# Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 218 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 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/red-hat-openshift-virtualization/alternatives

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

- Proxmox VE: 89
- VMware vSphere: 37
- Nutanix AHV: 23
- Microsoft Hyper-V: 18
- Hyper-V: 5
- KVM: 2

## Server virtualization platforms

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization.

- Proxmox VE: first choice in 61 of those 84
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 8 of those 84
- Hyper-V: first choice in 4 of those 84
- VMware vSphere: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Nutanix AHV: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Scale Computing HC3: first choice in 2 of those 84
- XCP-ng: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Microsoft Hyper-V with Windows Server Failover Clustering: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization (Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization is #9 of 12 at 0%).

- Proxmox VE: first choice in 26 of those 77
- VMware vSphere: first choice in 13 of those 77
- Nutanix AHV: first choice in 9 of those 77
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 4 of those 77
- KVM: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Hyper-V: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Local: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Stack HCI: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 57 of 84 answers did not name Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization (Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization is #5 of 10 at 2%).

- VMware vSphere: first choice in 21 of those 57
- Nutanix AHV: first choice in 12 of those 57
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 6 of those 57
- Proxmox VE: first choice in 2 of those 57
- Microsoft Hyper-V with Azure Stack HCI: first choice in 1 of those 57

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