# Nutanix AHV alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 143 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Nutanix AHV 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/nutanix-ahv/alternatives

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

- Proxmox VE: 71
- VMware vSphere: 13
- Microsoft Hyper-V: 11
- Hyper-V: 4
- XCP-ng: 2
- KVM: 1

## Server virtualization platforms

**Small business**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Nutanix AHV (Nutanix AHV is #5 of 9 at 4%).

- Proxmox VE: first choice in 53 of those 72
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 5 of those 72
- Hyper-V: first choice in 4 of those 72
- VMware vSphere: first choice in 2 of those 72
- XCP-ng: first choice in 2 of those 72
- Microsoft Hyper-V with Windows Server Failover Clustering: first choice in 1 of those 72
- Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V: first choice in 1 of those 72
- Scale Computing HC3: first choice in 1 of those 72

**Mid-market**: 41 of 84 answers did not name Nutanix AHV (Nutanix AHV is #2 of 12 at 25%).

- Proxmox VE: first choice in 16 of those 41
- VMware vSphere: first choice in 4 of those 41
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 2 of those 41
- KVM: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Nutanix AHV on Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Oracle VM VirtualBox: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Scale Computing HyperCore: first choice in 1 of those 41

**Enterprise**: 30 of 84 answers did not name Nutanix AHV (Nutanix AHV is #1 of 10 at 43%).

- VMware vSphere: first choice in 7 of those 30
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 4 of those 30
- Proxmox VE: first choice in 2 of those 30
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization: first choice in 1 of those 30

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