Every year vExperts are chosen all round the world for their contribution towards the VMware community and for their efforts VMware offers the vExperts access to community (private forum, access to beta products etc.)
Besides the public recognition of being a vExpert, they get additional benefits like free subscriptions, NFR licenses and so on from 3rd party vendors. However the information given below is available on the vExpert Community Page but still I am sharing this so that if anyone has missed it, they can checkout the benefits for year 2015 from here.
Vendor vExpert freebies
| Vendor (Software/Goodie) | Category? | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Pluralsight (Free subscription for one year) | Learning | Free training for MVPs and vExperts |
| Login VSI | Software license | VIP Program – Login VSI |
| Starwind | Software license | Free NFR License V8 |
| Veeam | Software license | FREE NFR LICENCE FOR Veeam Management Suite for VMware and Hyper-V |
| Datacore | Software license | http://pages.datacore.com/Free_NFR_Software.html |
| Solarwinds | Software license | Virtualization Manager NFR |
| Symantec | Software license | Free Backup Exec 2014 V-Ray Edition with Support |
| Royal TS/X | Software license | Royal TS/X NFR License |
| Proximal Data | Software license | vExperts Give Us a Try |
| Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager | Software license | Send an email to mtrottier@devolutions.net along with a link to your VMTN profile. |
| HP Storage (StoreVirtual VSA) | Software license | Send an email to hpstorageguy@hp.com – 3 year NFR license. (Have offered this for 2+ years) |
| Darren Woolard (vExpert.me URL Shortener and a vExpert Sticker) | Goodies | URL Shorten Tool: http://vexpert.me/vexpertme and vExpert Stickerhttp://vexpert.me/wordcloud |
| Liquidware Labs (25 licenses VDI Essentials + 1 Flex-io server license – perpetual license) | Software License | Send an email from company address along with date certified vExpert tosales@liquidwarelabs.com |
| VSS Labs (vCert Mgr) | Software license | More Info No responses to requests apparently. |
| ControlUp | Software License | Request license |
| Naviko Backup | Software License | VMware Backup Free NFR License | NAKIVO Backup & Replication | NAKIVO |
| Opvizor predictive Analysis – Enterprise. | Software License | Request License, http://try.opvizor.com/vexpert/ or e-mail Atif Siddiquiasiddiqui@opvizor.com / 312-363-7506 say Roger Lund sent you.  |
| Nexenta | Software License | Free One-Year NexentaConnect for VSAN License |
| KEMP Technologies | Software License | FREE KEMP LoadMaster NFR License – VMware Certified Professional and vExpert – LoadMaster NFR License |