Just weeks after launch, Platform9 Private Cloud Director Community Edition is seeing impressive traction. In the last two weeks, we’ve recorded more than 800 total downloads (229 unique downloads)—a strong early signal of demand from users looking for a free, full-featured alternative to VMware. Community growth, engagement, and feedback The momentum is also visible in […]
· May 6, 2025 · 3 min read
Summary Looking for enterprise VMware alternatives? Understand the difference between hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and disaggregated architectures. Learn why disaggregation offers greater flexibility, how VMware originally enabled this model, and how modern private clouds like Platform9 Private Cloud Director continue this open, ecosystem-friendly, hardware-agnostic path. Introduction: Why look beyond VMware? With Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, enterprises
· May 6, 2025 · 3 min read
Blog Summary Are you looking for a VMware alternative for your lab, SMB, or enterprise environment? This blog post compares the top five VMware ESXi alternatives, which include Platform9, Proxmox, Nutanix AHV, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Red Hat Virtualization. Whether you are concerned about Broadcom’s pricing changes or want to regain infrastructure control, compare your best
· May 2, 2025 · 5 min read
For organizations evaluating VMware alternatives, a recent report by PivotNine offers valuable insights into migrating to Platform9 Private Cloud Director. This report details a hands-on assessment of Platform9’s vJailbreak tool, providing a fact-based look at the migration process. “Instead of a complex and tedious migration, customers can use Platform9’s tools to automate the bulk of
· April 3, 2025 · 2 min read
Recently, our competitor has raised their minimum licensing from 16 to 72 cores and introduced late renewal penalties. This significantly increases virtualization pricing for small businesses relying on their software (up to 4.5X more) and reduces profitability for channel partners. While these moves may boost their revenue, they lack true value and a customer-centered philosophy.
· April 2, 2025 · 2 min read
For VMware administrators, managing multiple teams, departments, or customers in a private cloud has always required careful planning and extra licensing. The challenge you wanted to solve is finding a balance between isolation and flexibility without adding operational complexity or costs. VMware environments typically use vCenters for high-level separation, and Virtual Data Centers (vDCs) as
· March 11, 2025 · 5 min read
Listen to the episode Our co-founder, Madhura Maskasky, joined AMD Tech Talk host Jim Greene for a discussion on the evolving enterprise private cloud landscape and how enterprises can navigate the post-VMware era. This episode explores the challenges and opportunities businesses face as they modernize their cloud environments. We appreciate AMD Tech Talk for the
· February 25, 2025 · 3 min read
Gartner just published a research note titled “Estimating a Large-Scale VMware Migrations” that details the burdens expected for large-sized companies moving off of VMware. The Register’s Simon Sharwood wrote an article on this research note. He highlighted the concerns tens of thousands of VMware customers are facing that large-scale migrations are daunting, often taking
· January 30, 2025 · 3 min read
As enterprises seek cost-effective, flexible, and future-ready virtualization solutions, many are re-evaluating their reliance on VMware. With increasing licensing costs and vendor lock-in concerns, the need for a robust alternative has never been greater. Platform9’s Private Cloud Director emerges as the best VMware alternative for organizations seeking to move beyond VMware while maintaining enterprise-grade virtualization
· January 20, 2025 · 4 min read
In our earlier blog, VMware vs OpenStack: Why OpenStack is the better VMware alternative in 2024, we explored how OpenStack offers a compelling alternative to VMware for building private clouds. That post covered OpenStack’s advantages in cost efficiency, flexibility, and vendor neutrality, making it a good choice for enterprises looking to move away from VMware.
· January 13, 2025 · 6 min read
Migrations are complex, time-consuming, and costly. When deciding to leave VMware due to Broadcom price increases and their cancellation of perpetual licensing, the cost associated with the act of migration should be the second most important item. This blog will touch on the top 5 considerations for migrating from VMware to any alternate hypervisor for
· September 20, 2024 · 4 min read