We performed a comparison between IBM PowerVM and VMware vSphere based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Server Virtualization Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."You can increase resources with it automatically."
"It's scalable. Whenever we buy another product other than hardware, it's easily integrated into the virtualization software that we download."
"Technical support is great."
"Managing other operating systems is also straightforward with IBM PowerVM."
"We always recommend PowerVM to our customers; it is better than most solutions."
"It is a complete solution."
"The stability is the most valuable aspect of this solution. IBM is the most powerful and stable platform."
"The valuable feature of the solution is the technical aspects, focusing on elements like processor infinity."
"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."
"The solution allows for very good virtualization."
"The benefit of the solution is that you can create template-based servers within minutes. If you were to use a physical server, it would probably take several hours, if not a whole day, to get everything set up the way you need."
"Most valuable features are quick provisioning, High Availability, and DRS for balancing workload."
"It is easy to use."
"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."
"VMware vSphere is easy to scale. We haven't had any problems scaling what we're scaling now."
"The scalability is good."
"PowerVM's platform build and performance could be improved."
"The interface is not user-friendly in places, so it could use some improvement."
"If it could actually virtualize the entire platform it might be better. If you're having more than one virtualization technology, maybe there's a way to actually have less - one technology to run the data center and maybe one special virtualization for power. If it integrated with other platforms more effectively it might be better."
"A GUI version of VIOS would be a great plus for people moving from Intel-based hypervisors."
"SRM for site recovery is a feature that should be included."
"The product's pricing could be less expensive compared to other competitors."
"The program has very limited solutions for the virtualization of containers"
"The cost of this solution is high."
"Due to the fact that during the last three months there appeared some critical bugs, the virtual machine backup might be inconsistent."
"I would like to see the UI incorporating all of the functionality that the thick client had."
"There is definitely room for improvement and that improvement should be in the licensing and the simplicity of procuring additional licenses or additional VMware products. Right now, it's very complex."
"An improvement could be allowing a "dark mode" for the interface. I think the HTML5 client is a little bit hard to read. It's all white. It's a little bit bright on the eyes. A lot of us IT guys view in the dark."
"One of the areas creating a crash is when you are cloning."
"The management of the product demonstration is weak."
"There are some challenges around ESXi hosts — converting them into VMs."
"Given that I've been using version seven, it seems that some of the bugs I faced during that version have already been addressed in subsequent updates. Although I haven't personally tested them yet, it appears that these issues have been resolved. In version seven, there was a problem with the network interface not responding due to certain configurations not being properly filtered. However, in version eight, this requirement has been minimized, so the mentioned bug is less likely to occur. Instead of solely addressing these fixes in newer versions, it might be beneficial for them to consider applying these improvements to the older versions as well. This approach could prevent users from feeling compelled to upgrade to version eight solely to avoid encountering the issue, and instead provide updates for version seven users."
IBM PowerVM is ranked 9th in Server Virtualization Software with 25 reviews while VMware vSphere is ranked 2nd in Server Virtualization Software with 446 reviews. IBM PowerVM is rated 8.4, while VMware vSphere is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of IBM PowerVM writes "A stable system for high-end data processing with a great support structure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware vSphere writes "Offers good performance and is useful for banking systems". IBM PowerVM is most compared with Hyper-V, KVM, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Oracle VM VirtualBox and Proxmox VE, whereas VMware vSphere is most compared with Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, Oracle VM, VMware Workstation and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI). See our IBM PowerVM vs. VMware vSphere report.
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