Migrate your VMs quickly. Modernize on your terms.
PaletteAI VM Launchpad is Spectro Cloud’s turnkey solution for running VMs and containers on your own hardware. Install it, move your workloads off VMware in weeks, and keep every future option open.
The renewal trap
Your VMware renewal is coming, and every quarter you wait strengthens Broadcom's negotiating position. But most alternatives ask too much: swap one proprietary platform for another, or commit to a major IT project before you've moved a single workload.
Real deadlines
The renewal clock is running, and unplanned migrations take years you don't have.
Lock-in fatigue
Moving to another proprietary platform just resets the same problem.
Modernization can't wait
You want a single platform for VMs and modern applications eventually, but you need workloads moved now.
A turnkey path off VMware
VM Launchpad is a complete virtualization platform that arrives as one package and runs on your own servers. There's nothing to design, integrate, or host separately, and it operates fully disconnected from the internet if your environment requires it.
Because it's built on modern cloud-native technology, it runs VMs and containerized applications side by side. Move your production VMs now; when you're ready to modernize your applications, the platform is already in place.
It's the same virtualization technology enterprises have relied on for their VMware exits, in a self-contained package your team can run.
Outcomes you can expect in the first three months
Production workloads on your hardware, fast
Install, run the setup wizard, and start moving VMs from vSphere the same day.
Predictable cost, predictable timeline
A fixed-price engagement covers assessment, deployment, and your first migrated production workloads, funded by the VMware spend you're walking away from.
Compliance built in
The platform is security-hardened to US federal standards (FIPS 140-3) and runs in fully disconnected environments, so regulated deployments don't need a separate hardening project.
Everything you need in one package
VM Launchpad ships as a single install image containing a standardized, certified stack, supported as one product:
- A purpose-built console for managing your VMs day to day
- Migration tooling that moves workloads directly from vSphere 7 and 8
- Enterprise sign-on, role-based access control, and audit logging
- Built-in monitoring, with the option to connect your existing tools
- Security hardening across every layer of the stack
- One vendor and one support relationship for the whole platform
The Launchpad stack
A pre-validated, standardized, certified stack that is secure, compliant, and enables you to modernize at your own pace with confidence.
A standard process to get you moving. Fast.
Evaluate
We start with a structured review of your VMware estate: which workloads are ready to move, what needs attention, and what the target looks like. You get a prioritized migration plan in days, not months.
First migration
The appliance is deployed on your servers and your first production workloads are migrated with expert help, on a defined scope and timeline. You finish with live workloads and a proven, repeatable runbook.
Scale
Your team runs the next migration waves using the runbook, at your own pace. Add workloads, sites, and modern applications as you're ready.
Proven technology, more accessible form factor
VM Launchpad runs on the same virtualization engine Fortune 500 enterprises, healthcare systems, defense agencies, and telcos have used to exit VMware with Spectro Cloud.
No new lock-in
Built on open technology. Your workloads stay portable and your exit path is never closed.
VMs and modern apps, one platform
Modernize applications over time without another migration project.
Backed by a proven team
The same engineering and support organization that stands behind Spectro Cloud's flagship PaletteAI platform in production worldwide.
Trusted with production VMs
"Spectro Cloud is a good fit for enterprises that need to balance fast-paced cloud-native modernization and AI enablement with support for legacy VMs."
The results speak for themselves
Start fast. Scale at your own pace.
Each VM Launchpad appliance scales to hundreds of VMs across dozens of servers, enough for a line of business, a department, an edge site, or your first migration wave.
When you're ready for more — multiple sites, more clusters, modern applications alongside your VMs — PaletteAI VMO is the expansion path, adding centralized management across your whole footprint. Nothing gets ripped out or rebuilt.
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Ready to stop paying the VMware tax?
Schedule a technical session, get an assessment, and see your first migration mapped out in a prioritized plan within days.