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Your 2025 Buyer’s guide to VMware Alternatives (new version)

Buyers guide to VMware alternatives

Learn why  Platform9 Private Cloud Director is the best alternative to VMware vSphere, Nutanix AHV, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization across 34 virtualization management capabilities

Detailed analysis and side-by-side comparison of critical features across popular VMware alternatives:

  • Core virtualization capabilities
  • Management tools
  • Virtual machine operations
  • Networking & storage features
  • Scalability and upgrades
  • Enterprise support & licensing options

 

Why enterprises are choosing Platform9 Private Cloud Director

Familiar VM management

Easy-to-use private cloud software for VMware admins offering granular features to handle VMs with minimal to no downtime tolerance.

Offers critical VMware management features 

Drop-in replacement for VM-High Availability, VMware DRS, vMotion, Distributed Virtual Switches, Software Defined Networking, vVol, and more

Integrates with your existing storage and server hardware

Protect your existing investments in storage, server hardware, and more. Avoid lock-in to Hyper Converged Integrated (HCI) stacks or operating systems.

BEST migration experience in the industry

vJailbreak can execute live or cold migration of entire vSphere clusters over to PCD in weeks and at one-tenth the cost of the industry analysts estimates

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