# Hyper-V alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 223 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Hyper-V holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/hyper-v/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Proxmox VE: 76
- VMware vSphere: 42
- Nutanix AHV: 36
- Microsoft Hyper-V: 20
- Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Local: 3
- KVM: 2

## Server virtualization platforms

**Small business**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Hyper-V (Hyper-V is #3 of 9 at 4%).

- Proxmox VE: first choice in 49 of those 70
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 8 of those 70
- VMware vSphere: first choice in 3 of those 70
- Nutanix AHV: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Scale Computing HC3: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Microsoft Hyper-V with Windows Server Failover Clustering: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V: first choice in 1 of those 70
- XCP-ng: first choice in 1 of those 70

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Hyper-V (Hyper-V is #6 of 12 at 2%).

- Proxmox VE: first choice in 24 of those 77
- Nutanix AHV: first choice in 13 of those 77
- VMware vSphere: first choice in 13 of those 77
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 4 of those 77
- KVM: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Local: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Stack HCI: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Microsoft Hyper-V with Windows Server and System Center: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 76 of 84 answers did not name Hyper-V (Hyper-V is #6 of 10 at 0%).

- VMware vSphere: first choice in 26 of those 76
- Nutanix AHV: first choice in 21 of those 76
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 8 of those 76
- Proxmox VE: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Local: first choice in 1 of those 76
- Microsoft Hyper-V with Azure Stack HCI: first choice in 1 of those 76
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization: first choice in 1 of those 76

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