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Best Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager Alternatives in 2026

Updated

20 platforms from cloud management software ranked against Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Cloud 66 Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $23/mo7.3
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Cloud 66
  2. 2
    Juju Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin Free7.3
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Juju
  3. 3
    Terraform Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $0.10/mo7.3
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Terraform
  4. 4
    Apache CloudStack Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Apache CloudStack
  5. 5
    Canonical OpenStack Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Canonical OpenStack
  6. 6
    Cloudforet Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Cloudforet
  7. 7
    Cloudify Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Cloudify
  8. 8
    Cycloid Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $45/mo7.2
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Cycloid
  9. 9
    Platform9 Private Cloud Director Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb $1,000/mo7.2
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Platform9 Private Cloud Director
  10. 10
    Pulumi Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $40/mo7.2
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Pulumi
  11. 11
    Scalr Free plan apiLinuxself-hostedWeb Free7.2
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Scalr
  12. 12
    OpenStack Barbican Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free7.1
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs OpenStack Barbican
  13. 13
    Stakater Cloud Orchestrator apiself-hostedWeb 7.0
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Stakater Cloud Orchestrator
  14. 14
    OpenNebula apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.9
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs OpenNebula
  15. 15
    Waldur apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.9
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Waldur
  16. 16
    Jamcracker apiself-hostedWeb 6.8
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Jamcracker
  17. 17
    Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.8
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes
  18. 18
    Danube Cloud apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.7
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Danube Cloud
  19. 19
    HPE Morpheus Enterprise Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 6.6
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs HPE Morpheus Enterprise
  20. 20
    VMware Workstation Pro Free plan Linuxself-hostedWin Free5.9
    Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs VMware Workstation Pro

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Cloud 667.3Free plan$23/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
2Juju7.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
3Terraform7.3Free plan$0.10/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4Apache CloudStack7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
5Canonical OpenStack7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
6Cloudforet7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7Cloudify7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8Cycloid7.2Free plan$45/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
9Platform9 Private Cloud Director7.2Free plan$1,000/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
10Pulumi7.2Free plan$40/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
11Scalr7.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web
12OpenStack Barbican7.1Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
13Stakater Cloud Orchestrator7.0No—API, self-hosted, Web
14OpenNebula6.9No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
15Waldur6.9No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
16Jamcracker6.8No—API, self-hosted, Web
17Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes6.8No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
18Danube Cloud6.7No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
19HPE Morpheus Enterprise6.6No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
20VMware Workstation Pro5.9Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted, Windows
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Questions about Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager alternatives

What is the best alternative to Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager?

Cloud 66, number 1 in cloud management software with a score of 7.3 out of 10. The others here: Juju, Terraform, Apache CloudStack and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager?

Cloud 66 is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 13 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it.