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. 52 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
44%
Clear leader
44Proxmox VE25Nutanix AHV08Microsoft Hyper-V23others
44% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+2Since October 2026: 42% → 44%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Proxmox VE held the lead, +2 points on 42%, inside the 11-point floor.
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.
Small business
Proxmox VE74%Clear leader▲+10Since October 2026: 64% → 74%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketProxmox VE44%Clear leader▲+2Since October 2026: 42% → 44%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterprise
Nutanix AHV43%Clear leader=heldSince October 2026: 43% → 43%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →
Proxmox VE74%Clear leader▲+10Since October 2026: 64% → 74%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketProxmox VE44%Clear leader▲+2Since October 2026: 42% → 44%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterpriseNutanix AHV43%Clear leader=heldSince October 2026: 43% → 43%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →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 October 2026
01Proxmox VE44%1%76endorsed leader▲+2Since October 2026: 42% → 44%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.42% → 44%
Proxmox VE44%1%76endorsed leader▲+2Since October 2026: 42% → 44%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.42% → 44%02Nutanix AHV25%7%56accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 21% → 25%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.21% → 25%
Nutanix AHV25%7%56accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 21% → 25%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.21% → 25%03Microsoft Hyper-V8%6%52accepted challenger▼−9Since October 2026: 17% → 8%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.17% → 8%
04
VMware vSphere6%56%64criticized challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 12% → 6%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.12% → 6%
VMware vSphere6%56%64criticized challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 12% → 6%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.12% → 6%05KVM2%13%23accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
06Hyper-V2%18%11accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
07
Oracle VM VirtualBox2%80%10criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Oracle VM VirtualBox2%80%10criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
12Citrix Hypervisor0%65%17criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
11
Red Hat Virtualization0%25%12criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Red Hat Virtualization0%25%12criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08
XCP-ng0%13%23accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
XCP-ng0%13%23accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization0%8%12accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization0%8%12accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10Scale Computing HC30%0%10accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
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. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. 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 twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
Proxmox VE vs KVMProxmox VE vs Hyper-VProxmox VE vs Oracle VM VirtualBoxNutanix AHV vs Microsoft Hyper-VNutanix AHV vs VMware vSphereNutanix AHV vs KVMNutanix AHV vs Hyper-VNutanix AHV vs Oracle VM VirtualBoxMicrosoft Hyper-V vs VMware vSphereMicrosoft Hyper-V vs KVMMicrosoft Hyper-V vs Hyper-VMicrosoft Hyper-V vs Oracle VM VirtualBoxVMware vSphere vs KVMVMware vSphere vs Hyper-VVMware vSphere vs Oracle VM VirtualBoxKVM vs Hyper-VKVM vs Oracle VM VirtualBoxHyper-V vs Oracle VM VirtualBox
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 →
0102M03
04K05
H06
070809S10
11C12
Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Proxmox VE44%
Proxmox VE44%02Nutanix AHV25%
Nutanix AHV25%03Microsoft Hyper-V8%
04VMware vSphere6%
VMware vSphere6%05KVM2%
06Hyper-V2%
07Oracle VM VirtualBox2%
Oracle VM VirtualBox2%08XCP-ng0%
XCP-ng0%09Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization0%
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization0%10Scale Computing HC30%
11Red Hat Virtualization0%
Red Hat Virtualization0%12Citrix Hypervisor0%
What they warned about
One of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, 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, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B 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 vSphere56%
36 of 64 labels negative · 14 of 14 models · 8 hard negative
“VMware vSphere is a platform that some AI models recommend avoiding unless necessary, due to the cost increases post-Broadcom acquisition” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
Citrix Hypervisor
65%
11 of 17 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Alternatives to Avoid for Tight Budgets: ... Citrix Hypervisor (now limited free tier)” Grok 4.20, budget prompt
Oracle VM VirtualBox80%
8 of 10 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Not designed or supported for large-scale enterprise production workloads—lack of enterprise HA, centralised management and robust vendor support” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
VirtualBox
100%
4 of 4 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Xen and VirtualBox are not under consideration for certain use cases due to their complexity and codebase issues” Llama 4 Maverick, 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
72 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. 705 links across 259 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 7 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Proxmox21 answers · 25 citations · 7 models
20 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Nutanix19 answers · 32 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Sangfor17 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
16 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Guideflow14 answers · 14 citations · 7 models
13 answers · 16 citations · 8 models
13 answers · 13 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Red Hat12 answers · 14 citations · 8 models
vendor site · G211 answers · 12 citations · 8 models
11 answers · 11 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Microsoft10 answers · 13 citations · 3 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.
