We performed a comparison between RHEV 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: Based on the parameters we compared, VMware VSphere got better user reviews. One major difference between the two solutions is that users say that RHEV’s scalability is not great.
"The most valuable feature of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization is its pricing."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The solution has a good licensing module."
"RHEV’s cost is much less compared to VMware."
"Customers are moving to open source and Red Hat is the leader in this particular space. I think customers feel more confident running Red Hat Virtualization than VMware."
"Red Hat is the most stable system."
"What they provide is way beyond the essential requirements of customers."
"The solution makes migration easy."
"We have seen an improvement in uptime. The whole hardware lifecycle process is easier."
"It is fairly easy to use and has enhanced security."
"Production people can quickly reboot the server with ESXi Quick Boot."
"VMware vSphere has a lot of features that are valuable, such as multiple clusters, VM mobility, VDI, and virtual desktop."
"The VMware community is always there and it is a valuable resource."
"The web console is the most valuable feature for me. Because no matter what happens with the server, I can still get to it with the web console."
"It stands out as a comprehensive and advantageous solution, providing a full package that effectively caters to our needs for managing our private cloud."
"What I like about it is being able to see my entire organization, especially with some of the newer enhanced links. All of my data centers show up in one view and I can see every server that's running. I also get performance statistics so if there are issues, major problems going on, I can see them."
"The solution should be made more user-friendly."
"There is not any proper documentation on the site to reference."
"While everything needs improvement in some way, I have no specifics."
"The UI should be more interactive with additional features."
"A few features of the product do not work as well as those in VMware."
"It lags behind in that you need to go to something like Fedora to get all the extra bells and whistles."
"In comparison to VMware, this solution isn't as stable. We're testing it right now, and we're not trusting the stability of the product."
"Configuring the network interfaces is much better in Ubuntu and should be improved."
"The installation can take a long time, they need to improve on the simplicity and length of the installation."
"I would like to see more software as a service solutions."
"The integration with containers should be addressed."
"I would like more Amazon stuff inside of VMware."
"They can maybe review its price. They can also consider offering a free public version for development for a certain number of users."
"I would like having something that works on a smaller screen, so we can get to it on our iPads and have it more touch-centric versus having to sit at a laptop."
"The pipeline feature can be improved, as it doesn't allow for specific situations."
"Lacks a simplified integration with services automation."
RHEV is ranked 10th in Server Virtualization Software with 32 reviews while VMware vSphere is ranked 2nd in Server Virtualization Software with 446 reviews. RHEV is rated 7.6, while VMware vSphere is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of RHEV writes "Offers frameworks with well-documented API and easy to use". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware vSphere writes "Offers good performance and is useful for banking systems". RHEV is most compared with KVM, Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, Oracle VM and Nutanix AHV Virtualization, whereas VMware vSphere is most compared with Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, VMware Workstation, Oracle VM and Citrix Hypervisor. See our RHEV vs. VMware vSphere report.
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