# VMware alternative

**What alternatives to VMware are there?**

Since Broadcom acquired VMware, many companies are looking for an alternative virtualisation platform. The most common open alternative is Proxmox VE, developed in Vienna; others include Microsoft Hyper-V and Nutanix.

Broadcom changed the licensing: perpetual licences ended and bundled subscriptions became mandatory, raising costs for many small and mid-sized environments.

Proxmox VE offers clusters, high availability, live migration, snapshots and integrated backup without mandatory licences; vendor support is optional.

The safest migration is machine by machine: transfer, test and switch each VM outside working hours, keeping a way back until the end.

## Related terms
- [RTO and RPO](https://vetosec.at/en/it-security/disaster-recovery/)
- [Patch management and updates](https://vetosec.at/en/it-security/patch-management/)
- [Hardening](https://vetosec.at/en/it-security/haertung/)

## Source
https://vetosec.at/en/it-security/vmware-alternative/ (vetosec, grundlagen)