vSphere Licensing Clarification Please?

[VirtualKR]

I'm trying to understand the vSphere licensing for vSphere 8. Is my understanding correct that the vSphere Essentials Plus Kit is a perpetual license, and I would only need to continue purchasing SnS?
https://store-us.vmware.com/vmware-vsphere-essentials-plus-kit-5653279400.html

I'm comparing this to the vSphere Essentials Plus Kit Term purchase which looks to me like this would be a subscription for both the license and the SnS. Is that correct as well?
https://store-us.vmware.com/vmware-vsphere-essentials-plus-kit-term-5653720100.html

I was unable to select either vSphere or VMware vCenter as the location for this request, so my apologies for posting it to the {code} discussion forum!

Thank you in advance for the clarification assistance!

[a_p_ · Accepted solution]

>>> Is my understanding correct that the vSphere Essentials Plus Kit is a perpetual license, and I would only need to continue purchasing SnS?

SnS is required for at least one year, and it's up to you whether you renew SnS after that. Since it's a perpetual license, you can use the product as long as you want.

At https://store-us.vmware.com/vmware-vsphere-essentials-plus-kit-term-5653720100.html you can see the differences between the perpetual, and the term license. According to this, you need to purchase a new term license each year.

André

[VirtualKR]

Awesome, thank you for the quick response, André!