We performed a comparison between Hyper-V and IBM PowerVM 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."The most valuable feature of the solution is the storage virtualization."
"We have a higher capacity server (specification wise) so there is no need to buy another additional hardware."
"There are two very good things about this product including licensing and stability."
"Hyper-V integrates well with other Microsoft solutions."
"I appreciate its stability and user-friendly management interface."
"I value the simplicity of configuration because it has worked as expected for my client."
"I like that it's easy to use."
"The flexibility and API are the most valuable features. It helps us be able to integrate with other systems and then push data easily."
"IBM PowerVM's most valuable feature is stability."
"The most valuable feature is the flexibility in terms of managing the hardware resources such as RAM, CPU, and the network."
"What I like about this solution, is that it is easy to configure."
"PowerVM's most valuable features include swift optimisation and real-time migration."
"It is a stable solution with reliable performance."
"The most valuable features in this solution are you do not get degradation in the performance like you could get in other solutions. There is a physical adapter that is better than a virtual one and you can assign adapters to a VM."
"IBM PowerVM has the highest clock speed."
"It's scalable. Whenever we buy another product other than hardware, it's easily integrated into the virtualization software that we download."
"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."
"The only issues we have had recently are with Windows updates that are built into the Windows server with Hyper-V."
"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."
"The area revolving around operations in the product has certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"Status and availability became an issue and need."
"VMware has antivirus protection that covers the entire VM. If Microsoft could have something similar to this in Hyper-V, that would be great."
"There needs to be more functionality overall in the Hyper-V manager."
"The solution is heavily reliant on Microsoft's active directory for authentication, for coordination between nodes. Therefore, it inherits all the issues that are within the active directory."
"The solution's interface needs to be integrated with messaging analysis."
"PowerVM's platform build and performance could be improved."
"Automatic LPM is an area that is currently not available in IBM PowerVM, and it is a feature I want to see in the product's future releases."
"As understand it, IBM sells all its hardware to Lenovo, and only PCs servers are managed by IBM. It's uncertain how much longer IBM will continue in this way, especially with the current trend of transitioning from on-premises to cloud and hybrid models. The market is evolving. Given this market shift, it's essential to identify areas for improvement. IBM has introduced the PowerVM Series, including Linux, which is a positive step. However, customers are already moving towards x86 servers due to cost considerations. The cost of PowerVM compared to x86 servers appears to be a significant factor."
"A GUI version of VIOS would be a great plus for people moving from Intel-based hypervisors."
"Any improvements that can be made in the interface will go a long way to helping us work better."
"It is solely command-line based."
"The licensing could be better."
Hyper-V is ranked 3rd in Server Virtualization Software with 134 reviews while IBM PowerVM is ranked 9th in Server Virtualization Software with 28 reviews. Hyper-V is rated 8.0, while IBM PowerVM is rated 8.4. 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 IBM PowerVM writes "A stable system for high-end data processing with a great support structure". Hyper-V is most compared with VMware vSphere, VMware Workstation, Proxmox VE, KVM and OpenVZ, whereas IBM PowerVM is most compared with VMware vSphere, KVM, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Proxmox VE and Oracle VM VirtualBox. See our Hyper-V vs. IBM PowerVM report.
See our list of best Server Virtualization Software vendors.
We monitor all Server Virtualization Software reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.