A transparent capability comparison.
Eighteen capability rows that procurement teams actually care about — licensing, networking, V2V, GPU sharing, lifecycle. Pinaka ZTi delivers every one perpetually.
| Capability | VMware | Nutanix | Proxmox | HPE | Pinaka ZTi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypervisor | vSphere | AHV / vSphere | KVM | KVM/vSphere | KVM |
| Cloud / VM Mgmt | vCenter | Prism | Web GUI | VM Ess. Mgr | Skyline Portal |
| Networking / SDN | NSX | Flow | Limited | VLAN/VXLAN | Neutron + OVN (full SDN) |
| Storage Backend | vSAN | NDFS | Ceph / ZFS | SAN / NAS | Ceph · Gluster · Swift |
| Perpetual licensing | |||||
| Single-click full-stack deploy | Zero-Touch | ||||
| 100% Air-gapped install | |||||
| Validated OpenStack distro | |||||
| No core-count tax | per-socket | ||||
| Live Migration | vMotion | Yes | Yes | Yes | Live Migration |
| Object Storage | Objects | Swift + Ceph | |||
| DBaaS | Era | Trove | |||
| Kubernetes (CaaS) | Tanzu | Karbon | LXC only | External | Magnum |
| LBaaS | NSX LB | VIP | External | Octavia | |
| V2V Migration | Converter | Move | Limited | Included free | |
| GPU MIG / vGPU | vGPU | Limited | Passthrough | Limited | PCIe · vGPU · MIG · Time-slice |
| Licensing Model | Per Core Sub | Subscription | Open-source | Subscription | Perpetual + SnS |
| Pricing | Very High | High | Low | Low | Low |
One perpetual license. Modular add-ons. Transparent SKUs.
Three blueprints. One platform. Pick the footprint that matches your scale, redundancy and budget. The deployment methodology stays identical across all three - Zero-Touch.
Private ZTi - License
License (Pinaka ZTi Cloud Software). Minimum 6 sockets license must be purchased. Licence cost of any 3rd party tools/softwares not included.
Professional Services (per day)
Cloud Design & Architecture · Add-On Services on T&M (GPU integration, 3rd Party tools etc) · Training the technical team. Minimum: 10 days deployment+testing, 5 days training.
VMware to Pinaka ZTi Migration
VMware to Pinaka ZTi V2V migrations supported · KVM to Pinaka ZTi V2V migrations supported · Single migration package covers up to 25 VMs. Additional packages available.
- • Minimum 6 sockets license must be purchased (PIN-160921).
- • Professional Services minimum: 10 days deployment + testing, 5 days training.
- • V2V single migration pack covers up to 25 VMs — buy additional packs for larger estates.
- • 1st-year support included with license. Year 2+ requires a valid AMC contract.
- • Add-on services available on T&M basis: GPU integration, 3rd-party tool integration.
- • Hardware support is not included in ZTi Premier Support; OEM warranty handles hardware.
Ready to leave the subscription lock-in tax behind?
From discovery call to MoU in 30 days. Free V2V migration. Perpetual licensing. Real engineers on real customer clouds.
Discovery Call
Walk us through your VMware estate, growth plan and sovereignty constraints. We map a ZTi fit.
Pilot Cluster
We build a 3-node ZTi cluster on your hardware. Run real workloads. Validate the savings.
MoU & Rollout
Sign perpetual licensing. We co-engineer the full migration plan with V2V packs and AMC.