Free VMware vCenter Server Alternatives

The best free alternative to VMware vCenter Server is QEMU, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to VMware vCenter Server and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to VMware vCenter Server are Proxmox Virtual Environment, OpenStack, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and Google App Engine.

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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.

    46 QEMU alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  2. 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...

    49 Proxmox Virtual Environment alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. 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...

    80 OpenStack alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
     
  5. 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.

    60 Google App Engine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Xen icon
     74 likes

    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.

    35 Xen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. 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.

    66 Laravel Cloud alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Laravel
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. SmartOS icon
     19 likes

    SmartOS is a hypervisor lean enough to run entirely in memory, powerful enough to run as much as you want to throw at it. Provisioning is blindingly fast, thanks to zones and ZFS file system creation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. 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.

    176 Amazon Web Services alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. 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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. XCP-ng icon
     46 likes

    XCP-ng is a high-performance, enterprise-level hypervisor with a rich ecosystem and is the result of massive cooperation between individuals and companies. All commercial features are enabled with no commitment required to a support agreement.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • NVIDIA vGPU
    • AMD MxGPU
     
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