Migrate from VMware to Platform9

Get a familiar private cloud experience with the enterprise-grade features you need, on storage and server infrastructure you already have. Migrate everything in weeks, not months, at one-tenth the cost of industry analyst estimates.

Global Fortune 150 enterprise migrating 40,000 VMs to Platform9

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

After evaluating Nutanix, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Red Hat Virtualization, a Global Fortune 150 enterprise chose Private Cloud Director to replace VMware. It was the only solution that met all of their requirements and allowed them to keep their existing storage.”

Madhura Maskasky

Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Platform9

Trusted by platform teams at global enterprises

Cloudera

“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.”

EBSCO Information Services

“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.”

Juniper Networks

“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.”

Sambanova

“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.”

Yext

“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.”

Rackspace IT

“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”

Why Platform9

Familiar VM management

  • Enterprise VM management features including high-availability, live migration, and automated 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

Learn about how we can help you migrate off VMware in weeks

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