The VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (formerly Avi Vantage) is an elastic load balancing and web application security solution for Microsoft Azure with built-in application analytics. Avi Vantage delivers an enterprise-grade software-defined solution composed of a Smart Load Balancer, Intelligent Web Application Firewall (iWAF), and an Elastic Service Mesh for container applications. Benefits

• Easy migration of enterprise applications into Microsoft Azure cloud
• Improved operations with full automation, application analytics, and centralized management
• Simplified deployments with consistent experience on-premises and in Microsoft Azure
• Enterprise-grade, elastic L4-L7 services including SSL offload, GSLB, monitoring, and autoscaling

The Avi Controller is present via 3 BYOL SKUs:

• (Recommended): avi-vantage-adc-1802: Avi Controller Version 18.2.x - BYOL and PAYG
• avi-vantage-adc-1801: Avi Controller Version 18.1.x - BYOL and PAYG (Old version, Beta for PAYG support)

avi-vantage-adc-byol: Avi Controller Version 17.2.x - BYOL (Old version)

License information: The Avi Vantage Controller does not require a license, and incurs Azure infrastructure/VM costs only.

Beginning with Avi Vantage 18.1.4, the Avi Controller supports the following licensing models for the Avi Service Engines that the controller deploys:

• Bring your own license (BYOL) : License is procured directly from Avi.
• Azure Pay-as-you-go (Azure PAYG) : The Service Engines are licensed via Azure, and billed on an hourly consumption basis.

Azure PAYG Pricing:

The Service Engines deployed in Azure PAYG licensing mode incur 2 costs:

• Azure infrastructure costs (VM cost, etc)
• Azure PAYG license cost for Avi Vantage

Both of these components are billed via Microsoft Azure and are charged in your monthly Azure spend.

Pricing information for Avi PAYG License

The following licenses are available for the Avi Service Engines:

• Service Engine Bandwidth - 25M : $1 / hr PAYG license cost + Azure infrastructure charges.
• Service Engine Bandwidth - 200M : $2 / hr PAYG license cost + Azure infrastructure charges.
• Service Engine Bandwidth - 1000M : $3 / hr PAYG license cost + Azure infrastructure charges.

Please contact your VMware or Microsoft sales representative for any queries.