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Alternatives to HPE VM Essentials

The tools Specifiction weighs against HPE VM Essentials, from its list of server virtualization software, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.

  1. 01 oVirt

    oVirt suits administrators managing self-hosted enterprise virtualization infrastructure.

    Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.6 Visit Specs
  2. 02 KVM

    KVM suits Linux users who need to host Linux or Windows virtual machines and can provide a compatible host processor.

    Free plan Open source Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.5 Visit Specs
  3. 03 QEMU

    QEMU suits users who need machine or user-mode emulation across CPU architectures.

    Free plan Open source Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    8.5 Visit Specs
  4. 04 Citrix XenServer

    XenServer suits organizations running virtual machines on dedicated 64-bit x86 servers that need high availability, live migration, or GPU features.

    Free trial Windows · Linux · Self-hosted
    8.4 Visit Specs
  5. 05 Firecracker

    It suits teams running isolated multi-tenant containers or functions on Linux infrastructure.

    Free plan Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.4 Visit Specs
  6. 06 Harvester

    Harvester suits organizations running VMs, Kubernetes in VMs, containers on bare metal, or edge workloads on bare-metal servers.

    Free plan Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    8.1 Visit Specs
  7. 07 ACRN Hypervisor

    It suits embedded IoT developers working with Intel x86 bare-metal hosts and command-line management.

    Free plan Linux · Self-hosted
    8.0 Visit Specs
  8. 08 IPFW
    Free plan Self-hosted
    7.8 Visit Specs
  9. 09 Xen Orchestra
    From $83.33/mo Free trial Web · API · Self-hosted
    7.6 Visit Specs
  10. 10 Xen Project Hypervisor

    Xen suits infrastructure, embedded, automotive, security-sensitive, and safety-critical systems.

    Free plan Linux · Self-hosted
    7.6 Visit Specs
  11. 11 IBM z/VM
    Self-hosted
    7.5 Visit Specs
  12. 12 IBM PowerVM

    IBM positions PowerVM for enterprises modernizing legacy systems, deploying AI workloads or building hybrid clouds across AIX, IBM i and Linux.

    Linux · Self-hosted
    7.4 Visit Specs
  13. 13 OpenNebula

    OpenNebula suits organizations building enterprise clouds or AI infrastructure across hybrid-cloud and edge deployments.

    Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    7.4 Visit Specs
  14. 14 Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines

    It suits teams delivering applications on OpenShift, particularly decentralized teams working with microservice-based architectures.

    Free trial Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    7.4 Visit Specs
  15. 15 Huawei FusionCompute
    Web · Self-hosted
    7.0 Visit Specs
  16. 16 Scale Computing Platform

    It suits distributed enterprises and edge deployments that need centralized management with limited local IT staffing.

    Web · Linux · API · Self-hosted
    7.0 Visit Specs
  17. 17 Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager
    Web · Linux
    5.6 Visit Specs
  18. 18 VMware Avi Load Balancer
    5.4 Visit Specs
  19. 19 VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)Broadcom (VMware)
    Self-hosted
    5.4 Visit Specs
  20. 20 VMware Cloud Foundation Operations
    Web
    5.4 Visit Specs
  21. 21 VMware vSphereVMware (Broadcom)
    Self-hosted
    5.3 Visit Specs

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