Tanzu Standard helps enterprises simplify Kubernetes operation and management across multi-cloud infrastructure. It offers an enterprise-grade, open-source aligned Kubernetes runtime across on-premises, public clouds and edge, with a global control plane to help manage your entire Kubernetes footprint centrally and consistently.

Tanzu Standard includes all the capabilities in Tanzu Basic, which offers a seamless experience to consume Kubernetes as part of vSphere. On top of that, it adds:

1. Multi-cloud deployment. An enterprise-grade, open-source aligned Kubernetes runtime, powered by Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, which can be deployed across multiple environments including both on prem on vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation, on hybrid clouds such as VMware Cloud on AWS and Azure VMware Solution, on native public clouds such as AWS and Azure, as well as at the edge.
2. A global SaaS control plane, powered by Tanzu Mission Control, for centralized management and governance of all your clusters across any environment.
3. Platform monitoring. Tanzu Standard includes Prometheus and Grafana.

The SaaS control plane included in Tanzu Standard is powered by the Tanzu Mission Control Standard version, which includes these key capabilities:

• Centralized cluster lifecycle management (i.e., provisioning, upgrading, scaling, and deleting) of Tanzu Kubernetes clusters
• Attachment of any conformant Kubernetes clusters for consistent management
• Global visibility of Kubernetes clusters and workloads across environments for quick issue identification and troubleshooting
• Access and security management by applying consistent policies to fleets of clusters at scale
• Cluster and namespace backup and restoration with built-in Velero
• Cluster conformance inspection using built-in Sonobuoy

Tanzu Mission Control has two versions: Tanzu Mission Control Standard and Tanzu Mission Control Advanced. Tanzu Mission Control Standard is included in the Tanzu Standard edition. Tanzu Mission Control Advanced is included in the Tanzu Advanced edition (customers can also purchase Tanzu Mission Control Advanced standalone). Check this feature comparison chart to find out which capabilities of Tanzu Mission Control are included in each of the versions.

The key benefits of Tanzu Standard include:

1. Harvesting the benefits of multi-cloud. With Tanzu Standard, you will be able to deploy a consistent Kubernetes runtime across on-premises, public clouds and at the edge.
2. Increasing security and governance of your Kubernetes infrastructure. With Tanzu Standard’s global control plane, you can manage all your Kubernetes clusters centrally at scale including access, security, conformance, and data protection etc.
3. Easy access to Kubernetes resources for your developers. With Tanzu Standard, your developers will have self-service access to Kubernetes infrastructure across multiple environments for quickly running and deploying applications.
4. Leveraging the best innovation of the Kubernetes open source community. Tanzu Standard leverages a selection of the best open source technologies in the Kubernetes ecosystem. For example, it uses Cluster API for cluster lifecycle management, Harbor for container registry, Prometheus and Grafana for platform monitoring, Fluent Bit for logging, Contour for ingress, Velero for backup and recovery, Sonobuoy for cluster inspection etc.

Tanzu Standard can be purchased standalone or as a soft bundle with VMware Cloud Foundation. For detailed pricing, please contact VMware sales representatives.