Key Benefits

27% productivity boost for DevOps with self-service and automation
43% reduction in TCO through on-demand auto scaling
90% faster provisioning and deployment

What’s Included

A single platform that provides:

Zero touch Kubernetes ingress with Gateway API support
Web application firewall (WAF)
Plug-and-play integration with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
L4-L7 load balancing
TLS performance acceleration with Intel Quick Assist Technology (QAT)
Global server load balancing (GSLB)

One Platform for Load Balancing, Application Security, Container Ingress and Analytics

A plug-and-play, fast-to-deploy, easy-to-use load balancing solution is critical for all applications (virtualized or container-based) across on-premises and cloud environments. Legacy hardware load balancers lack the elasticity, flexibility, and simplicity needed to deliver applications quickly, securely and reliably.

Plug-and-Play with VMware Cloud Foundation

VMware Avi Load Balancer (Avi) is available as a plug-and-play solution seamlessly integrated with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), supporting the vision of a unified private cloud experience. Avi automates lifecycle management for virtual machines and containers alike. This integration delivers industry-leading application visibility, accelerating troubleshooting and providing rich telemetry to application owners, DevOps teams, and VCF cloud administrators.

Software-Defined Platform Architecture

Avi follows a software-defined architecture that separates the central control plane (Controller) from the distributed data plane (Service Engines). Avi has 100% REST APIs, making it fully automatable and self-service with the CI/CD pipeline for application delivery. Avi auto scales on-demand and auto heals with a resilient fabric.

Local and Global Load Balancing

Key Features

Point-and-click simplicity for security policies with central control
Elastic scale with high performing, load based automatic scale-out architecture
Granular security insights on traffic flows and rule matches for precise policies
Protects applications from DDoS attacks and OWASP Top 10 threats

Kubernetes Ingress Services

Avi provides a unified, software-defined ingress solution for Kubernetes, optimized for VMware Kubernetes Service (VKS) on VCF. Avi offers a consolidated fabric that integrates L4–L7 load balancing, GSLB, WAF, and DNS/IPAM into a single platform. Key benefits include plug-and-play integration via the Avi Kubernetes Operator (AKO)

Real-time Application Insights

Avi accelerates troubleshooting by delivering end-to-end visibility, AI-driven insights, and real-time configuration context through an intuitive, unified dashboard. This enables IT teams to rapidly pinpoint root causes, resolve issues faster, and minimize downtime.

Avi Benefits at a Glance

Agility from Automated Provisioning and Self-Service

Automated virtual service provisioning with per-app load balancing services
Full automation with REST APIs to support faster application rollout

Lower Cost with Simplified Operations

Elastic load balancing and just-right-size capacity without overprovisioning
Flexible, subscription-based licensing model that eliminates static capacity

Rapid Resolution in Seconds

Near real-time visibility into network transactions to troubleshoot quickly

VMware Integrations

vCenter	Google Cloud VMware Engine	VCF Automation(Aria or vRealize Automation)
VMware NSX	Oracle Cloud VMware Service	VCF Automation Orchestrator(Aria Automation Orchestrator)
VMware Cloud on AWS	vSphere Kubernetes Service(VKS)	VCF Operations(Aria or vRealize Operations)
VMware Cloud Foundation(VCF)	VMware Horizon	VCF Network Operations(Aria Operations for Networks)
Azure VMware Solution	VCF Automation Multi-tenancy(VMware vCloud Director)	VCF Operations Log management(Aria Operations for Logs)

Baseline Performance - Observed on a Single Service Engine

	Bare Metal Server(24 Core) with xl710(40Gbps)	Service Engine running as vCenter VM(6C/6GB)
Max SSL(EC) Connections	50K per second	12K per second
Max HTTP Requests	700K per second	185K per second
Max SSL throughput	38Gbps	10Gbps
Max tenants(shared data plane)	Unlimited	Unlimited