# XCP-ng alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 215 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where XCP-ng 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/xcp-ng/alternatives

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

- Proxmox VE: 65
- VMware vSphere: 39
- Nutanix AHV: 37
- Microsoft Hyper-V: 19
- Hyper-V: 3
- KVM: 2

## Server virtualization platforms

**Small business**: 62 of 84 answers did not name XCP-ng (XCP-ng is #7 of 9 at 0%).

- Proxmox VE: first choice in 40 of those 62
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 8 of those 62
- VMware vSphere: first choice in 3 of those 62
- Hyper-V: first choice in 2 of those 62
- Nutanix AHV: first choice in 2 of those 62
- Scale Computing HC3: first choice in 2 of those 62
- Microsoft Hyper-V with Windows Server Failover Clustering: first choice in 1 of those 62

**Mid-market**: 72 of 84 answers did not name XCP-ng (XCP-ng is #8 of 12 at 0%).

- Proxmox VE: first choice in 21 of those 72
- Nutanix AHV: first choice in 12 of those 72
- VMware vSphere: first choice in 10 of those 72
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 4 of those 72
- KVM: first choice in 2 of those 72
- Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Local: first choice in 2 of those 72
- Hyper-V: first choice in 1 of those 72
- Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Stack HCI: first choice in 1 of those 72

**Enterprise**: 81 of 84 answers did not name XCP-ng (XCP-ng is #10 of 10 at 0%).

- VMware vSphere: first choice in 26 of those 81
- Nutanix AHV: first choice in 23 of those 81
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 7 of those 81
- Proxmox VE: first choice in 4 of those 81
- Microsoft Hyper-V with Azure Stack HCI: first choice in 1 of those 81
- Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization: first choice in 1 of those 81
- VMware Cloud Foundation: first choice in 1 of those 81

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