Monitor and report VMware Cloud Service Provider consumption licenses with VCF Usage Meter. Automatically track hourly usage across your VMware environment and simplify monthly reporting to Broadcom.
Best for
VMware Cloud Service Providers need accurate, automated consumption tracking to meet Broadcom reporting requirements. VCF Usage Meter 9.0 eliminates manual usage tracking and provides reliable monthly reporting.
Collects hourly usage data across your VMware environment and generates VM history reports automatically.
Usage data is sent directly to the Broadcom backend, eliminating manual reporting processes and reducing billing errors.
A single Usage Meter deployment scales to large multi-site provider environments without additional instances.
In-place upgrades simplify maintenance. No need to redeploy or reconfigure when moving to newer versions.
SOC2 Type 1 and ISO 27001 certified. Supports FIPS configuration and OAuth authentication for secure access.
Data hashing, SYSLOG forwarding, and dual NIC support provide enterprise-grade security for provider environments.
VCF Usage Meter 9.0 tracks consumption across the VMware product portfolio. Connect your VMware infrastructure and Usage Meter handles the rest.
vCenter Server, vSphere, and VMware Cloud Foundation. Usage Meter tracks CPU, memory, and VM consumption across your compute infrastructure.
Track multi-tenant resource consumption across Cloud Director environments. Usage Meter captures allocation and usage data for provider billing.
NSX, NSX Advanced Load Balancer, and vDefend. Metering covers network virtualization and security services deployed in your environment.
vSAN consumption metering tracks storage capacity and usage across hyper-converged infrastructure deployments.
Site Recovery Manager usage tracking for disaster recovery services offered to tenants and customers.
Tanzu and vRealize Operations metering for container platform and operations management consumption tracking.
VCF Usage Meter is an on-premises virtual appliance designed for VMware Cloud Service Providers (VCSPs). It automatically collects hourly usage data from VMware products in your environment and reports monthly consumption to Broadcom for billing purposes.
Version 9.0 is the latest release, supporting a wide range of VMware products and offering improved security and scalability features.
VCF Usage Meter 9.0 supports metering for vCenter, vSphere, VMware Cloud Foundation, Cloud Director, NSX, vSAN, Site Recovery Manager, Tanzu, vRealize Operations, NSX Advanced Load Balancer, and vDefend.
Usage Meter holds SOC2 Type 1 and ISO 27001 certifications. It supports FIPS configuration, OAuth authentication, reverse proxy, data hashing, and SYSLOG forwarding.
Dual NIC support allows you to separate management traffic from reporting traffic, and LDAP integration provides directory-based access control.
Yes. A single VCF Usage Meter deployment can scale to large multi-site provider environments without requiring additional instances. In-place upgrades simplify ongoing maintenance without redeployment.
VMware Cloud Service Providers on consumption or subscription licensing models use VCF Usage Meter to automatically track and report usage. It replaces manual reporting processes and provides accurate monthly consumption data to Broadcom.
If your organization is transitioning to consumption-based licensing, contact our team to discuss deployment requirements.
VirtualizationWorks helps VMware Cloud Service Providers deploy and configure Usage Meter, understand consumption licensing, and optimize their reporting workflows.
Have questions about this product, VMware licensing, or deployment options? Fill out the form below and a VirtualizationWorks specialist will follow up.
