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The VMware Alternative Built For Your Existing Hardware & Storage

Platform9 delivers the core capabilities VMware teams rely on—high availability, live migration, dynamic resource balancing, and multi-tenancy—without tying you to proprietary stacks. Reuse your existing servers, storage, backup, and DR tools, and exit VMware with a clear, low-risk migration strategy.

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Recognized as a Visionary

Platform9 was named a Visionary in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Server Virtualization Platforms.
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Trusted By Platform Teams at Global Enterprises

Juniper Networks
Mavenir
Rackspace Technology
Cloudera
The General Insurance
AeroMexico
ACB (Asia Commercial Bank)
Verve Group
“Public clouds cost 4x more than our private cloud—that’s why we use Platform9 in our on-premises data centers. Platform9’s solution enables us to add services and fix issues in minutes, avoiding hefty cloud fees.”
-Cloudera
“We’ve been running Platform9 in production since 2017, scaling 4x over the years. Their seamless performance and collaboration with our teams have been key to our success.”
-EBSCO Information Services
“We scaled our private cloud 10x in 3 years—without hiring extra staff—thanks to Platform9’s SaaS and expert day-2 support. In addition, we saved 50% costs over a DIY approach and VM licensing fees.”
-Juniper Networks
“Your managed offering and support, along with your commitment, diligence, and great sense of ownership, ensured the successful and timely rollout of our new managed AI platform.”
-Sambanova
“We needed new infrastructure fast, and Platform9 delivered. In just 20 minutes, we provisioned across all environments—a 10x improvement over our best manual times.”
-Yext
“Platform9’s unique offering combines best-of-breed virtualization platform, automated VM migration tooling and built-in Kubernetes, enabling our vision of cloud-native apps”
-Rackspace IT

Your Next Chapter After VCSP

The Platform9 Cloud Solution Provider Program (PCSP) is built for service providers losing their route to market after the VCSP wind-down—with a $1,000/month platform fee, unlimited cores for 90 days, and free VMware migration tooling.

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Why Platform9?

Familiar Virtualization Management

  • Familiar, enterprise-class VM management
  • Works with existing storage and server infrastructure (Dell EMC, NetApp, Pure Storage, HPE, and more) so you don’t have to re-platform your stack.
  • Intuitive GUI and workflows your admins will understand on day one.
  • Automated migration from existing VMware environments with our vJailbreak tooling.

Full-Featured Private Cloud Platform

  • Self-service, API, multi-tenancy, and SSO capabilities you need today
  • VMs & containers managed from one control plane with built-in Kubernetes
  • Drop-in replacement for core VMware capabilities: high availability, live migration (VMware vMotion equivalent), and dynamic resource rebalancing (VMware DRS-like behavior).
  • Enterprise-grade security features
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Global Fortune 500 Enterprise Migrating 40,000 VMs to Platform9

3000 hypervisors • 200 VMs per day • $35 per VM migration

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Resources To Support a Seamless VMware Exit

0-60 with Platform9: A hands-on lab for VMware admins

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7 reasons Private Cloud Director is the future-proof VMware alternative

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