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 the following recommended SKUs

nsx-alb-controller-2201 : NSX ALB (Avi) Controller Version 22.1.x - BYOL and PAYG
nsx-alb-controller-2101 : NSX ALB (Avi) Controller Version 21.1.x - BYOL and PAYG

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

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. (Available till 18.2.x, not supported in 20.1.1 and later)

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

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