19 answers · 9 models
15 answers · 6 models
14 answers · 7 models
13 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 8 models
10 answers · 7 models
9 answers · 6 models
8 answers · 7 models
7 answers · 6 models
7 answers · 5 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 | Google ads, last 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proxmox VE proxmox.com | 44% | 179 | 4,400 | 179 | 120,786 | |
| Nutanix AHV nutanix.com | 25% | 133 | 1,000 | 37 | 61,735 | 40 |
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Hyper-V 8%, Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Local 4%, Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Stack HCI 2%, Microsoft Azure Local 0% | 13% | 113 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||
| VMware parent site VMware vSphere 6% | 6% | 157 | 74,000 | 17,842 | ||
| KVM | 2% | 18,100 | 7,024 | |||
| Hyper-V | 2% | 12,100 | 6,997 | |||
| Scale Computing HyperCore | 2% | |||||
| Microsoft Hyper-V with Windows Server and System Center | 2% | |||||
| Nutanix AHV on Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure | 2% | |||||
| Oracle parent site Oracle VM VirtualBox 2%, Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager 0% | 2% | 21 | 450,000 | 66,611 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (gartner.com, sangfor.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-VNutanix AHVChangedVMware vSphereagainst: QEMU/KVM, XCP-ngProxmox VEno first choiceagainst: Citrix Hypervisor, Microsoft Hyper-V, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Red Hat Virtualization, VMware vSphere
Two alternatives
Proxmox VE, VMware vSphereThree alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, Scale Computing HC3Two alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VEThree alternatives
Hyper-V Server, KVM, VMware vSphereGPT-5.4 miniNutanix AHVagainst: VMware vSphereNutanix AHVHeldagainst: Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Stack HCIVMware vSphereagainst: Citrix HypervisorProxmox VEagainst: VMware vSphere, XenServerno first choiceagainst: App-V, Legacy Azure VM size series, Older Citrix XenServer / Citrix Hypervisor releases, Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Two alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VEOne alternative
Proxmox VEThree alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VEOne alternative
Microsoft Hyper-VGemini 3.5 FlashMicrosoft Hyper-V / Azure Localagainst: VMware vSphereNutanix AHVChangedProxmox VEProxmox VENutanix AHVagainst: VMware vSphereagainst: Citrix Hypervisor, Microsoft Hyper-V Server, Oracle VM, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Parallels Desktop, VMware Workstation, VMware vSphere
Three alternatives
Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, Scale Computing HC3Three alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Local, Proxmox VE, Red Hat OpenShift VirtualizationFour alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, VMware vSphereTwo alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, XCP-ngTwo alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Stack HCI, Proxmox VEPerplexity SonarMicrosoft Hyper-V with Windows Server and System Centeragainst: VMware vSphereNutanix AHV on Nutanix Cloud InfrastructureChangedagainst: Red Hat OpenShift VirtualizationVMware vSphereProxmox VEagainst: VMware vSphereno first choiceagainst: KVM, OpenShift Virtualization, OpenStack, Oracle VM, VMware vSphere, VirtualBox
Two alternatives
Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VETwo alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Local, Proxmox VEEight alternatives
Azure Local, KVM-based platforms, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, OpenShift Virtualization, Proxmox VE, XCP-ng, XenServerThree alternatives
Hyper-V, KVM, XCP-ngGrok 4.20Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VEagainst: Citrix Hypervisor, OpenStack, VMware vSphere, XCP-ngNutanix AHVChangedVMware vSphereagainst: Citrix HypervisorProxmox VEagainst: Citrix Hypervisor, Nutanix AHV, Red Hat Virtualization, VMware vSphereno first choiceagainst: Oracle VM VirtualBox, Proxmox VE, VMware vSphereagainst: Citrix Hypervisor, Hyper-V, Oracle VM, Parallels, VMware Server, VMware vSphere, VirtualBox, Virtuozzo, Xen
One alternative
Nutanix AHVTwo alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Stack HCI, Proxmox VEFour alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, Red Hat VirtualizationTwo alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, XCP-ngThree alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Red Hat KVMMistral SmallProxmox VEagainst: VMware vSphereNutanix AHVChangedVMware vSphereProxmox VEagainst: VMware vSphereMicrosoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphereagainst: Citrix Hypervisor, KVMagainst: Azure Local, VMware vSphere, VirtualBox, Xen
Two alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHVFour alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, OpenStack, Proxmox VE, XCP-ngFive alternatives
Citrix Hypervisor, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, Red Hat VirtualizationOne alternative
Microsoft Hyper-VOne alternative
Nutanix AHVDeepSeek V4 FlashMicrosoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VEagainst: Nutanix AHV, VMware vSphereNutanix AHVChangedVMware vSphereProxmox VEagainst: Citrix Hypervisor, Nutanix AHV, VMware vSphereno first choiceagainst: VMware vSpherenothing named
Two alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VESix alternatives
