We performed a comparison between VMware vSphere and Proxmox VE 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 highly regarded for its extensive range of features, user-friendly interface, and scalability. However, users want improved backup features, integration capabilities, and documentation. Proxmox VE is valued for its simplicity, ease of use, and cost-effectiveness. Users recommend automating certain processes, enhancing the user interface and documentation, and addressing compatibility.
"It's been a stable solution."
"It's very user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of deployment."
"We now have the ability to quickly build and deploy VM desktops for application testing with the snapshot ability to rollback, as required."
"The solution is easy to install. It can run on a lot of different types of hardware. Creating virtual machines with it is really easy."
"It has a good performance and you can cluster it."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is that its storage container, LVM, and everything else work out of the box."
"The most valuable feature of Proxmox VE is the speed. Additionally, I can modify the solution if needed because it is open-source and the integration of any kind of API and monitoring is hassle-free."
"The connectivity is fantastic, and many functions can run together in one server. If you need to scale, we can continue to add components or modules. It's a beautiful virtual solution that has many advantages over physical hardware, where you have to use devices and wiring to connect all your projects."
"The stability of the solution is excellent."
"I definitely like the stability, performance and ease-of-use."
"VMware vSphere allows you to run multiple virtual machines."
"Valuable features really depend on different projects. We are using the traditional infrastructure based on VMware vSphere. We are also using the high availability (HA) and Distributed Switch features to extend our network and switch between different hosts. The VMotion and SVMotion features are very essential for us to relocate the storage of virtual machines to different storage or vSANs. We are using VMotion and SVMotion features several times of the day. We are also using another VMware product to replicate a lot of solutions to a second replication site."
"It is fairly easy to use and has enhanced security."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"The DRS feature of this solution is a very valuable feature."
"Since I face issues importing Windows OVA inside Proxmox VE, a clickable button should be added to select the OVA format and import it inside Proxmox VE."
"The management can be better. It's not like VMware where you can get all clusters on a single dashboard. In VMware, you can literally see all the VMs running in one cluster regardless of the host."
"Proxmox VE needs to make a deal with Veeam. I was also unable to make version upgrades. I have also encountered backup problems."
"There are some things that need to be done using the command-line interface, and these should be moved into the web-based interface."
"Currently, there are several features inaccessible through the API, necessitating the use of either the WebUI or the command line interface."
"Separate physical network for Corosync/Heartbeat should be emphasized in the Quick Start or Getting Started documentation."
"The solution needs to improve its stability."
"The initial setup has a pretty steep learning curve."
"The way that vSphere manages the alerts on the data machine is not easy to configure."
"The solution needs to improve its stability."
"There are some challenges around ESXi hosts — converting them into VMs."
"In addition, I think they should come up with a backup feature which is more product enrichment-based. It should be a full-fledged backup solution. It just is not there right now."
"It is not easy to upgrade VMware vSphere from an old version to a new version."
"vSphere could perhaps be improved by more integration or better security."
"I would like to see AI in future releases."
"The management could be simplified for base-level customers, but of course, it would be difficult to match all customer needs."
Proxmox VE is ranked 1st in Server Virtualization Software with 58 reviews while VMware vSphere is ranked 2nd in Server Virtualization Software with 446 reviews. Proxmox VE is rated 8.6, while VMware vSphere is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Proxmox VE writes "Easy to use and supports multi-monitors on multiple VMs in KVM". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware vSphere writes "Offers good performance and is useful for banking systems". Proxmox VE is most compared with Oracle VM VirtualBox, KVM, Nutanix AHV Virtualization, Hyper-V and Citrix Hypervisor, whereas VMware vSphere is most compared with Hyper-V, Oracle VM, VMware Workstation, KVM and Nutanix AHV Virtualization. See our Proxmox VE vs. VMware vSphere report.
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