We performed a comparison between Hyper-V and VMware VSphere based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: VMware VSphere is the winner in this comparison. It is easy to deploy, reliable, robust, and has excellent customer support. Hyper-V does come out on top in the pricing category, however.
"The most valuable feature of Hyper-V is that it's very intuitive."
"It makes it easier to deploy service. All service tends to migrate onto the server house without having problems now. It is hardware independent."
"The interface is quite good."
"It works very well. Its performance, stability, and redundancy are all very dependable."
"We have a higher capacity server (specification wise) so there is no need to buy another additional hardware."
"I think all of these improvements are going in a good direction. For me, its direction is good and I'm very satisfied with this product."
"It is an affordable platform."
"The flexibility and API are the most valuable features. It helps us be able to integrate with other systems and then push data easily."
"The most valuable features are that it's stable, easy to use, and it's flexible."
"The emphasis isn't specifically on a particular feature, but rather on the ease of use. For instance, when building a test lab or setting up an entire environment from scratch, VMware products are notably more user-friendly compared to alternatives like Nutanix. I've had prior experience with Nutanix. From my personal perspective, I found it easier to adapt to using VMware than when I started using Dynamics. This ease of use is a strong point. It's largely about how straightforward it is to navigate through VMware's user interface. In contrast, with Nutanix, there's a need to delve into smaller configurations and navigate vendor-specific settings. VMware, on the other hand, offers a more accessible management page. This difference primarily centres around usability and the overall user-friendliness of the interface."
"vSphere does offer quite a bit of security stuff built-in. It is nice to know that we can have the virtual machines encrypted, so that if somebody were to get a hold of any of those files, we don't have to worry about them actually being used."
"The VMware community is always there and it is a valuable resource."
"The initial setup is very easy and takes half an hour to complete."
"The ability to to virtualize systems and run those virtual workloads with a fewer number of servers is tremendous."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to revert to previous snapshots during testing of various guest and application deployments."
"The solution's flexibility allows us to implement it widely."
"It needs to improve compatibility with third party software."
"Microsoft increased the price for this solution when adding the Storage Spaces Direct feature."
"The management of Hyper-V could improve, there is a lot to improve in that area."
"I think there is room for improvement in terms of the cloud solutions."
"Hyper-V systems need a lot of admin effort because security updates and monthly updates require rebooting after the update."
"The solution could improve by having virtual restore."
"They should include a few more hardware components for integration with servers."
"If a person has never implemented the solution before, they might find the process difficult."
"The challenge that we have is keeping the system up to date, as well as having the internal resources to maintain that platform. We're not an IT company, so it's challenging for us to keep the IT resources in-house."
"They should make it more efficient and stable."
"In future releases, I would like to see less pricing. The license can be improved."
"VMware vSphere needs to increase the datastore volume."
"As far as the web client goes, one of the frustrating things is that it's dependent on different browsers. One day it may work with only a given browser or there may be issues with Flash. So I look forward to being able to use the HTML 5 client."
"They can maybe review its price. They can also consider offering a free public version for development for a certain number of users."
"The solution could be more stable."
"The technical support is good. However, it could be more seamless when it comes to chat support and lower response times."
Hyper-V is ranked 3rd in Server Virtualization Software with 134 reviews while VMware vSphere is ranked 2nd in Server Virtualization Software with 446 reviews. Hyper-V is rated 8.0, while VMware vSphere is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Hyper-V writes "It's a low-cost solution that enabled us to shrink everything down into a single server ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware vSphere writes "Offers good performance and is useful for banking systems". Hyper-V is most compared with VMware Workstation, Proxmox VE, Oracle VM VirtualBox, KVM and Nutanix AHV Virtualization, whereas VMware vSphere is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware Workstation, Oracle VM, KVM and Nutanix AHV Virtualization. See our Hyper-V vs. VMware vSphere report.
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