Learn why Private Cloud Director is the best VMware alternative

Private Cloud Director Community Edition

Run your private cloud for free. Experience the full power of Platform9’s Private Cloud Director with the same enterprise-class core capabilities used in production by global enterprises. Full-featured, no time limits, community support only.

Deploying is as easy as..

curl -sfl https://go.pcd.run | bash

For detailed instructions, refer to the docs

Start free in 3 steps

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.”

See it in action

Perfect for small scale

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  • Full featured, single region only
  • No limited trial period
  • No hidden fees
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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
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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
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Get the VM Management features you expect

  • Dynamic Resource Rebalancing
  • VM High Availability
  • VM Live Migration and Storage Live Migration

Build your own private cloud with Platform9 Community Edition

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