You author the design. VCF Designer checks it against 162 validation rules across VCF 9.0 and 9.1 — the rules for the version it targets — sizes every domain, and assembles the HLD, so you arrive at change board with evidence, not estimates.
14-day free trial, no credit card required.
From a single Management Domain to fleet-scale NSX Federation — one tool, one source of truth.
Fleet Architecture, Stretched vSAN, Availability Zones, Multi-Rack Networking
Tier-0/Tier-1 Gateways, VPC Architecture, DFW Microsegmentation, Edge Clusters
Per-Host IP Config, Auto-Fill Pattern Detection, Appliance IP Management, IP Conflict Detection
Logo, company details, document metadata. Exports carry the firm's branding.
Design files can be saved, reopened, and versioned. The last five snapshots are retained for comparison.
Import your Planning Workbook or RVTools export. Every constraint validated, topology visualised, HLD assembled. Arrive at delivery with a defensible design, not a best-effort spreadsheet.
Consistent, traceable design quality across every team and engagement. Every architect working to the same 162-rule standard across VCF 9.0 and 9.1 — so designs survive change board, not just peer review.
Design with the same rigour as external specialists. Every rule traceable to published VMware by Broadcom specifications — a complete audit trail from design decision to documented maximum.
Design errors caught here cost nothing. The same errors surfaced at change board cost credibility, rework, and project time.
| Current Process | With VCF Designer |
|---|---|
| Manual resource calculation in Excel | Real-time sizing engine with per-cluster capacity breakdowns |
| Post-hoc validation against VMware by Broadcom maximums | Live validation against published VMware by Broadcom configuration maximums with categorised warnings and errors |
| Separate HLD authoring in Word | Structured Word export with cover page, TOC, embedded diagrams, and validation appendix |
| Copy-paste between workbook and HLD | Design data flows directly into all export formats |
| Single-instance workbook per site | Fleet architecture with multi-instance design, aggregate resource views, and NSX Federation |
| No HCL checks at design time | Storage device validation against publicly available VMware by Broadcom Hardware Compatibility List data |
Base VCF subscription plus add-on features — see the full cost picture during design, not after procurement.
Start with a 14-day free trial — no credit card required. All plans include a 14-day money-back guarantee.
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A browser-based design and validation tool for VMware Cloud Foundation by Broadcom. Import a Planning Workbook, validate against 162 rules across VCF 9.0 and 9.1 — each design is checked against the rules for the version it targets — and export a client-ready HLD. Nothing leaves your machine.
Nowhere. VCF Designer is browser-only: your designs live in your browser's local storage on your machine. There is no backend that receives, stores or processes your environment data — nothing about your infrastructure ever reaches our servers. The honest one-liner for your security team: the data is stored wherever you put the file, and nowhere else.
There is usually nothing to review. No data leaves the browser, so there is no data-processing agreement to negotiate, no vendor infrastructure to assess and nothing to provision. The optional environment collector is a read-only PowerCLI script you run yourself — a few hundred lines of readable PowerShell, not a binary — which writes a JSON file locally that you drag into the app. Credentials are held in memory for the run only and never written to disk.
Yes. After the initial page load, no backend connection is required.
VCF 9.0 and VCF 9.1 are both fully supported. You pick the version on each design and the tool applies that release’s configuration maximums, sizing and validation rules. Nothing you built on 9.0 changes.
Yes. Planning Workbooks import directly, including multi-file import for fleet instances. RVTools is also supported for VM inventory.
Word (.docx), Excel, JSON, Draw.io, and .vcfdesign native format. All exports carry your configured company branding.
Yes. VCF Designer includes a licensing estimate calculator that factors in core counts, base VCF subscription costs, and add-on features such as VMware Firewall, vSAN capacity, Tanzu, and disaster recovery. It gives consultants and clients a realistic view of what the full architecture — including optional feature sets — could cost to license.
All resource requirements are sourced from official VCF 9.0 specifications. Capacity validation includes HA headroom across all 8 appliance types.
Yes — stretched vSAN, Availability Zones, multi-rack networking (L2/L3), NSX Federation with Global Manager, and cross-site RTEP.
Yes. A step-by-step wizard captures project context, business requirements, and infrastructure settings — your design is pre-configured from the answers.
A panel of 10 senior VCF architects and certified specialists scored it 8.4/10 on production readiness. All 10 said they would use it.
Auto-saved to browser storage. Export as .vcfdesign or JSON to share. Version history keeps the last 5 snapshots with readable diffs.