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.
"Microsoft has documentation that is easy to find, helpful, and readily available."
"The most valuable feature is being able to do checkpoints then roll back to the checkpoint because that's what we need to test the software. We're testing the installation and then we roll it back and retest it."
"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 initial setup was straightforward. It was easy to install."
"It is easy to use, and it is stable. It is a good solution."
"The organization has realized the benefits on smaller data center space, power, cooling, etc. apart from the benefit that the virtualization layer brings in."
"The replication, creation, and import wizard, as well as the integration with reporting tools, are the most useful features."
"The performance is very good."
"The visibility that we have of our VMs is also important. What's being applied? Who has management of them? Laying it out in a virtual environment allows us customization for our students. We're able to respond to the students' needs much more quickly than we could in a physical environment."
"The performance is efficient."
"The technical support is good and they are available over the internet."
"The most valuable features for us are DRS, VMotion, and, of course, some of the analytics that we were able to define to quantify our workloads and tell us how we are able to make our data center more efficient."
"It is easy to deploy and find troubleshooting articles as well."
"It is the number one virtualization-layer platform available, and a lot of people trust it."
"Virtualization, VDI and application publishing are the most valuable features of VMware vSphere."
"The installation process is very straightforward."
"Hyper-V could benefit with improvements to their management interface."
"When one server or one virtual machine fails, or one is turned off, the virtualization stops, and we have to initiate again with human intervention."
"The operating system is very, very heavy."
"The solution should be compatible with different systems."
"They should include a few more hardware components for integration with servers."
"The weakness of Hyper-V is in its interaction with iSCSI protocols."
"Hyper-V doesn't have a lot of features and is limited compared to other virtualization software."
"The product can be a bit difficult to use."
"Without a lot of physical RAM on the hardware, it's not very effective. The stability could be improved in cases like this."
"Stability-wise, there are some minor issues."
"An improvement could be in terms of keeping up with the upgrades. The upgrades could be set in an automated way so that the newer features don't require you to manually update, or you get an option to update automatically. This would be a useful enhancement."
"I would like to see improvements in simplifying automation, cloud native deployment, administration, and fault resolution."
"Technical support could be faster in terms of response times."
"When I use VMware and Citrix there are conflicts."
"In the next release, I would like to see programming. I'd like to see a lot more about customization for people who want to customize programming API, SDK."
"It's inherently complex. Operating a large virtual infrastructure is not an easy task for anyone."
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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