Free tool · RVTools in, exit plan out
VMware Exit Planner
Upload an RVTools export or fill in a short form. The planner counts the cores Broadcom would license, estimates VCF and VVF against eight alternatives from the VM Platform Ledger, sorts your VMs into four migration waves and lists the blockers in each one. Everything shows on screen, with a share link and a print view.
Drop the RVTools .xlsx here, or click to choose
Or the csv tabs: vInfo, vHost, vDisk, vSnapshot, vTools (several files at once).
The file is read in your browser and never uploaded. Our server receives only counts, sizes, OS families, blocker flags and per-host socket and core numbers. VM names, hostnames, IP addresses and user names stay on your computer.
Free. Three plans per day. Takes 5 to 20 seconds. No vendor pays for a place on this page.
How the planner works
1. Your browser reads the export
RVTools' vInfo, vCPU, vMemory, vDisk, vHost, vSnapshot, vTools and vUSB tabs are parsed on your computer. VM names become hashes; names, addresses and the file itself are never uploaded.
2. Cores and blockers are counted in code
Per host, each CPU counts at least 16 cores for Broadcom. Each VM is checked for a virtual TPM, passthrough, raw device mappings, shared disks, USB devices, old hardware versions, missing VMware Tools, snapshots and suspended state.
3. The Ledger ranks the alternatives
Domain scores from the VM Platform Ledger are weighted by what your estate needs: GPU weight rises with passthrough VMs, security with vTPMs, storage with RDMs, fleet with cluster count. Capability, Ledger Index, risk and lock-in are quoted as published.
4. One pass writes the words
Our engine receives only the computed numbers and writes the summary, the why and why not per platform, the wave notes, five risks and three steps. It cannot change a number. If it fails, you still get the full plan without prose.
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Frequently asked questions
What does the VMware Exit Planner need from me?
An RVTools export (the xlsx with all tabs, or the csv tabs vInfo, vHost, vDisk, vSnapshot, vTools) or the short form: hosts, sockets, cores, VM count, Windows share, total RAM and disk. The export is read in your browser. Only counts, sizes, OS families, blocker flags and per-host socket and core numbers are sent to our server.
Where do the scores and prices come from?
Every platform score is quoted from the VM Platform Ledger on this site, edition 2026-09-30, and each card links to the scorecard. Prices are list prices read from vendor price pages on the date shown; Broadcom publishes no price list, so VCF and VVF use the per-core list prices resellers report. Vendors without a public price show the units counted and ask for a quote.
How many plans can I run, and can I share one?
Three plans per day. Every plan has its own link that works without a new run, and the Print button gives a clean PDF through your browser's Save as PDF. The link holds the anonymised numbers only; VM names never leave your browser.