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The VMware Alternative
Designed for Hybrid Cloud.

Cycle eliminates the high costs and confusing licensing schemes of VMware. Manage and scale your VMs across any cloud or on prem with the speed and simplicity of modern, container-like orchestration.

Orchestrate Virtual Machines Like They're Containers

Deploy virtual machines along side containers, and run them on infrastructure you own, whether that's in the cloud, bare-metal on-prem, or a mixture of both.

Reduce Spend

Cycle's pricing is straightforward, without complex licensing fees and calculations per CPU core. All virtual machine features, platform updates, and white-glove support are included.

Deploy Anywhere

Run on-prem, in the cloud, and at the edge, on infrastructure you control. Any x86 compute is supported by the Cycle platform.

No Vendor Lock-In

With Cycle, there is no ESXi, vSphere, vCenter, or third-party orchestration. One platform handles everything.

In a market rattled by uncertainty after the Broadcom-VMware shakeup, this is exactly the kind of bold move the industry needed. While others scramble to make sense of licensing changes and platform overhauls, Cycle.io is stepping up; not just with tech, but with timing. 

Jeremy Dibert

Jeremy Dibert, Platform Services Manager @ Nielsen

KVM-Based Hypervisor

Using a KVM-based hypervisor, Cycle provides secure, performant virtual machines with simplified orchestration. VMs and containers run side-by-side on the same private network within an environment.

Effortless Migrations

Migrate virtual machines between servers with a click or single API call. Cycle will package up volumes and preserve network configs where possible.

Powerful Networking Features

Cycle is built on powerful network primitives, and virtual machines take full advantage of the platform's capabilities.

  • Connect load-balanced or DMZ domains directly to virtual machine instances.
  • Per-environment gateway service for managing public ingress and IPs.
  • Bridge containers and VMs directly onto VLAN-backed Layer 2 networks. Expose workloads on the same subnet as your physical hosts whenever needed.
  • Much more...

Integrated SAN Support

COMING SOON

Connect virtual machine instances to enterprise-grade SAN storage with automatic target and LUN discovery.

VPN-Secured VNC

Securely access VNC sessions from behind integrated environment VPNs, with powerful role-based access built in.

Built-in Telemetry

Monitor resource utilization, access, and manage CPU and RAM allocations from our web interface or via API.

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Migrate to a Better VMWare Alternative Today

If you're feeling the pain of Broadcom's acquisition of VMWare, or simply looking for a more cost-effective VM solution, you're not alone. Schedule a demo to see how Cycle can save you money, pain, and time when migrating off VMWare.

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