# KVM alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 226 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where KVM 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/kvm/alternatives

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

- Proxmox VE: 80
- Nutanix AHV: 39
- VMware vSphere: 37
- Microsoft Hyper-V: 17
- Hyper-V: 4
- Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Local: 3

## Server virtualization platforms

**Small business**: 77 of 84 answers did not name KVM (KVM is #8 of 9 at 0%).

- Proxmox VE: first choice in 56 of those 77
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 7 of those 77
- Hyper-V: first choice in 3 of those 77
- VMware vSphere: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Nutanix AHV: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Scale Computing HC3: first choice in 2 of those 77
- XCP-ng: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Microsoft Hyper-V with Windows Server Failover Clustering: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Mid-market**: 71 of 84 answers did not name KVM (KVM is #5 of 12 at 2%).

- Proxmox VE: first choice in 20 of those 71
- Nutanix AHV: first choice in 13 of those 71
- VMware vSphere: first choice in 9 of those 71
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 4 of those 71
- Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Local: first choice in 2 of those 71
- Hyper-V: first choice in 1 of those 71
- Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Stack HCI: first choice in 1 of those 71
- Microsoft Hyper-V with Windows Server and System Center: first choice in 1 of those 71

**Enterprise**: 78 of 84 answers did not name KVM (KVM is #7 of 10 at 0%).

- VMware vSphere: first choice in 25 of those 78
- Nutanix AHV: first choice in 24 of those 78
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 6 of those 78
- Proxmox VE: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Local: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Microsoft Hyper-V with Azure Stack HCI: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization: first choice in 1 of those 78
- VMware Cloud Foundation: first choice in 1 of those 78

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