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.
"I think the cluster environment is a good feature of Hyper-V because, if something happens, then it will automatically move to some other mode. This is a great feature of the solution."
"It's a stable product."
"The initial setup is 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."
"I find the ease of use the most valuable asset of the solution."
"Hyper-V provided freedom to spin up development and test environments. As projects were created, an environment could be created and applied."
"It is an affordable platform."
"It runs our most critical workloads and supports all our branch offices."
"This solution is very stable. It's scalable and simple to set up."
"Valuable features include VHA, DRS, VMotion, and redundancy and failover; any DR situation."
"VMware is good for virtualization."
"It is a powerful solution that enables us to take a snapshot and clone any version of machine."
"With VMware vSphere, it is easy to manage the scaling of our company's virtual infrastructure."
"being able to manage a lot of servers in one pane of glass makes things a lot simpler. Basically, a lot of things just happen in one area. You can roll things over, move things around more dynamically, without having to hit multiple systems."
"It is a very stable solution. It performs well for our requirements. It has been running for a long time, so we are very knowledgeable about this solution. It is a very well-supported solution, and it is very flexible. The expansion of its functionality is dynamic."
"The most useful features are ESXi, DRS, Auto Deploy, and the Lifecycle Manager."
"The Hyper-V management console could be improved to make it easier. It should be a little bit more granular. Various virtual switches could also be improved to make virtual desk management slightly better. The replication could be improved slightly. The checkpoints or snapshots could be improved to make it a bit more transparent to the user."
"I'd like to see better predictive diagnostics, so I know what's going on with the machines."
"Some of the interfaces need improvements, like the virtual switch or virtual VLAN interfaces."
"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."
"Hyper-V requires improvement with manageability."
"If you have a bigger implementation, you need more tools to coexist with many, many features that are not present in the base Hyper-V."
"They could work on lowering the cost of the solution."
"There are bugs, and this should be resolved by Microsoft."
"We want to see improvement from VMware with security. We want minimal downtime. We want automation. We want to deploy more efficiently."
"This solution should have a better backup policy. Furthermore, there should be an ability to expose the universal machine. In the current version, you need to shutdown and use an offline virtual machine to backup."
"I would like to see more support regarding containers, and they need more features for them."
"I’d like to see a better web console or rather, transform the web console in a real single pane of glass for the whole infrastructure instead of having to go for vRealize Ops Manager."
"Technical support could be faster in terms of response times."
"They have multiple components required for the setup. It would be better to integrate it into one solution, especially for small business companies."
"They need to further develop graphics virtualization."
"vSphere could perhaps be improved by more integration or better security."
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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