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

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 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://it-ai-index.com/vendors/xcp-ng/alternatives/

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

- Proxmox VE: 49
- VMware vSphere: 43
- Nutanix AHV: 31
- Microsoft Hyper-V: 29
- Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure: 3
- Scale Computing: 3

## Server virtualization platforms

**Small business**: 63 of 84 answers did not name XCP-ng (XCP-ng is #8 of 9 at 0%).

- Proxmox VE: first choice in 35 of those 63
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 12 of those 63
- VMware vSphere: first choice in 4 of those 63
- Nutanix AHV: first choice in 3 of those 63
- Scale Computing: first choice in 2 of those 63
- Hyper-V: first choice in 1 of those 63
- KVM: first choice in 1 of those 63
- Scale Computing HC3: first choice in 1 of those 63

**Mid-market**: 70 of 84 answers did not name XCP-ng (XCP-ng is #6 of 10 at 0%).

- Proxmox VE: first choice in 14 of those 70
- VMware vSphere: first choice in 12 of those 70
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 10 of those 70
- Nutanix AHV: first choice in 9 of those 70
- Microsoft Hyper-V / Azure Local: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure with AHV: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Scale Computing: first choice in 1 of those 70

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name XCP-ng (XCP-ng is #8 of 10 at 0%).

- VMware vSphere: first choice in 27 of those 82
- Nutanix AHV: first choice in 19 of those 82
- Microsoft Hyper-V: first choice in 7 of those 82
- Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure: first choice in 2 of those 82
- VMware vSphere / VMware Cloud Foundation: first choice in 2 of those 82
- VMware vSphere Foundation: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Hyper-V with Windows Server Datacenter: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Microsoft Azure Local: first choice in 1 of those 82

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