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 solution is easy to configure."
"The setup was straightforward and easy for our company. The deployment was fast."
"The performance is very good."
"The initial setup is not difficult at all. It is very easy."
"We have a higher capacity server (specification wise) so there is no need to buy another additional hardware."
"The simplicity and intuitiveness of the platform. It was a very simple adaptation, if you have any experience in virtualization."
"Live migration, SMB3."
"My understanding is it's easy to set up."
"I use the ESXi a lot for my users to create their own templates and control their own VMs without my interaction."
"It is a powerful solution that enables us to take a snapshot and clone any version of machine."
"The DRS feature of this solution is a very valuable feature."
"Production people can quickly reboot the server with ESXi Quick Boot."
"This solution's most valuable feature is its High Availability."
"I like the capability of logging into one system, then being able to shift over to another system within that single pane of glass."
"Since it is riding inside of a multi-hardware environment, downtime is virtually nothing."
"I like the capability of vMotion, DRS, high availability, and resource distribution."
"The weakness of Hyper-V is in its interaction with iSCSI protocols."
"There is a hard limitation of 20 gigs per file with Dropbox, so you've got to overcome that by chunking the zip files into something smaller and manageable."
"There is a problem with high-availability if the load is too high."
"In general, based on my little experience with Hyper-V, I see a lot of obstacles. I think it falls behind the other competitors."
"The interface could be more user friendly. In addition, the documentation and security could use improvement."
"There are some storage problems which do occur in high load systems, especially SQL workloads."
"Status and availability became an issue and need."
"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."
"There are some limitations with the solution regarding migrating."
"It would be highly beneficial for VMware to collaborate with local hosts and partners in countries like those in Africa to establish specific pricing that would align with the economic conditions of countries in Africa, ensuring suitability and compatibility with our consumption capabilities."
"The VMware vSphere app is faster, compared to its web-based client. The web-based client is very slow, freezes, and is challenging to use."
"The implementation of VMware vSphere is easy. For integration companies, it's easy, the final client cannot do it alone but for an implementor it's easy."
"The solution could be a bit more user-friendly."
"From my point of view, my advice is to design the solution properly the first time."
"They need to stop pushing code out so fast."
"Its price could be better. It is expensive, and its price is a big concern."
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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