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.
"II prefer customers to use Hyper-V because Hyper-V is mostly integrated with Microsoft solutions."
"It works very well. Its performance, stability, and redundancy are all very dependable."
"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."
"I find that most of the competition is more or less the same. However, Hyper-V is, when you compare it to the older platforms like VMware, a little bit more advanced at this stage."
"The restore function of the virtual server is valuable to me."
"Hyper-V deployment is very user-friendly. It supports partial scripting and offers a UI for a smooth experience. There's also PowerShell scripting available for advanced users."
"The solution allows us to take advantage of our physical environment."
"One of the most valuable features of Hyper-V is ease to use."
"It's easy to use, and it is flexible."
"We have seen a performance boost because we have been able to more dynamically allocate either memory or processors."
"There are no issues with the level of scalability you can achieve."
"VMware's high availability which supports our SLA, VMware on the fly features like LUN expansion, P2V and API integrations are the most valuable features."
"I have found the Storage vMotion feature to be the most valuable."
"VMware vSphere is user friendly. It is scalable and stable."
"Also, the automated builds are being done through it, and we don't have to manually do it anymore. All of my AIS platforms are completely automated now with the VM suite."
"The VMware community is always there and it is a valuable resource."
"I think the setup for the Virtual Network Manager could be improved."
"We've had many issues with Hyper-V's stability, including resource crunches and memory leakage."
"I encounter issues such as mouse cursor problems, dependencies, lagging, freezing, and unresponsiveness using Hyper-V."
"I think there is room for improvement in terms of the cloud solutions."
"There needs to be more functionality overall in the Hyper-V manager."
"I am using this solution with E-Notes. I heard that there will be future improvements in integration of the E-notes systems. This would be very helpful."
"If a person has never implemented the solution before, they might find the process difficult."
"VMware has antivirus protection that covers the entire VM. If Microsoft could have something similar to this in Hyper-V, that would be great."
"In the last couple of years, the breaking apart of specific added benefits and charging license upcharges for them. That would be the only negative thing that I have to say: As a large consumer of the Hypervisor, we have a hard time justifying the cost of utilizing the extra products, especially when it's a couple of grand here and there, a couple of hundred dollars here and there. It's hard for an IT administrator or an architect to sell to upper management. When they're seeing so much ROI from the Hypervisor, it's hard to show them that there is extra value in the additional products that can be tied on top."
"Higher cost than other similar solutions."
"I would like to see more support regarding containers, and they need more features for them."
"The biggest room for improvement would be just simplicity. It is very intuitive, but it needs somebody with a lot of IT background."
"The solution should offer more integration capabilities."
"They can maybe review its price. They can also consider offering a free public version for development for a certain number of users."
"The latest version of the solution has a few bugs."
"Its price can be better. It is very expensive."
Hyper-V is ranked 3rd in Server Virtualization Software with 132 reviews while VMware vSphere is ranked 2nd in Server Virtualization Software with 443 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 "Allows for easy management of snapshots for virtual machines and good web console ". 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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