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What our community says
Community Edition has become a proving ground for teams exploring a VMware replacement and homelab users who want to test enterprise-class features on their own hardware.
“I joined Reddit specifically to post this message as I am anxious to evaluate your product. If it’s as good as l’m hearing it is, our search for a VMware replacement may be over 👍.”
“It was brilliant of them to release CE to the community without any functional restrictions of any kind.”
“Platform 9 CE – an incredible find… flat out amazing.”
Perfect for small scale
100% free, no time limits, full-featured
- Full featured, single region only
- No limited trial period
- No hidden fees
Seamless VMware migrations
- Migrate virtual machines off VMware for free with vJailbreak
- Avoid costly migration tools and licensing fees
- Automated workflows and real-time progress tracking
Flexible deployment on your infrastructure
- Runs on x86 hardware with as little as 28GB RAM and 8 CPUs
- Integrates with your existing storage
- Perfect for homelabs, dev/test environments, and proof of concept
Get the VM Management features you expect
- Dynamic Resource Rebalancing
- VM High Availability
- VM Live Migration and Storage Live Migration
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Enterprise Support
Switch to Private Cloud Director for multi-region deployments, enterprise-class capabilities, and large-scale VMware migrations with enterprise SLAs, expert training, and 24×7 support.
Best-of-Breed Support – 100% CSAT four years in a row
Always-On Assurance – 97.2% of issues proactively resolved on our Platform9-hosted management plane
Enterprise SLAs with 99.9% uptime guarantee with real financial backing