DCIG evaluated 19 VMware alternatives across 425+ features. But feature comparisons miss what matters most: vendor commitment, support capabilities, hardware independence, and architectural efficiency. These overlooked criteria determine long-term success far more than any checkbox on a feature matrix.
The conventional wisdom for moving from VMware to private cloud is swapping hypervisors. The better path consolidates infrastructure into integrated platforms. Organizations running four or more servers gain unified management, hardware flexibility, and efficiency improvements that hypervisor replacement cannot deliver.
Most VMware alternatives focus on hypervisor swaps. That preserves expensive storage arrays, proprietary networking, and complex operations costing 5X more than licensing. A Private Cloud OS virtualizes the entire data center as one system, eliminating complexity rather than hiding it behind automation.
Dell directs VxRail customers toward Dell Private Cloud, which reintroduces infrastructure complexity by requiring new servers and external storage arrays. VergeOS runs on existing VxRail hardware, consolidating VMware, vSAN, and networking into a single unified platform without requiring hardware replacement or storage migration projects.
Midsize data center automation delivers higher ROI than enterprise implementations but faces sustainability challenges. Small IT teams need automation more than large organizations, but struggle when infrastructure fragmentation forces constant code maintenance. Unified infrastructure makes automation durable by abstracting hardware complexity, enabling resource-constrained teams to sustain automated operations in the long term.
VergeOS separates the VMware exit from the hardware refresh. Organizations keep their existing servers, add off-the-shelf SSDs, and migrate workloads incrementally. Licensing costs drop 65%. Storage costs drop 80%. Migration completes in weeks, not months. No forklift required.
