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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 237 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Red Hat 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-virtualization/alternatives

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

- Proxmox VE: 89
- Nutanix AHV: 39
- VMware vSphere: 36
- Microsoft Hyper-V: 20
- Hyper-V: 5
- Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Local: 3

## Server virtualization platforms

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Red Hat Virtualization.

- Proxmox VE: first choice in 59 of those 82
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 8 of those 82
- Hyper-V: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Nutanix AHV: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Scale Computing HC3: first choice in 2 of those 82
- VMware vSphere: first choice in 2 of those 82
- XCP-ng: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Microsoft Hyper-V with Windows Server Failover Clustering: first choice in 1 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Red Hat Virtualization (Red Hat Virtualization is #11 of 12 at 0%).

- Proxmox VE: first choice in 26 of those 79
- Nutanix AHV: first choice in 13 of those 79
- VMware vSphere: first choice in 11 of those 79
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 4 of those 79
- KVM: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Local: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Hyper-V: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Stack HCI: first choice in 1 of those 79

**Enterprise**: 76 of 84 answers did not name Red Hat Virtualization (Red Hat Virtualization is #8 of 10 at 0%).

- Nutanix AHV: first choice in 24 of those 76
- VMware vSphere: first choice in 23 of those 76
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 8 of those 76
- Proxmox VE: first choice in 4 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
- VMware Cloud Foundation: first choice in 1 of those 76

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