: Simplicity, Efficiency, and Cost-Effectiveness
Since its inception, HiveIO has revolutionized the virtualization landscape. Our mission is to deliver simplicity, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. This has earned widespread acclaim and adoption across various industries. Unlike VMware’s complex licensing models and frequent price increases, HiveIO offers a transparent and straightforward approach. This enables organizations to achieve their virtualization goals affordably and efficiently.
Conclusion:
Your Trusted Advisor in a Changing MarketThe market faces rising prices, vendor lock-in, and unscrupulous business practices. In this environment, HiveIO stands as a reliable and trusted advisor. We have a proven track record. We deliver innovation, superior performance, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. HiveIO is the go-to solution for organizations seeking an alternative to industry giants. As organizational leaders continue to voice concerns and advocate for change, HiveIO remains steadfast in its commitment to empowering organizations with the tools and technologies they need to thrive in the digital age.
