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 initial setup was straightforward. It was easy to install."
"With each update, the security of this solution just gets better and better. It is very stable."
"The solution's technical support is the best."
"This solution is much easier to manage than a bare metal machine. It is so easy to manage something through the virtual machine."
"Hyper-V's technical support is good - they're responsive and sort cases based on criticality and category, so they get dealt with quickly and by the correct team."
"There are two very good things about this product including licensing and stability."
"The solution is highly stable."
"The simplicity and intuitiveness of the platform. It was a very simple adaptation, if you have any experience in virtualization."
"We have the possibility to move workloads to different locations."
"Has many good features, and is stable and reliable."
"I use customization to prevent any network and DNS collisions to the router."
"The solution is easy to use, user-friendly interface and has high availability features. When comparing it to other solutions it is more robust."
"The DRS feature of this solution is a very valuable feature."
"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."
"Reduces downtime."
"It provides a new environment in an expedient manner."
"Some of the interfaces need improvements, like the virtual switch or virtual VLAN interfaces."
"There needs to be more functionality overall in the Hyper-V manager."
"The only negative thing I heard was that the baseline price is very, very attractive relative to VMware, however, the vCenter counterpart, the thing that brings it all together, is quite pricey."
"It needs to improve the handling of the amount of storage."
"The backup site could be better. We used to face a lot of issues, and we are looking to solve that now. We are in the process of moving all the infrastructure to the cloud. It could also use more integration on the management part. We also need more integration on the monitoring sites."
"The solution could improve by having virtual restore."
"It would be nice if they provided a free management console that we could use to manage all of the hosts for no additional fee."
"If I want to create a cluster of around five to 10 physical servers Hyper-V does not get integrated with any kind of virtual sense, such as vSense."
"I would like to see support for endpoint virtualization."
"There is still room for improvement with the HTML5 Web Client. They are working on it, as I can see on their blog. However, there is still room for improvement in the newer features that they can push into it."
"It could be more composable. At present, a fluid pool is not available to us. It would be great to have the flexibility."
"The installation is complex and you need to have a good understanding in regards to what you are doing when you are setting it up."
"The UI of VMware could use some improvements, especially in dark mode."
"We'd always like to see the price drop, but I realize that may not be realistic."
"I recommend that VMware vSphere continue to release more features."
"The documentation could be improved. It does not help me to show the client the value of going with VMware vSphere rather than an open source or cheaper solution."
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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