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Platform9

VMware alternative for running VMs and containers on existing hardware

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Platform9 provides virtualization management for VMs and containers, including high availability, live migration, dynamic resource rebalancing, and multi-tenancy. It works with existing storage and server infrastructure from vendors such as Dell EMC, NetApp, Pure Storage, and HPE. The company was named a Visionary in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Server Virtualization Platforms.

12 alternatives to Platform9

Ranked by how well each tool replaces Platform9: shared features, audience, price and popularity.

  1. Ubuntu

    Enterprise open source operating system published by Canonical

    Covers 1 of 13 key features, has a free plan and is open source.

    Free planOpen source
    71 out of 100 matchContact sales

  2. Scaleway

    European Cloud & AI provider (as described on the site)

    Covers 1 of 13 key features.

    68 out of 100 match—

  3. Proxmox

    Powerful open-source server solutions

    Covers 1 of 13 key features, has a free plan and is open source.

    Free planOpen source
    60 out of 100 matchContact sales

  4. VMware

    Software-defined load balancers and application firewalls

    Covers 0 of 13 key features.

    58 out of 100 match—

  5. XenServer

    Server virtualization platform for running demanding workloads.

    Covers 1 of 13 key features and is open source.

    Open source
    58 out of 100 matchContact sales

  6. OpenNebula

    The open platform for sovereign cloud infrastructure.

    Covers 0 of 13 key features and is open source.

    Open source
    57 out of 100 match—

  7. MultiChain

    Enterprise blockchain platform that actually works.

    Covers 1 of 13 key features, has a free plan and is open source.

    Free planOpen source
    56 out of 100 matchFree

  8. Apache CloudStack

    Apache CloudStack — Infrastructure for Virtual Machines and Bare Metal

    Covers 1 of 13 key features, has a free plan and is open source.

    Free planOpen source
    55 out of 100 matchFree

  9. Apache Stratos

    A highly-extensible Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) framework for running Apache Tomcat, PHP,

    Covers 1 of 13 key features and is open source.

    Open source
    55 out of 100 match—

  10. OpenStack

    Cloud Infrastructure for Virtual Machines, Bare Metal, and Containers

    Covers 1 of 13 key features and is open source.

    Open source
    54 out of 100 match—

  11. oVirt

    A free open-source distributed virtualization solution for managing enterprise infrastru

    Covers 1 of 13 key features and is open source.

    Open source
    54 out of 100 match—

  12. Xen Project

    Open source virtualization for systems that demand isolation and control.

    Covers 0 of 13 key features and is open source.

    Open source
    53 out of 100 match—