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Cloud Infrastructure and Storage Solutions in AI answers

Data as of Oct 16, 2026Based on 51 AI responsesReviewed by Dimitry Apollonsky

AI summary

Nutanix Cloud Platform holds a narrow lead over VMware Cloud Foundation for turnkey private cloud infrastructure. VMware Cloud Foundation remains closely matched as the familiar option for large enterprises with established virtualization skills.

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Rank and Mentioned in · since Jul 6

#	Brand	Recommended for	Mentioned in
1	Nutanix Cloud PlatformNutanix product line 49% turnkey hyperconverged infrastructure that simplifies private cloud deployment and management	turnkey hyperconverged infrastructure that simplifies private cloud deployment and management	49%
2	VMware Cloud FoundationBroadcom product line 39% comprehensive virtualization stacks for large enterprises with existing VMware skills	comprehensive virtualization stacks for large enterprises with existing VMware skills	39%
3	OpenStack 39% open-source private cloud infrastructure requiring significant deployment and operational expertise	open-source private cloud infrastructure requiring significant deployment and operational expertise	39%
4	Red Hat OpenShiftIBM product line 37% developer-centric private cloud platforms focused on containerized workloads	developer-centric private cloud platforms focused on containerized workloads	37%
5	Proxmox VEProxmox product line 33% open-source virtualization management for lightweight private cloud environments	open-source virtualization management for lightweight private cloud environments	33%
6	Nutanix 31%		31%
7	Apache CloudStackApache Software Foundation product line 25% turnkey open-source cloud orchestration that delivers an AWS-like experience	turnkey open-source cloud orchestration that delivers an AWS-like experience	25%
8	HPE GreenLakeHewlett Packard Enterprise product line 18% automated hybrid cloud environments with self-service VM and container management	automated hybrid cloud environments with self-service VM and container management	18%
9	SUSE Rancher PrimeOwned by SUSE 16%		16%
10	Harvester 14% open-source hyperconverged infrastructure designed around Kubernetes clusters	open-source hyperconverged infrastructure designed around Kubernetes clusters	14%
11	OpenMetal 12% rapidly deployed hosted OpenStack clouds with built-in Kubernetes support	rapidly deployed hosted OpenStack clouds with built-in Kubernetes support	12%
12	Nutanix AHVNutanix product line 12%		12%
13	Terraform 12%		12%
14	Talos Linux 12%		12%
15	Metal³ 10%		10%
16	Nutanix Cloud ManagerNutanix product line 10%		10%
17	OpenNebula 10%		10%
18	Rancher 10%		10%
19	Cluster APIKubernetes product line 10%		10%
20	k3s 10%		10%
21	DellOwned by Dell Technologies 8%		8%
22	Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP)Nutanix product line 8%		8%
23	Platform9 8%		8%
24	MAASCanonical product line 8%		8%
25	RKE2SUSE product line 8%		8%
26	Northflank 8%		8%
27	Kubespray 8%		8%
28	Ceph 8%		8%
29	Tinkerbell 8%		8%
30	Sidero Labs 8%		8%
31	Nutanix CalmNutanix product line 6%		6%
32	SUSE VirtualizationSUSE product line 6%		6%
33	VmwareOwned by Broadcom 6%		6%
34	Hewlett Packard Enterprise 6%		6%
35	Nexcess 6%		6%
36	Platform9 Private Cloud DirectorPlatform9 product line 6%		6%
37	AWS OutpostsAmazon product line 6%		6%
38	Oracle Private Cloud ApplianceOracle product line 6%		6%
39	Microsoft AzureMicrosoft product line 6%		6%
40	GitLab CIGitLab product line 6%		6%
41	Gitlab 6%		6%
42	Ansible 6%		6%
43	kubeadmKubernetes product line 6%		6%
44	GitHub ActionsGitHub product line 6%		6%
45	Coolify 4%		4%
46	Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus 4%		4%
47	Cozystack 4%		4%
48	Dell Private CloudDell Technologies product line 4%		4%
49	VMware vSphereBroadcom product line 4%		4%
50	Civo Private CloudCivo product line 4%		4%
51	KVM 4%		4%
52	VMware vSANBroadcom product line 4%		4%
53	SUSE Harvester 4%		4%
54	Cluster API Provider Metal3 4%		4%
55	JujuCanonical product line 4%		4%
56	Dell APEXDell Technologies product line 4%		4%
57	AWSAmazon product line 4%		4%
58	Kubernetes 4%		4%
59	Azure Stack HCIMicrosoft product line 4%		4%
60	HashiCorp PackerHashiCorp product line 4%		4%
61	Proxmox 2%		2%
62	OVHcloud 2%		2%
63	HPE Private Cloud EnterpriseHewlett Packard Enterprise product line 2%		2%
64	Dokku 2%		2%
65	Canonical 2%		2%
66	Red Hat OpenStack PlatformIBM product line 2%		2%
67	Azure LocalMicrosoft product line 2%		2%
68	Coolploy 2%		2%
69	Calm 2%		2%
70	Ubuntu ProUbuntu product line 2%		2%
71	CapRover 2%		2%
72	Omni (Sidero Labs)Sidero Labs product line 2%		2%
73	Azure Stack HubMicrosoft product line 2%		2%
74	Proxmox Datacenter ManagerProxmox product line 2%		2%
75	Nutanix Cloud ClustersNutanix product line 2%		2%
76	HPE Morpheus Software 2%		2%
77	Rafay 2%		2%
78	KubeSphere 2%		2%
79	HPE Private Cloud PC3000Hewlett Packard Enterprise product line 2%		2%
80	VMware NSXBroadcom product line 2%		2%
81	VMware TanzuBroadcom product line 2%		2%
82	Canonical MicroCloudCanonical product line 2%		2%
83	Google Cloud PlatformAlphabet product line 2%		2%
84	Cloud ManagerMongodb product line 2%		2%
85	Nutanix CentralNutanix product line 2%		2%
86	Portainer 2%		2%
87	OpenELB 2%		2%
88	VCF 2%		2%
89	VEXXHOST 2%		2%
90	Atlantic.Net 2%		2%
91	Backstage · backstage.com 2%		2%
92	HashiCorp VaultHashiCorp product line 2%		2%
93	HashiCorp TerraformHashiCorp product line 2%		2%
94	VMware Tanzu LabsBroadcom product line 2%		2%
95	LDAP 2%		2%
96	Backstage · backstage.io 2%		2%
97	Humanitec 2%		2%
98	Active Directory Domain ServicesMicrosoft product line 2%		2%
99	Oracle 2%		2%
100	Bare Metal Operator 2%		2%

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ChatGPT SearchGoogle AI Mode

Widest split: Apache CloudStack, 42% on ChatGPT Search and 8% on Google AI Mode.

Mentioned in on each AI engine, by brand
Brand	ChatGPT Search	Google AI Mode
Nutanix Cloud Platform	42%	56%
VMware Cloud Foundation	46%	32%
OpenStack	77%	Outside Google AI Mode's top 25
Red Hat OpenShift	35%	40%
Proxmox VE	62%	Outside Google AI Mode's top 25
Nutanix	31%	32%
Apache CloudStack	42%	8%
HPE GreenLake	Outside ChatGPT Search's top 25	36%
SUSE Rancher Prime	19%	12%
Harvester	27%	Outside Google AI Mode's top 25

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