HosterCore vs VMware: A European Alternative for SMEs

A new era of virtualization

🇪🇺 European Solution 💰 SME-friendly Pricing 🔒 Data Sovereignty 🛠️ Human Support

Facing American giants like VMware, HosterCore emerges as a European virtualization solution designed to concretely address the needs of small and medium enterprises. Developed with a logic of performance, transparency, and technological independence, HosterCore is not simply an alternative: it's a new generation virtualization platform, agile, secure, and accessible.

Origin and vision: a solution rooted in Europe

🇺🇸 VMware (USA)

• Owned by American actors
• Global profitability logic
• Extra-European regulations
• Rigid pricing models
• Industrialized support

🇪🇺 HosterCore (Europe)

• Franco-European collaboration
• User-centered approach
• Compliant with European standards
• No commercial data collection
• Local and transparent governance

Pricing: flexibility and accessibility for SMEs

One of the recurring criticisms of VMware concerns its high license costs, sometimes unsuitable for modest structures. Price increases linked to successive acquisitions and model changes (vSphere+, mandatory subscriptions, etc.) complicate budget predictability.

HosterCore offers:

Simple and readable pricing, without hidden costs

À la carte formulas, adapted to the number of machines or hosts

Perpetual or subscription licenses, according to needs

Human proximity technical support, in French or English

👉 In short: a solution adapted to the budgets and constraints of European SMEs, communities, or public institutions.

Technical features: HosterCore has nothing to envy VMware

HosterCore is based on robust technical pillars that guarantee performance, security, and scalability, while remaining simple to administer:

Feature	HosterCore	VMware
Modern Web Interface	✅ Yes (Intuitive Dashboard)	✅ Yes
VM Creation via ISO or Template	✅	✅
Instant ZFS Snapshots	✅ (native via ZFS)	❌ (proprietary tech + dependency)
Hot Migration Between Hosts	✅	✅
GPU / PCI Passthrough Support	✅ (via KVM/virtio)	✅
Dataset Encryption	✅ ZFS native	❌ requires paid options
CloudInit Integration	✅ Yes	✅ Yes
Open REST API	✅	❌ (proprietary or paid API)

Backup and disaster recovery: integrated peace of mind

One of HosterCore's strengths is the native integration of backup, replication, and scheduling features:

Scheduled ZFS snapshots, with custom retention

Asynchronous remote replication, ideal for high availability

On-the-fly compression support, to save storage

Full or incremental backup, according to company policy

Unlike VMware where these options require third-party modules or additional licenses, with HosterCore, they are part of the base package.

Support & community: human contact, not impersonal tickets

🏢 VMware

Structured but often impersonal support, segmented into levels, with delays dependent on negotiated SLAs.

🤝 HosterCore

Direct support, based in Europe, with real client proximity:

• Assistance by email, phone, or video conference
• Experienced technical team
• Active user community

Why choose HosterCore over VMware?

✅ European sovereign origin

Full GDPR compliance, no dependence on American cloud services.

✅ Clear pricing adapted to SMEs

Simple licenses, no hidden costs or rigid commitments.

✅ Advanced features without additional modules

Snapshots, replication, encryption, scheduling — everything included.

✅ Native ZFS for maximum performance

Compression, instant snapshots, remote replication.

✅ Proximity technical support

Responsive team based in Europe, direct assistance in French or English.

✅ Total interoperability without lock-in

REST API, CloudInit, KVM, VNC/SPICE: an open and scalable environment.