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 Clarification on Layer 7 API Management Licensing Metric (Instance-Based)

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Larissa Marques posted Feb 28, 2025 12:42 PM

Hi everyone,

I’m currently working with Broadcom’s Layer 7 API Management and trying to better understand the licensing metrics in our contract. According to our agreement, the licensing metric is based on instances.

Could someone clarify if this metric refers to the number of gateways we have deployed? For example:

  • Does each gateway count as a single instance?

  • If we have multiple environments (e.g., dev, test, production), does each gateway in these environments count toward the instance metric?

Additionally, if anyone has experience with Broadcom’s licensing audits or how they measure instance usage, I’d appreciate any insights or best practices to ensure compliance.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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Broadcom Employee Aran White

hi there, the best way is to work with Broadcom team as contracts can vary between customers and contracts.