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 restore function of the virtual server is valuable to me."
"For me, the setup of Hyper-V was an easy process, which took only one hour from start to finish."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to integrate the Hyper-Visor center from one console."
"The most valuable features are ease of use, and it gets the job done in a straightforward manner."
"The simplicity and intuitiveness of the platform. It was a very simple adaptation, if you have any experience in virtualization."
"The flexibility and API are the most valuable features. It helps us be able to integrate with other systems and then push data easily."
"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 replication, creation, and import wizard, as well as the integration with reporting tools, are the most useful features."
"VMware vSphere is the best private-cloud solution."
"VMware vSphere is user friendly. It is scalable and stable."
"The speed of the solution is excellent."
"The fact that you can use all the CPU and memory power that the server can provide is most valuable. In a physical server, you might end up not using all the physical resources. There are a lot of benefits, such as flexibility and mobility, in virtualizing computes."
"It's easy to use and very user-friendly."
"It is absolutely simple and efficient to manage. We can bring in people who have never been exposed to vSphere or virtualized environments and they're still able to support it from a server standpoint. The training time as well as the adoption rate, for a junior technician or somebody coming right out of college, is very good."
"It's a very useful solution. It's easy to set up, and it's pretty stable."
"I like the standard features."
"We've had many issues with Hyper-V's stability, including resource crunches and memory leakage."
"I also use VMware which I find to be more scalable and stable overall."
"The area revolving around operations in the product has certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"Status and availability became an issue and need."
"The solution could improve by having virtual restore."
"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."
"Security, computing balance, and taking snapshots could be improved. Features like DRS and memory ballooning could be added."
"In terms of performance, when compared to VMware, it is much slower."
"Security and patch-related items need improvement."
"If they improve on the knowledge base and documentation, it would be extremely helpful."
"In addition, I think some of the backup features or the prediction features can be improved."
"I feel that the scalability of the solution should be improved."
"In the next release, I would love to have Java as a service, platform as a service, and container as a service."
"It is expensive. They can improve the licensing cost for Cloud Director. They can also improve the integration with other applications and the metering feature, which is currently not flexible."
"VMware vSphere could be more secure and well-known to everyone."
"It would be nice if it had auto-scaling, no need to select CPU or select database size. Let it auto-scale, let it use the features that VMware has, instead of having to preselect."
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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