# Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a VMware alternative, cheaper than vSphere core-for-core and meeting RFP support requirements. Caveat: about 10% CPU and memory overhead on Azure under full load.

## Why people recommend it

- Migration target for leaving VMware (2 comments): "Openshift Virtualization is there with open arms to take those who haven't or won't migrate" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49924281)) "the typical target is OpenShift Virtualization" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48577898))
- Seen as a compelling competitor (2 comments): "The competition is compelling, actually." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48579398)) "OpenShift as an alternative to Tanzu." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48577533))

## What people warn about

- CPU and memory overhead on Azure (1 comments): "apparently the CPU/memory overhead on Azure maxes out around 10% under full load" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46998313))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Proxmox VE](https://hackerapproved.com/p/proxmox-ve.md): 208 recommend
- [Incus](https://hackerapproved.com/p/incus.md): 90 recommend
- [KVM](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kvm.md): 32 recommend
- [bhyve hypervisor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bhyve.md): 17 recommend
- [Sylve](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sylve.md): 17 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization", https://hackerapproved.com/p/openshift-virtualization/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).