VMware Alternatives

Since Broadcom's acquisition of VMware, licensing costs are skyrocketing. Compare VMware with market alternatives and find the right solution for your infrastructure.

Alternatives compared

Vates VMS (XCP-ng + Xen Orchestra)
Vates VMS (XCP-ng + Xen Orchestra)
Proxmox VE
Proxmox VE
Nutanix AHV
Nutanix AHV
Azure Local
Azure Local
OpenShift
OpenShift
KubeVirt
KubeVirt
OpenStack
OpenStack
Huawei FusionSphere
Huawei FusionSphere
HPE VM Essentials
HPE VM Essentials

From comparison to decision

NaoShift helps CIOs and CTOs evaluate alternatives to VMware: import your real infrastructure, generate sized and costed target architectures for each option, and back your decision with confidence.

Compare VMware with several alternatives

VMware is the source. Select up to 3 alternatives to compare them side by side.

Source

VMware vSphere (ESXi + vCenter)

VMware vSphere (ESXi + vCenter)

Broadcom

Destinations — Select up to 3 alternatives

Up to 3 comparable

Alternatives Overview

All solutions compared to VMware at a glance

Frequently Asked Questions

You import your VMware estate (RVTools) and NaoShift generates, for each alternative, a sized and costed target architecture based on your real VMs, hosts and clusters. The theoretical comparison becomes a concrete decision file tailored to your context.

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Design and cost your target architecture for each alternative, then simulate the evolution or replacement of your infrastructure to decide with confidence.

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