Open-source alternative  ·  Virtualization

Replace Nutanix AOS with Proxmox VE + Ceph.

Open source hyperconverged infrastructure. Proxmox for compute + Ceph for distributed storage. Self-managed.

You'd keep~R65 004 to ~R219 996/year

Current licence  ·  Virtualization

Nutanix AOS

~R65 004 – ~R219 996/yr

10-user estimate

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Proxmox VE + Ceph

Self-hosted, R0 licence

You keep ~R219 996/yr

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Today's licence price

3 tiers. Nutanix AOS's prices.

Vendor-advertised pricing converted to ZAR, 10-user estimate. Pick the tier closest to what your team is on today.

Starter (3 nodes)

R65 004/yr

R5 417/month

Flat rate

With Proxmox VE + Ceph

Keep R65 004/yr

Pro (6 nodes)

R129 996/yr

R10 833/month

Flat rate

With Proxmox VE + Ceph

Keep R129 996/yr

Ultimate

R219 996/yr

R18 333/month

Flat rate

With Proxmox VE + Ceph

Keep R219 996/yr

Enterprise and negotiated pricing varies. Book a free audit for your exact number.

Five years on the books

What the spend looks like compounding.

Nutanix AOS grows around 10% per year on average. Proxmox VE + Ceph hosting stays flat. Watch the gap open up.

R0kR97kR195kR292kR390kYear 0Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5R354kR22k flatSalesforce (50 users, 10%/yr inflation)SuiteCRM (self-hosted, maintained)

Five-year cumulative saving

R1.57M

Salesforce alone, single tool, 50 users. Stack multiple tools and the maths compounds harder.

How this migration runs

Nutanix AOSProxmox VE + Ceph, in four moves.

01

Audit

Workflows, customisations, integrations, users. Mapped against the OSS feature set.

02

Plan

Migration sequence, rollback path, parallel-run schedule. You approve every step before we move.

03

Migrate

Stream the data, verify checksums, replay the audit trail. Both stacks run side by side until cutover passes every test.

04

Operate

Documentation in your repo, monitoring on your infra. We stay on as the team that maintains and grows it.

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Other virtualization migrations.

Running one of these alongside? Same migration shop covers both.

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Free audit. 30 minutes. We map your current setup, surface the real licence costs, and show you the migration in time and rand.