Calculate the returns from selling unused software and the savings from buying a perpetual VMware licence with Forscope calculators

Forscope calculators help companies quickly estimate the value of unused software licences and compare potential savings from buying secondary perpetual VMware licences instead of a new subscription. In just a few seconds, businesses can identify hidden financial reserves in their IT infrastructure and make more informed software licensing decisions.

Do you want to know how much money you could get for your surplus software? Or do you need to calculate how much you could save by purchasing a secondary perpetual VMware licence instead of a new subscription? Use our online calculators and find out within seconds what financial reserves may be hidden in your IT infrastructure.

Software licence management is becoming increasingly complex, while rising cloud service prices and radical changes in licensing models are forcing companies to rethink their approach to software ownership. To make strategic decision-making easier, we have prepared two calculators that turn complex licensing calculations into immediately understandable numbers.

Sell unused licences

Software is not just an operating cost, but a full-fledged accounting asset. Yet when an organisation moves to cloud services, consolidates servers or undergoes restructuring, it often leaves surplus perpetual licences worth hundreds of thousands unused. In many cases, this is simply because the organisation does not know how much value these licences still have.

To save companies from having to analyse the market in detail, Forscope has prepared the Software Buy-Back Calculator. This online tool makes it possible to instantly determine an indicative buy-back price without detailed licensing knowledge. All you need to do is enter the vendor, such as Microsoft, Autodesk, VMware or Adobe, the specific product and the number of licences held.

Save by buying what others no longer need

The second calculator responds to one of the biggest events in enterprise IT in recent times: Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware. The new owner ended the sale of perpetual licences, reduced the product portfolio and moved exclusively to a subscription model. For many companies, this means a dramatic increase in IT costs. Fortunately, the market offers a legal alternative in the form of secondary perpetual licences from the secondary market.

Under the new subscription model, licensing has changed from the number of physical processors, or CPUs, to the number of computing cores. A simple comparison of list prices therefore does not work. Forscope’s VMware vSphere Cost Calculator compares the total cost of ownership precisely according to your own parameters.

The calculator allows companies to easily calculate how dramatically costs increase under the current subscription offer compared to the cost savings offered by older perpetual licences. With Forscope’s calculator, they can also display the cost development graphically over time.

Within the application, you simply model your own server infrastructure by entering the number of processors and cores and setting the time horizon. You can also adjust unit prices if needed. The result is a clear visualisation of total costs over time. The graph clearly shows the difference between the steadily rising curve of an expensive subscription and a one-off investment in a secondary perpetual licence. The complete comparison can then be exported to PDF for company management with a single click.