Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
Shares rank 11 of 16 hypervisors by recommenders
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.
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.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Migration target for leaving VMware
“Openshift Virtualization is there with open arms to take those who haven't or won't migrate”
Comment from 1 Oct 2026 in “Red Hat being phased out of existence?” “the typical target is OpenShift Virtualization”
Comment from 17 Jun 2026 in “Tesco moving 40k server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's abusive conduct” Seen as a compelling competitor
“The competition is compelling, actually.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Tesco moving 40k server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's abusive conduct” “OpenShift as an alternative to Tanzu.”
Comment from 17 Jun 2026 in “Tesco moving 40k server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's abusive conduct”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
CPU and memory overhead on Azure
“apparently the CPU/memory overhead on Azure maxes out around 10% under full load”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “AWS Adds support for nested virtualization”
Other hypervisors people recommend
The four most recommended other hypervisors, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proxmox VE | 208 | 60 | 78% | 12 | 3 yrs16 owners | Approved |
| Incus | 90 | 8 | 92% | 12 | 6 mo5 owners | Approved |
| KVM | 32 | 9 | 78% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Hyper-V | 17 | 9 | 65% | 9 | — | — |
| Red Hat OpenShift VirtualizationThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“OpenShift Virtualization by itself is much cheaper than vSphere is core-for-core”
“Openshift Virtualization is there with open arms to take those who haven't or won't migrate”
“meets the organizational need for support part of the RFPs”
“The competition is compelling, actually.”
“the typical target is OpenShift Virtualization”
“OpenShift as an alternative to Tanzu.”
“apparently the CPU/memory overhead on Azure maxes out around 10% under full load”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.