Platform9 in the News

Platform9 has announced the general availability of Private Cloud Director Community Edition at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe. This edition is designed to provide users with the full Private Cloud Director experience at no cost for single-region deployments. There are no hidden fees or time constraints, and it is supported by the community.

Platform9 introduced the Community Edition of Private Cloud Director at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025. This free, single-region edition, designed for test and development, utilizes k3s and requires minimal hardware. It aims to lower the barrier for private cloud adoption.

A new partner program from Platform9 offers to help provide VMware Cloud migration services for VMware customers that want to move their business-critical deployments in the aftermath of the company’s 2023 acquisition by Broadcom.

Platform9, which has been gaining momentum in moving VMware customers to its private cloud suite, launched a community edition of its Private Cloud Director. Private Cloud Director Community Edition, which is now generally available, has the full Private Cloud Director capabilities free of charge for single region deployments.

Platform9 has released the Community Edition of Private Cloud Director. This free version gives virtualization professionals access to the full functionality of environments in a single region. Users can get acquainted with what the company describes as ‘the simplest private cloud experience in the industry’.

Platform9 announced that Private Cloud Director Community Edition is generally available. Community Edition provides the full Private Cloud Director experience free of charge for single-region deployments. There are no hidden fees or time limits, and it is community supported.

Platform9 this week at the Kubecon + CloudNative Europe 2025 conference, unfurled a free Community Edition of its Private Cloud Director platform for deploying virtual machines that has no hidden fees or fixed amount of time it is allowed to run.

Platform9 has formally introduced its new Partner Program, aimed at assisting VMware customers in migrating to Platform9 Private Cloud Director using their existing infrastructure. This launch, announced at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo, underscores Platform9’s commitment to value-added resellers, systems integrators, managed service providers, and technology vendors, enabling efficient, cost-effective transitions from VMware environments.

The program supports value-added resellers, systems integrators and managed service providers in equipping VMware customers to replace their VMware environments with Platform9 Private Cloud Director. The program also supports technology vendors by leveraging customers’ existing investment in their storage and server infrastructure.

Enterprise private cloud company Platform9 formally launched the Platform9 partner program. This program supports VARs, SIs and MSPs in equipping VMware customers to replace their VMware environments with Platform9 Private Cloud Director. The program also supports technology vendors by leveraging existing customer investment in storage and server infrastructure.

Enterprise private cloud company Platform9 on Monday launched a new partner program for VARs, systems integrators and managed service providers. Platform9 joins the list of companies looking to capitalize on customers’ dissatisfaction with VMware since its acquisition by Broadcom a year ago.