We performed a comparison between Citrix Hypervisor and IBM PowerVM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Server Virtualization Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."What I like the most is the support of the GPU Graphics and the VM Live migration."
"Citrix is easy to use and is stable."
"The compatibility of the solution is its most valuable feature. It's compatible on almost every cloud these days."
"The solution's security is its most valuable aspect."
"The solution is extremely user friendly."
"What I find most valuable in Citrix Hypervisor is its licensing policy, because you'll get it for free if you buy a Citrix XenDesktop license. You don't need to spend additional money on the Citrix Hypervisor because you can manage both the Citrix XenDesktop and the Citrix Hypervisor with just one license, so you can save on cost. I also like that the solution is good support-wise. Hardware support is also faster compared to other solutions."
"We find there are good central maintenance and central management panels."
"Scripting can automate procedures."
"It's in English, so its exceptional qualities make the control environment more flexible, easier, more stable, and easy to recover after issues."
"The most valuable feature of IBM PowerVM is the performance of the database workload."
"The most valuable feature is the flexibility in terms of managing the hardware resources such as RAM, CPU, and the network."
"We always recommend PowerVM to our customers; it is better than most solutions."
"The stability is the most valuable aspect of this solution. IBM is the most powerful and stable platform."
"A valuable feature of PowerVM is a feature that is used for higher availability plus stream for posting, which is very useful. There's a flash copy feature which we are using. PowerVM itself, I know, helps us to control and manage our Oracle licensing compliance, since it is our hardware partitioning. This is very important. If you use VMware, there will be a licensing issue. This PowerVM is a hardware partitioner, which is very important for license compliance. We are happy with this solution."
"The tool's performance is top-notch."
"It is a complete solution."
"I would like the possibility of updating the hypervisor by applying security patches."
"I think the technical support could be better."
"The built-in networking features are a little limited."
"The solution should be more flexible and allow for greater customization."
"The USB support for the virtual server needs improvement."
"The main problem with Citrix Hypervisor is getting readily available backup solutions for it. It would be wonderful if Hypervisor were better integrated with third-party backup solutions."
"The manageability of the solution needs improvement. It's an extremely bad product to handle."
"The solution would benefit from faster technical support."
"IBM should review the price of this solution in my opinion; it is too high."
"IBM PowerVM does not integrate with Microsoft."
"I would like for IBM to be more focuses on the cloud."
"The solution is quite pricey."
"It is solely command-line based."
"If it could actually virtualize the entire platform it might be better. If you're having more than one virtualization technology, maybe there's a way to actually have less - one technology to run the data center and maybe one special virtualization for power. If it integrated with other platforms more effectively it might be better."
"The solution should be advanced to fit with the container constantly."
"As understand it, IBM sells all its hardware to Lenovo, and only PCs servers are managed by IBM. It's uncertain how much longer IBM will continue in this way, especially with the current trend of transitioning from on-premises to cloud and hybrid models. The market is evolving. Given this market shift, it's essential to identify areas for improvement. IBM has introduced the PowerVM Series, including Linux, which is a positive step. However, customers are already moving towards x86 servers due to cost considerations. The cost of PowerVM compared to x86 servers appears to be a significant factor."
Citrix Hypervisor is ranked 8th in Server Virtualization Software with 46 reviews while IBM PowerVM is ranked 9th in Server Virtualization Software with 28 reviews. Citrix Hypervisor is rated 8.2, while IBM PowerVM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Citrix Hypervisor writes "Allows us to allocate CPU, memory, storage, and network resources across VMs and minimizes downtime in case of hardware failure or maintenance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM PowerVM writes "A stable system for high-end data processing with a great support structure". Citrix Hypervisor is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM and Oracle VM VirtualBox, whereas IBM PowerVM is most compared with VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Proxmox VE. See our Citrix Hypervisor vs. IBM PowerVM report.
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