Open-source alternative  ·  Virtualization

Replace VMware Horizon VDI with Apache Guacamole + Proxmox VE.

Self-hosted VDI using open source hypervisor + clientless remote desktop gateway. No per-user fees.

You'd keep~R18 000 to ~R54 000/year

Current licence  ·  Virtualization

VMware Horizon VDI

~R18 000 – ~R54 000/yr

10-user estimate

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Replace with  ·  Virtualization

Apache Guacamole + Proxmox VE

Self-hosted, R0 licence

You keep ~R54 000/yr

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Today's licence price

3 tiers. VMware Horizon VDI's prices.

Vendor-advertised pricing converted to ZAR, 10-user estimate. Pick the tier closest to what your team is on today.

Standard

R18 000/yr

R150/user/month

With Apache Guacamole + Proxmox VE

Keep R18 000/yr

Advanced

R36 000/yr

R300/user/month

With Apache Guacamole + Proxmox VE

Keep R36 000/yr

Enterprise

R54 000/yr

R450/user/month

With Apache Guacamole + Proxmox VE

Keep R54 000/yr

Enterprise and negotiated pricing varies. Book a free audit for your exact number.

Five years on the books

What the spend looks like compounding.

VMware Horizon VDI grows around 10% per year on average. Apache Guacamole + Proxmox VE hosting stays flat. Watch the gap open up.

R0kR24kR48kR72kR96kYear 0Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5R87kR12k flatSalesforce (50 users, 10%/yr inflation)SuiteCRM (self-hosted, maintained)

Five-year cumulative saving

R0.34M

Salesforce alone, single tool, 50 users. Stack multiple tools and the maths compounds harder.

How this migration runs

VMware Horizon VDIApache Guacamole + Proxmox VE, in four moves.

01

Audit

Workflows, customisations, integrations, users. Mapped against the OSS feature set.

02

Plan

Migration sequence, rollback path, parallel-run schedule. You approve every step before we move.

03

Migrate

Stream the data, verify checksums, replay the audit trail. Both stacks run side by side until cutover passes every test.

04

Operate

Documentation in your repo, monitoring on your infra. We stay on as the team that maintains and grows it.

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Other virtualization migrations.

Running one of these alongside? Same migration shop covers both.

Migrate VMware Horizon VDI.
Keep the money.

Free audit. 30 minutes. We map your current setup, surface the real licence costs, and show you the migration in time and rand.