Enterprise virtualisation, built for what comes next.
Netframe™ is a production-ready, KVM-based alternative to VMware vSphere: scalable, cost-effective, and free to evaluate in your own environment.
No licence required · Runs on your own hardware · Made in Melbourne, Australia
Four components. One virtualisation platform.
Each piece of the Netframe stack is designed to work seamlessly together, or independently as your needs evolve.
Netframe Core
KVM-based hypervisor with web management UI. Install on any compatible hardware.
Learn moreNetframe Converter
Migrate from vSphere quickly and easily. Handles networking, storage, and VM metadata.
Learn moreNetframe Backup
VM backups with quiescence, file-level and instant-VM restores.
Learn morePurpose-built for the post-VMware era.
The Broadcom acquisition of VMware changed the market overnight. Organisations that built their platforms on vSphere suddenly faced more than threefold licensing increases, stripped support tiers, and being pushed deeper into a proprietary ecosystem.
Netframe was founded by two virtualisation engineers with 35+ years combined experience who knew exactly what an enterprise-grade alternative needed to look like. Familiar architecture, honest pricing, and support from people who are passionate about Virtual Infrastructure.
Papers & architecture guides.
A Guide to vSphere to Netframe Migration
An overview of the migration methodology, tooling, workload assessment, and risk mitigation considerations for organisations moving from vSphere to Netframe.
Read documentTotal Cost of Ownership: Netframe vs VMware vSphere
How to compare 3-year TCO between Netframe and VMware vSphere, with a focus on the licensing, support, and operational cost drivers.
Read documentDesigning High-Availability Clusters with Netframe
Principles and patterns for building resilient HA clusters with Netframe, covering network, storage, quorum, and common failure scenarios.
Read documentTrusted by teams who've made the switch.
"My client migrated from VMware to Netframe in under two weeks. Netframe Converter made the process very easy. The savings on licensing alone paid for our implementation in the first quarter."
"The Netframe team's support is exceptional, genuinely knowledgeable engineers who understand virtualisation at depth. When we had a critical HA event at 3am, they were on the call within minutes."
"My business runs critical workload on Netframe. The team have been excellent and the software is rock solid."
"We run a lean IT team and needed something powerful but not complicated. Netframe hits that balance perfectly. The web UI is clean, clustering is straightforward, and the documentation is actually useful."
"As a transport logistics company, downtime is not an option. Netframe's HA features give us the resilience we need at a price point that makes sense for our size. Highly recommend."
"Coming from VMware, we found Netframe extremely easy to install and configure. We moved some workload over using Converter and run our backups and restores through Netframe Backup. Highly recommend."
News, releases & engineering posts.
Netframe Manager & Core 1.6.1 Released
Core & Manager version 1.6.1 are now available, delivering a focused set of stability improvements across hypervisor connectivity, inventory management, live migration workflows, and the user interface.
Netframe is now Generally Available!
We shipped General Availability for Netframe quietly in late December. That moment mattered to us. Not because “GA” is a checkbox, but because it marked the point where the platform was ready to run real workloads with confidence.
Hello World!
After a year of hard work and dedication, we are excited to announce the launch of Netframe!
Ready to evaluate Netframe?
Download Netframe Core, install it on your hardware, and validate it in your own environment. No sales call required. No credit card.