Citrix Hypervisor, KVM, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, XCP-ngThree alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Standalone KVM, XCP-ngLlama 4 MaverickProxmox VEno first choiceChangedno first choiceKVM, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Proxmox VEno first choiceagainst: VMware vSphere, VirtualBox, Xen
Four alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Sangfor aSV, VMware vSphereQwen 3.7 FlashProxmox VENutanix AHVChangedVMware vSphereProxmox VEagainst: VMware vSphereProxmox VEagainst: Nutanix AHV, VMware vSphereagainst: OpenStack, VMware vSphere, XCP-ng
Three alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, VMware vSphereThree alternatives
Microsoft Azure Local, Proxmox VE, Red Hat OpenShift VirtualizationFour alternatives
KVM, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VETwo alternatives
KVM, Microsoft Hyper-VOne alternative
Microsoft Hyper-VKimi K2Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Stack HCIagainst: VMware vSphereNutanix AHVChangedVMware vSphereProxmox VEagainst: Oracle VM VirtualBox, VMware vSphereMicrosoft Hyper-V / Azure Localagainst: VMware vSphereagainst: Citrix Hypervisor, Oracle VM VirtualBox, VMware vSphere, Xen, XenServer
Three alternatives
Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, Scale Computing HC3Two alternatives
Azure Local, Proxmox VEFive alternatives
KVM, Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, XCP-ng, XenTwo alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, XCP-ngThree alternatives
Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, Red Hat OpenShift VirtualizationGLM 4.7 FlashXProxmox VENutanix AHVChangedVMware vSphereagainst: Oracle VM VirtualBoxProxmox VEagainst: Oracle VM VirtualBox, VMware vSphereno first choiceagainst: VMware vSphereagainst: Citrix VDA, Hyper-V, KVM, Microsoft Hyper-V, Oracle VM VirtualBox, VMware Workstation, VMware vSphere, Xen Hypervisor, libvirt, vSphere
Three alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, VMware vSphereThree alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, Red Hat OpenShift VirtualizationFour alternatives
KVM, Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, XenTwo alternatives
KVM, Microsoft Hyper-VOne alternative
Nutanix AHVMiniMax M2.5Scale Computing HyperCore, VMware vSphereProxmox VEChangedno first choiceProxmox VEagainst: VMware vSphereno first choiceagainst: Citrix Hypervisor, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware ESXi 6.x and earlier, VMware vSphere, VMware vSphere 7.x / vSAN 7.x, VMware vSphere 9.x
Two alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VETwo alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHVOne alternative
Microsoft Hyper-VGPT-6 LunaHyper-VNutanix AHVChangedVMware vSphereProxmox VEno first choiceagainst: Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 CU1, Standalone Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019, VMware vSphere, oVirt
Two alternatives
Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VEThree alternatives
Azure Local, Proxmox VE, Red Hat OpenShift VirtualizationFive alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, XCP-ngOne alternative
Hyper-VMuse Glimmer 30BProxmox VEagainst: VMware vSphereNutanix AHVChangedVMware vSphereProxmox VEagainst: VMware vSphereVMware vSphereagainst: Microsoft Hyper-V Server standalone, Red Hat Virtualization, VMware vSphere
Two alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHVTwo alternatives
Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox VESix alternatives
KVM, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, OpenShift Virtualization, Proxmox VE, Red Hat VirtualizationThree alternatives
Hyper-V, KVM, XCP-ngFive alternatives
Hyper-V, Microsoft Azure Local, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, Scale Computing HC3Bold 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 | 2026-11-01 13:05 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 13:05 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 12:04 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:19 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:45 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:23 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:30 | yes | 24 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:27 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:45 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:53 | yes | 15 | 36 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:47 | yes | 14 | 41 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:16 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:43 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:44 | yes | 15 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:37 | yes | 14 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:46 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 13:33 | yes | 4 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:55 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:43 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:06 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:24 | yes | 23 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:35 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:20 | yes | 12 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:11 | yes | 10 | 48 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:45 | yes | 25 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:10 | yes | 15 | 76 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:48 | yes | 4 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:57 | yes | 18 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:17 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:33 | yes | 7 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 19:21 | no | 0 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:18 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:54 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:06 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:02 | yes | 20 | 42 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:38 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:01 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:42 | yes | 10 | 33 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:30 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:54 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:00 | yes | 6 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:18 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:57 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:12 | yes | 4 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:42 | yes | 1 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:53 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:08 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:25 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:48 | yes | 14 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:54 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:05 | yes | 5 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:07 | yes | 15 | 51 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:10 | yes | 10 | 119 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:42 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:19 | yes | 3 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:00 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:36 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:21 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 08:58 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:23 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:14 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:45 | no | 0 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 08:45 | yes | 19 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:16 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:13 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:44 | yes | 13 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:56 | yes | 14 | 35 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:17 | yes | 5 | 82 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:35 | yes | 3 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:58 | yes | 14 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:07 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:51 | yes | 6 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 13:03 | yes | 9 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:23 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:39 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:53 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 08:58 | yes | 25 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:06 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:42 | yes | 5 | 39 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:57 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:18 | yes | 25 | 58 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:20 | yes | 5 | 80 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:14 | yes | 4 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:25 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
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Citrix Hypervisor / XenServer read as Citrix Hypervisor
Citrix XenServer read as Citrix Hypervisor
Nutanix read as Nutanix AHV
Nutanix AHV / Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure read as Nutanix AHV
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (AHV) read as Nutanix AHV
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) read as Nutanix AHV
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure with AHV read as Nutanix AHV
Oracle VM Server read as Oracle VM
Proxmox read as Proxmox VE
Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) / oVirt read as Red Hat Virtualization
Sangfor read as Sangfor HCI
Scale Computing read as Scale Computing HC3
Scale Computing (HC3) read as Scale Computing HC3
Scale Computing Platform read as Scale Computing HC3
Scale Computing Platform (SC//Platform) read as Scale Computing HC3
VMware read as VMware vSphere
VMware (ESXi/vSphere) read as VMware vSphere
VMware (vSphere/ESXi) read as VMware vSphere
VMware ESXi read as VMware vSphere
VMware ESXi (Free Version) read as VMware vSphere
VMware ESXi (Free/Trial) read as VMware vSphere
VMware ESXi (Old Versions) read as VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere / ESXi read as VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere/Cloud Foundation read as VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere/ESXi read as VMware vSphere
Unresolved, counted raw
App-V
Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 CU1
Citrix VDA (Virtual Delivery Agent)
Cockpit
KVM (raw) with oVirt/OLVM
Legacy Azure VM size series
Microsoft Hyper-V Server standalone
Microsoft Hyper-V role in Windows Server
Microsoft Hyper-V with Windows Server and System Center
Nutanix AHV on Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure
Older Citrix XenServer / Citrix Hypervisor releases
Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
QEMU/KVM
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
Standalone KVM (with QEMU)
VMware ESXi 6.x and earlier
VMware vSphere 7.x / vSAN 7.x
VMware vSphere 9.x
Xen Hypervisor
libvirt
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.