Top 10 VMware ESXi Alternatives & Competitors

Top 10 Alternatives to VMware ESXi Recently Reviewed By G2 Community

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Proxmox VE
By Proxmox
4.6/5
(33)
Product Description
Proxmox VE is a complete virtualization management solution for servers.
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Reviewers say compared to VMware ESXi, Proxmox VE is:
Easier to do business with
Categories in common with VMware ESXi:
Server Virtualization

Xen Project
By The Linux Foundation
4.4/5
(5)
Product Description
The Xen Project serves as the basis for many commercial server virtualization, desktop and embedded products as well as hardware appliances and cloud solutions.
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Categories in common with VMware ESXi:
Server Virtualization

XenServer
By Citrix
4.1/5
(48)
Product Description
XenServer is a leading virtualization management platform optimized for application, desktop and server virtualization infrastructures. Consolidation and containment of workloads on Citrix Hypervisor enables organizations of any vertical or size to transform their business IT compute infrastructures.
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Reviewers say compared to VMware ESXi, XenServer is:
Slower to reach roi
Categories in common with VMware ESXi:
Server Virtualization
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VirtualBox
By Oracle
4.5/5
(286)
Product Description
VirtualBox is an open source x86 and AMD64/Intel64 VDI solution for enterprises.
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Reviewers say compared to VMware ESXi, VirtualBox is:
More usable
Categories in common with VMware ESXi:
Server Virtualization

Oracle VM
By Oracle
4.3/5
(72)
Product Description
Server Virtualization.
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Reviewers say compared to VMware ESXi, Oracle VM is:
Easier to do business with
Categories in common with VMware ESXi:
Server Virtualization

Google Compute Engine
By Google
4.5/5
(934)
Product Description
Compute Engine enables you to create and run large-scale workloads on virtual machines hosted on Google Cloud. Get running quickly with pre-built and ready-to-go configurations or create machines of your own with the optimal amount of vCPU and memory required for your workload.
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Reviewers say compared to VMware ESXi, Google Compute Engine is:
Easier to do business with
Categories in common with VMware ESXi:
Server Virtualization

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
By Nutanix
4.6/5
(293)
Product Description
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) combines feature-rich software-defined storage with built-in virtualization in a turnkey hyperconverged infrastructure solution that can run any application at any scale.
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Reviewers say compared to VMware ESXi, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is:
Slower to reach roi
Easier to do business with
More usable
Categories in common with VMware ESXi:
Server Virtualization

Vultr
By Vultr Holdings LLC
4.3/5
(283)
Product Description
Vultr offers a standardized highly reliable high performance cloud compute environment with 14 datacenters around the globe.
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Reviewers say compared to VMware ESXi, Vultr is:
More usable
Easier to do business with
Categories in common with VMware ESXi:
Server Virtualization

Virtuozzo
By Virtuozzo
4.4/5
(55)
Product Description
Provider of Virtualization, Storage, and Cloud Infrastructure Software.
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Reviewers say compared to VMware ESXi, Virtuozzo is:
Slower to reach roi
Easier to do business with
Categories in common with VMware ESXi:
Server Virtualization

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