Server virtualization platforms
Asked as “server virtualization platform”, and as “hypervisor or hyperconverged platform to replace VMware”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 48 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026.
Standing · first-choice share
42%
Clear leader
42Proxmox VE21Nutanix AHV17Microsoft Hyper-V21others
42% of first choices, clear leader.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
Show the six products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
11Citrix Hypervisor0%50%16criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.
10
Red Hat Virtualization0%40%10criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.
Red Hat Virtualization0%40%10criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.08
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization0%8%12accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization0%8%12accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
All ten head-to-head pages: the top five products, each against each
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
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02M03
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06K07
08H09
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Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Proxmox VE42%
Proxmox VE42%02Nutanix AHV21%
Nutanix AHV21%03Microsoft Hyper-V17%
04VMware vSphere12%
VMware vSphere12%05Scale Computing HC32%
06XCP-ng0%
XCP-ng0%07KVM0%
08Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization0%
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization0%09Hyper-V0%
10Red Hat Virtualization0%
Red Hat Virtualization0%11Citrix Hypervisor0%
What they warned about
Two of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
VMware vSphere51%
32 of 63 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Avoid unless necessary: VMware vSphere — the cost increases post-Broadcom acquisition make it difficult to justify for mid-market budgets” Kimi K2, direct prompt
Oracle VM VirtualBox86%
6 of 7 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Why to avoid: These are designed to run *inside* a computer, not *as* the computer.” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
Citrix Hypervisor
50%
8 of 16 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Reason to avoid: No security patches, shrinking community support, and difficult hardware compatibility on modern servers.” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
Oracle VM71%
5 of 7 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Why to Avoid: Oracle VM Server (which was Xen-based) will no longer receive new security patches, bug fixes, or hardware enablement.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
74 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1045 links across 320 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. None of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category.
23 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Guideflow20 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
19 answers · 23 citations · 11 models
vendor site · FitGap19 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Cloudchipr19 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
vendor site · LinkedIn17 answers · 23 citations · 8 models
17 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Gitnux16 answers · 21 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Proxmox16 answers · 20 citations · 7 models
16 answers · 16 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Nutanix14 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
14 answers · 16 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
23 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 9 models
12 answers · 7 models
10 answers · 5 models
9 answers · 6 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best server virtualization platform”, “server virtualization platform”, “server virtualization platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proxmox VE proxmox.com | 42% | 179 | 4,400 | 179 | 120,786 | |||
| Nutanix AHV nutanix.com | 21% | 133 | 1,000 | 37 | 61,735 | 40 | ||
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Hyper-V 17%, Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Local 2%, Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Stack HCI 0% | 19% | 113 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||||
| VMware parent site VMware vSphere 12% | 12% | 157 | 74,000 | 17,842 | ||||
| Scale Computing HC3 scalecomputing.com | 2% | 22 | 40,371 | 12 | 5 | |||
| Scale Computing HyperCore | 2% | |||||||
| Scale Computing's HC3 | 2% | |||||||
| XCP-ng xcp-ng.org | 0% | 58 | 2,400 | 89 | 4,455 | |||
| KVM | 0% | 18,100 | 7,024 | |||||
| Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization redhat.com Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 0%, Red Hat Virtualization / OpenShift Virtualization 0% | 0% | 40 | 480 | 3 | 1,347,338 | $281 | 117 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 1 of them are among the sites the models cited here (linkedin.com). The first result for “best server virtualization platform” is gartner.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best server virtualization platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which hypervisor or hyperconverged platform to replace VMware would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top server virtualization platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best server virtualization platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a server virtualization platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which server virtualization platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VEProxmox VEChangedVMware vSphereMicrosoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VEagainst: Xenno first choiceagainst: Hyper-V, KVM, VirtualBox, Xen
One alternative
VMware vSphereOne alternative
Nutanix AHVFour alternatives
Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV Virtualization, Proxmox VE, Red Hat OpenShiftOne alternative
KVMGPT-5.4 miniVMware vSphereNutanix AHVChangedVMware vSphereProxmox VEagainst: VMware vSphereno first choiceagainst: Hyper-V, VMware vSphere 7.x / ESXi 7.x, Xen
Three alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VETwo alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Stack HCI, Proxmox VEThree alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, Red Hat VirtualizationTwo alternatives
Hyper-V, XCP-ngGemini 3.5 FlashMicrosoft Hyper-V / Azure Localagainst: VMware vSphereProxmox VEChangedagainst: VMware vSphereVMware vSphereProxmox VEno first choiceagainst: VMware vSphereagainst: Citrix Hypervisor, Microsoft Azure Stack HCI, Microsoft Hyper-V Server, Oracle VM, Red Hat Virtualization, VMware vSphere
Three alternatives
Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, Scale Computing HC3Three alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Local, Nutanix AHV, Scale Computing HC3Five alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, XCP-ngTwo alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, XCP-ngFive alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Stack HCI, Nutanix AHV, Platform9, Proxmox VE, SUSE HarvesterPerplexity SonarVMware vSphereNutanix AHVChangedVMware vSphereProxmox VEagainst: VMware vSphereno first choiceagainst: Hyper-V, IBM PowerVM, KVM, OpenVZ, Oracle VM, VirtualBox
Three alternatives
Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, Scale Computing HC3Two alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VESix alternatives
IBM PowerVM, Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, Red Hat Virtualization / OpenShift Virtualization, Virtuozzo, oVirtTwo alternatives
OpenVZ, Xen Project / Citrix XenCenterGrok 4.20Microsoft Hyper-Vagainst: VMware vSphereProxmox VEChangedno first choiceagainst: VMware vSphereProxmox VEagainst: VMware vSphere, oVirtNutanix AHVagainst: VMware vSphereagainst: Citrix Hypervisor, KVM/QEMU, Oracle VM, VMware Workstation, VMware vSphere, VirtualBox, Xen
Three alternatives
Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, Scale Computing HyperCoreTwo alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHVThree alternatives
KVM, Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VEThree alternatives
KVM, Microsoft Hyper-V, XCP-ngTwo alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VEMistral SmallScale Computing HC3against: VMware vSphereMicrosoft Hyper-VChangedMicrosoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphereVMware vSphereno first choiceagainst: Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager, Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, XenServer
One alternative
Microsoft Hyper-VFour alternatives
Nutanix AHV, Nutanix Acropolis, Proxmox VE, Scale Computing HC3Four alternatives
Citrix Hypervisor, Kernel-based Virtual Machine, Proxmox VE, XCP-ngOne alternative
VirtuozzoDeepSeek V4 FlashMicrosoft Hyper-Vagainst: VMware vSphereNutanix AHVChangedVMware vSphereProxmox VEagainst: Nutanix AHV, VMware vSphereno first choiceagainst: VMware vSphereagainst: Citrix Hypervisor, Nutanix AHV, Oracle VM, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Proxmox VE, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, VMware vSphere, XCP-ng
One alternative
Proxmox VETwo alternatives
Proxmox VE, Scale Computing HC3Nine alternatives
Citrix Hypervisor, KVM, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Oracle Linux KVM, Oracle VM, Proxmox VE, Red Hat Virtualization, XCP-ngThree alternatives
KVM/QEMU, Microsoft Hyper-V, XCP-ngThree alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Local, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VELlama 4 MaverickScale Computing's HC3, VMware vSphereno first choiceChangedno first choiceno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Qwen 3.7 FlashProxmox VEagainst: VMware vSphereNutanix AHVChangedVMware vSphereagainst: Citrix HypervisorProxmox VEagainst: Microsoft System Center, VMware vSphereno first choiceagainst: VMware vSphereagainst: Citrix Hypervisor, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 / 2008 R2, Nutanix AHV, Oracle VM, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Parallels Desktop, QEMU-user-mode, Red Hat Virtualization, VMware Workstation, VMware vSphere
Three alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Scale Computing HC3Two alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VEThree alternatives
KVM, Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VEThree alternatives
XCP-ng, Xen Orchestra, oVirtThree alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VEKimi K2Microsoft Hyper-Vagainst: VMware vSphereNutanix AHVChangedVMware vSphereagainst: Citrix HypervisorProxmox VEagainst: VMware vSphereMicrosoft Hyper-Vagainst: VMware vSphereagainst: Citrix Hypervisor, Microsoft Hyper-V, Oracle VM VirtualBox, VMware vSphere, Xen
Two alternatives
Proxmox VE, Scale Computing HC3Three alternatives
Azure Local, Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VEFour alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, XCP-ngOne alternative
XCP-ngTwo alternatives
Nutanix AHV, VMware vSANGLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft Hyper-VNutanix AHVChangedVMware vSphereagainst: Red Hat VirtualizationProxmox VEno first choiceagainst: VMware vSphereagainst: CloudStack, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Parallels Desktop, Red Hat Virtualization, VMware Workstation, VMware vSphere, Xen
Four alternatives
Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, Scale Computing HC3, VMware vSphereFour alternatives
Azure Stack HCI, Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, Red Hat VirtualizationFour alternatives
KVM, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VEThree alternatives
KVM/QEMU, Microsoft Hyper-V, oVirtFive alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, XCP-ngMiniMax M2.5Scale Computing HyperCore, VMware vSphereagainst: Nutanix AHVNutanix AHV, Proxmox VEChangedVMware vSphereProxmox VEagainst: Oracle VM VirtualBoxno first choiceagainst: VMware vSphereagainst: VMware ESXi 8.x / vCenter 8.x, VMware vSphere 7.x, VirtualBox
One alternative
Microsoft Hyper-VOne alternative
Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure LocalFour alternatives
KVM, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VETwo alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphereThree alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VEGPT-6 LunaNutanix AHVNutanix AHVHeldagainst: Azure Localno first choiceProxmox VEno first choiceagainst: KVM, Proxmox VE, Standalone Hyper-V Server 2019, VMware vSphere, XenServer
Four alternatives
Azure Local, Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, Windows Server Hyper-VThree alternatives
Proxmox VE, Scale Computing HyperCore, Windows Server Hyper-VOne alternative
Hyper-VMuse Glimmer 30BProxmox VEagainst: VMware vSphereProxmox VEHeldVMware vSphereProxmox VEagainst: VMware vSphereVMware vSphereagainst: Citrix Hypervisor, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Parallels, VMware Workstation, VMware vSphere
Three alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Scale Computing HC3Two alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Local, Nutanix AHVThree alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VETwo alternatives
Hyper-V, XCP-ngThree alternatives
Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VEBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:45 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:53 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:53 | yes | 16 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:27 | yes | 17 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-10-04 23:48 | yes | 24 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:20 | yes | 14 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:14 | yes | 24 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:47 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:02 | yes | 15 | 33 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:17 | yes | 24 | 33 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:19 | yes | 13 | 61 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:37 | yes | 10 | 48 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:33 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:09 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:09 | yes | 19 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:06 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:13 | yes | 12 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:05 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-10-05 00:43 | yes | 23 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:35 | yes | 15 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:16 | yes | 24 | 48 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:38 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:19 | yes | 9 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:34 | yes | 24 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:20 | yes | 22 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:54 | yes | 14 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 22:35 | yes | 4 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:44 | yes | 15 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:51 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:29 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:48 | yes | 15 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:18 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-10-05 00:42 | yes | 23 | 12 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:07 | yes | 15 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:04 | yes | 19 | 47 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:25 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:14 | no | 0 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:29 | yes | 14 | 34 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:14 | yes | 25 | 63 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:09 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:23 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:23 | yes | 13 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:52 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:58 | no | 0 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:23 | yes | 16 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:18 | yes | 23 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-10-05 00:45 | yes | 24 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:12 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:23 | yes | 20 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:39 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:53 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:19 | yes | 9 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:51 | yes | 20 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:16 | yes | 9 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 22:28 | yes | 2 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:25 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:42 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:49 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:51 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:28 | yes | 19 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-10-04 22:15 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:18 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:39 | yes | 19 | 52 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:43 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:30 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:11 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:37 | yes | 20 | 179 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:22 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:21 | yes | 3 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:07 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:54 | yes | 19 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:06 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:44 | yes | 21 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:27 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-10-05 01:38 | yes | 19 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:49 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:52 | yes | 25 | 44 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 22:35 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:47 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:45 | yes | 25 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:40 | yes | 25 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 22:23 | yes | 15 | 47 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:51 | yes | 4 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 22:26 | yes | 23 | 31 s |
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Citrix XenServer read as Citrix Hypervisor
Citrix XenServer / Citrix Hypervisor read as Citrix Hypervisor
Nutanix read as Nutanix AHV
Nutanix (Standalone AHV) read as Nutanix AHV
Nutanix AHV / Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure read as Nutanix AHV
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure read as Nutanix AHV
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (AHV) read as Nutanix AHV
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure with AHV read as Nutanix AHV
Nutanix Cloud Platform read as Nutanix AHV
Nutanix Cloud Platform with AHV read as Nutanix AHV
Oracle VM Server read as Oracle VM
Oracle VM Server for x86 read as Oracle VM
Proxmox read as Proxmox VE
Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) & oVirt read as Red Hat Virtualization
Scale Computing read as Scale Computing HC3
Scale Computing (SC//HyperCore) read as Scale Computing HC3
Scale Computing Platform read as Scale Computing HC3
Scale Computing Platform (SC//HyperCore) read as Scale Computing HC3
Scale Computing Platform (SC//Platform) read as Scale Computing HC3
VMware read as VMware vSphere
VMware (vSphere / ESXi) read as VMware vSphere
VMware (vSphere) read as VMware vSphere
VMware ESXi read as VMware vSphere
VMware ESXi (Free or Essentials Kit) read as VMware vSphere
VMware ESXi Free Edition read as VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere / Cloud Foundation read as VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere / ESXi read as VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere / VMware Cloud Foundation read as VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere/Cloud Foundation read as VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere/ESXi read as VMware vSphere
Unresolved, counted raw
Cisco UCS
CloudStack
HPE Hyperconverged Infrastructure
Hyper-V role in Windows Server
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)
Microsoft System Center
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 / 2008 R2
Nutanix AHV Virtualization
Nutanix Acropolis
Nvidia Virtual GPU
OpenNebula
QEMU-user-mode
SUSE Harvester
Scale Computing's HC3
VMware ESXi 8.x / vCenter 8.x
VMware vSphere 7.x
VMware vSphere 7.x / ESXi 7.x
Xen Project / Citrix XenCenter
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.