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Migrate from VMware to Platform9

Get a familiar private cloud experience with the enterprise features you need, on storage and server infrastructure you already own. Migrate everything in weeks or months, not years, and at one-tenth the cost projected by industry analysts.

Why Platform9 for VMware
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An open letter from our founder to all VMware customers

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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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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

Why Platform9

Familiar VM management

  • Enterprise VM management features including high-availability, live migration, and dynamic resource rebalancing
  • Works with existing storage and server infrastructure: EMC, NetApp, Pure Storage and more
  • Familiar GUI management experience
  • Automated migration from existing VMware environments

Full-featured private cloud platform

  • Self-service, API automation and multi-tenancy
  • Managed Kubernetes service
  • Packaged services built-in: databases, firewalls, VPNs, DNS, and more
  • Enterprise-grade security features
  • Application catalog and developer portal
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