VMware has resumed offering a free hypervisor.
News of the offering emerged in throwaway line in the Release Notes for version 8.0 Update 3e of the Broadcom business unit’s ESXi hypervisor.
Just below the “What’s New” section of that document is the statement “Broadcom makes available the VMware vSphere Hypervisor version 8, an entry-level hypervisor. You can download it free of charge from the Broadcom Support portal.”
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https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/14/vmware_free_esxi_returns/
