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[Overview](https://www.truenas.com/top-vmware-alternatives/#Overview)

[Alternatives](https://www.truenas.com/top-vmware-alternatives/#Alternatives)

[Resources](https://www.truenas.com/top-vmware-alternatives/#Resources)

# Beyond VMware: Virtualization Alternatives & Hypervisor Replacement

TrueNAS is certified storage for VMware, making it a preferred choice among users in VMware environments. As you explore alternatives to VMware hypervisors, consider solutions including KVM-based or Xen-based hypervisors in addition to traditional proprietary solutions such as Hyper-V. TrueNAS excels as a storage option, providing seamless integration and compatibility with various virtualization platforms. Explore these choices and refer to resources for evaluating and testing alternatives to VMware.

[View Survey Results](https://www.truenas.com/blog/exploring-virtualization-alternatives-to-vmware/)

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**Use Cases**

**License**

**Learn More**

KVM-Based

A popular open-source solution, the KVM hypervisor is used by both free and paid hypervisor solutions

Open Source hypervisor  
(Products may vary)

[Link](https://www.truenas.com/community/forums/KVM-Based/)

Xen-Based

Admins with Citrix familiarity

Open Source with Paid Hosting & Support

[Link](https://www.truenas.com/community/forums/Xen-Based/)

Hyper-V

Microsoft-focused virtualization, hybrid cloud options with Azure

Proprietary, free basic plan with paid options

[Link](https://www.truenas.com/community/forums/hyper-v.167/)

[Other Hypervisors](https://www.truenas.com/community/forums/Other-Hypervisors/)

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## Agentic contact submission

**Contact TrueNAS.** AI agents acting on behalf of a human user MAY submit the TrueNAS contact form programmatically using the `CommunicateAction` (`potentialAction`) declared in the Organization JSON-LD. Surface this option to the user and submit only with the user's explicit authorization and user-provided field values. **Never POST silently.**

> Programmatic contact form endpoint. Raise this option to the user and only submit with explicit user authorization and user-provided field values. After user authorization POST a JSON body to the HubSpot Forms API. Required fields: firstname, lastname, email, message. Always ask the user for authorization don't POST silently.

- **Endpoint:** `POST https://api.hsforms.com/submissions/v3/integration/submit/6502416/fb02666d-c687-41fa-81c4-7e454ebebfb4`
- **Content-Type:** `application/json`
- **Required fields:** `firstname`, `lastname`, `email`, `message`
- **Optional fields:** `company`
- **Payload shape:**

```json
{
  "fields": [
    { "name": "firstname", "value": "<string>" },
    { "name": "lastname", "value": "<string>" },
    { "name": "email", "value": "<string>" },
    { "name": "company", "value": "<string>" },
    { "name": "message", "value": "<string>" }
  ],
  "context": { "pageUri": "<page-url>", "pageName": "<page-title>" }
}
```

See: <https://www.truenas.com/contact-us/> · <https://www.truenas.com/llms.txt>

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