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 allows us to take advantage of our physical environment."
"Using cluster with Hyper-V had a major impact on our protection environment. So all applications were virtualized using Hyper-V."
"It is a stable product."
"The solution's technical support is the best."
"It's good for what it does. If you have a small or medium-scale acclimatization, it's an excellent solution."
"One of the most valuable features of Hyper-V is ease to use."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"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."
"Gathering all of the hosts together to create one single pool across the enterprise is a terrific feature."
"The solution's flexibility allows us to implement it widely."
"The scalability has been good."
"vMotion radically changes the way we think about how we can operate a large infrastructure, and notably, in terms of proactive maintenance."
"Once you have everything configured, it is relatively straightforward."
"I find that the Virtual Center Management, iSCSI support, and VMotion hot migration are very beneficial."
"The emphasis isn't specifically on a particular feature, but rather on the ease of use. For instance, when building a test lab or setting up an entire environment from scratch, VMware products are notably more user-friendly compared to alternatives like Nutanix. I've had prior experience with Nutanix. From my personal perspective, I found it easier to adapt to using VMware than when I started using Dynamics. This ease of use is a strong point. It's largely about how straightforward it is to navigate through VMware's user interface. In contrast, with Nutanix, there's a need to delve into smaller configurations and navigate vendor-specific settings. VMware, on the other hand, offers a more accessible management page. This difference primarily centres around usability and the overall user-friendliness of the interface."
"We use the solution's vMotion feature to migrate VMs from one host to another across different environments and data centers."
"The operating system is very, very heavy."
"There is a problem with high-availability if the load is too high."
"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 cost and licensing can be improved."
"The only issues we have had recently are with Windows updates that are built into the Windows server with Hyper-V."
"I think there is room for improvement in terms of the cloud solutions."
"The weakness of Hyper-V is in its interaction with iSCSI protocols."
"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."
"These days we have an environment where we are often using clouds as well. A solution that would be a little more cloud-aware would be really helpful. I know there is a product from VMware that is more specifically for the cloud, but it would be nice if VMware Cloud Manager would be cloud-aware. It would simplify certain processes."
"Technical support is not that great. It is too slow."
"The biggest thing to improve is to have more self-service in the portals. I would like to receive more help through the web interface."
"They need to further develop graphics virtualization."
"Pricing is starting to get a little high-end."
"The support is good, but it's slow."
"We'd always like to see the price drop, but I realize that may not be realistic."
"The Web Client is too slow."
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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