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Platform9 Private Cloud Director

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Spec sheet

Purpose
Private Cloud Director manages virtualized and Kubernetes infrastructure at scale using existing server and storage investments.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.platform9.com
API
The Private Cloud Director REST API supports operations including managing VMs, networks, storage volumes, and virtualized clusters.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.platform9.com
Integrations
The product page lists integrations with NetApp, Pure Storage, Dell/EMC, HPE, IBM, Commvault, Veeam, Veritas, Rubrik, Cohesity, Splunk, Okta, New Relic, and ServiceNow.Read 30 Sep 2026 · platform9.com
Support
Enterprise Private Cloud Director is offered with enterprise SLAs, expert training, and 24×7 support.Read 30 Sep 2026 · platform9.com
Headquarters
San Jose, California, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · platform9.com
Founded
2013Read 28 Sep 2026 · platform9.com
Community Edition limit
Community Edition is limited to one workload region and is positioned for homelabs, development and testing, and proof of concept use.Read 30 Sep 2026 · platform9.com
Community support
Community Edition users can get help through the Platform9 community on Reddit.Read 30 Sep 2026 · platform9.com
Deployment options
Commercial deployments can use a SaaS-hosted or self-hosted management plane, and a free Community Edition is available for download.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.platform9.com
Migration
Platform9 offers vJailbreak, a free tool for automated in-place conversion of vSphere clusters to Private Cloud Director.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.platform9.com
Security deployment
Platform9 describes self-hosted deployment as an option for organizations with additional compliance and security requirements.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.platform9.com
SOC 2
Platform9 announced successful completion of a SOC 2 audit.Read 30 Sep 2026 · platform9.com
Storage support
The platform supports certified Cinder-compatible block storage devices and exposes capabilities such as volume resizing, QoS, and replication.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.platform9.com
VM capabilities
The platform includes VM high availability, live migration, dynamic resource rebalancing, snapshots, cloning, and affinity controls.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.platform9.com
VMs and containers
Private Cloud Director manages VMs and containers side by side, including Kubernetes clusters.Read 30 Sep 2026 · docs.platform9.com

Plans and prices

Community Edition Free single workload region · full-featured · no time limit Read 30 Sep 2026 · platform9.com
Cloud Service Provider Program $1,000 a month Platform fee per month; after 90 days, $10.40 per core/month Unlimited cores during 90-day promotion · monthly per-core billing afterward · no annual commitment Read 30 Sep 2026 · platform9.com

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