VMware vCenter Server Alternatives

VMware vCenter Server is described as 'Centrally manage your virtual infrastructure with VMware vCenter Server, server management software for your virtual infrastructure' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 50 alternatives to VMware vCenter Server for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Linux, Self-Hosted, Windows and SaaS apps. The best VMware vCenter Server alternative is QEMU, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like VMware vCenter Server are Proxmox Virtual Environment, Linode, OpenStack and Microsoft Azure.

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  1. QEMU icon
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    QEMU, an open-source hypervisor, performs hardware virtualization, emulates CPUs using dynamic binary translation, and supports various architectures. It runs diverse unmodified guest OS, provides device models, and offers mixed translation modes for efficient execution.

    43 QEMU alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    • QEMU is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to VMware vCenter Server.

    • QEMU is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to VMware vCenter Server.

    • QEMU is Free and Open SourceVMware vCenter Server is Paid and Proprietary
    • QEMU is Lightweight, Privacy focused and Security-focusedVMware vCenter Server is not according to our users
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    Proxmox Virtual Environment is a complete and easy to use Open Source virtualization platform for running Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines. Proxmox VE tightly integrates KVM hypervisor and LXC containers, software-defined storage and networking functionality on a single...

    45 Proxmox Virtual Environment alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to VMware vCenter Server.

    • Proxmox Virtual Environment is Freemium and Open SourceVMware vCenter Server is Paid and Proprietary
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment is Lightweight and Privacy focusedVMware vCenter Server is not according to our users
  3. Linode icon
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    Linode’s cloud computing platform was launched in 2003, to accelerate innovation by making Linux virtual machines simple, affordable, and accessible to all. Since then, 100,000’s of developers and businesses around the world have deployed and scaled their modern applications...

    170 Linode alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Linode is the most popular Web-based alternative to VMware vCenter Server.

    • Linode is the most popular commercial alternative to VMware vCenter Server.

    • Linode is Paid and ProprietaryVMware vCenter Server is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. OpenStack icon
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    OpenStack OpenStack is a global collaboration of developers and cloud computing technologists producing the ubiquitous open source cloud computing platform for public and private clouds. The project aims to deliver solutions for all types of clouds by being simple to implement...

    77 OpenStack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • OpenStack is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to VMware vCenter Server.

    • OpenStack is Free and Open SourceVMware vCenter Server is Paid and Proprietary
    • OpenStack is Privacy focusedVMware vCenter Server is not according to our users
  5. Microsoft Azure icon
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    The Azure cloud platform is more than 200 products and cloud services designed to help you bring new solutions to life—to solve today’s challenges and create the future. Build, run, and manage applications across multiple clouds, on-premises, and at the edge, with the tools and...

    190 Microsoft Azure alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • Microsoft Azure is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to VMware vCenter Server.

    • Microsoft Azure is Paid and ProprietaryVMware vCenter Server is also Paid and Proprietary
  6. Laravel Cloud icon
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    Effortlessly deploy and scale Laravel apps without server management. Enjoy built-in autoscaling, caching, and enterprise-grade security. Start quickly in under 60 seconds with zero configuration, access logs, metrics, and more. Manage multiple environments and team collaboration seamlessly.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Laravel
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Laravel Cloud is the most popular SaaS alternative to VMware vCenter Server.

    • Laravel Cloud is Freemium and ProprietaryVMware vCenter Server is Paid and Proprietary
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    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.

    150 Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
     
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    Google App Engine is a free* platform for developing and hosting web applications in Google-managed data centers. App Engine offers fast development and deployment; simple administration, with no need to worry about hardware, patches or backups; and effortless scalability.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    This service provides over 200 scalable cloud offerings including networking, computing, storage, and IoT, accessible via global server farms. It features a pay-as-you-go model with autoscaling, extensive global infrastructure, and robust security tools, suitable for enterprises.

    164 Amazon Web Services alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. Xen icon
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    Xen.org, home of the Xen hypervisor, the powerful open source industry standard for virtualization. It is a native (bare-metal) hypervisor providing services that allow multiple computer operating systems to execute on the same computer hardware concurrently.

    33 Xen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    VMware vSphere Hypervisor ( based on ESXi ) is a free bare-metal hypervisor that virtualizes servers so you can consolidate your applications on less hardware.

    40 VMware vSphere Hypervisor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • NVIDIA vGPU
    • AMD MxGPU
     
  12. Radius icon
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    Radius is an open-source, cloud-native, application platform that enables developers and the operators that support them to define, deploy, and collaborate on cloud-native applications across public clouds and private infrastructure.

    37 Radius alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
     
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