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.
"It allowed us to add on servers and fix things in an expedient manner."
"The simplicity and intuitiveness of the platform. It was a very simple adaptation, if you have any experience in virtualization."
"The installation was straightforward."
"The simplicity and intuitiveness of the platform. It was a very simple adaptation, if you have any experience in virtualization."
"The organization has realized the benefits on smaller data center space, power, cooling, etc. apart from the benefit that the virtualization layer brings in."
"This is the best solution for customers with budget constraints."
"This solution helps us with production of our office business needs."
"I like that Hyper-V comes for free with Windows Server. You don't need to buy the license, and you only have to pay for the management aspect in System Center."
"We have seen an improvement in uptime. The whole hardware lifecycle process is easier."
"VMware vSphere is the best private-cloud solution."
"Virtualised automation is a useful feature."
"It is a very stable solution. Integration with other environments was simple to achieve."
"It's a very useful solution. It's easy to set up, and it's pretty stable."
"The scalability is good."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its performance."
"vMotion is one of the most useful features, which helps to provide both flexibility and High Availability. With new versions of vSphere and vCenter, it is still improving (e.g., vMotion across vCenter Servers and virtual switches)."
"Hyper-V needs to improve its support."
"The initial setup was complex. It was nearly six years ago, but I remember it was complicated."
"If I want to create a cluster of around five to 10 physical servers Hyper-V does not get integrated with any kind of virtual sense, such as vSense."
"The operating system is very, very heavy."
"The only negative thing I heard was that the baseline price is very, very attractive relative to VMware, however, the vCenter counterpart, the thing that brings it all together, is quite pricey."
"Enhanced visibility and reporting capabilities are desired for better insights and analysis."
"When it comes to Hyper-V the worst thing is it's based on the Windows operating system. For the installation of Hyper-V, you're supposed to install the right operating system. For me, it's strange."
"There are bugs, and this should be resolved by Microsoft."
"The solution is slower than other tools."
"The solution should offer more integration capabilities."
"It could improve the hyper-conversions."
"I would like to see VDP and other features included to back up the VMs in a native manner."
"The container management could be improved. It's far from perfect right now."
"The quality of support could be better."
"The cost could always be lower."
"Higher cost than other similar solutions."
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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