We performed a comparison between Hyper-V and Proxmox VE based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Hyper-V and Proxmox VE seem to have a more or less rating among users regarding ease of deployment, pricing, and service and support. In terms of features, users of Hyper-V weren’t satisfied with the recovery capabilities and the instability if the stack became bloated. On the other hand, users of Proxmox VE didn’t like the need to update manually but felt that the solution was young. Therefore, the bugs they experienced will hopefully have a solution with a future update.
"This solution is much easier to manage than a bare metal machine. It is so easy to manage something through the virtual machine."
"The restore function of the virtual server is valuable to me."
"Hyper-V's technical support is good - they're responsive and sort cases based on criticality and category, so they get dealt with quickly and by the correct team."
"Using cluster with Hyper-V had a major impact on our protection environment. So all applications were virtualized using Hyper-V."
"Microsoft has documentation that is easy to find, helpful, and readily available."
"I like the functionality."
"Hyper-V deployment is very user-friendly. It supports partial scripting and offers a UI for a smooth experience. There's also PowerShell scripting available for advanced users."
"Hyper-V integrates well with other Microsoft solutions."
"The setup is very easy."
"The most valuable feature of Proxmox VE is the linked clone."
"It fits in well with our organization. It works and does what it says it does."
"I like that it's secure, and I find its Software RAID very useful. It's way better than the Hardware RAID I was used to. I'm really impressed by their Software RAID feature."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is performance."
"We can access the product from iPhone 7. It is stable and easy."
"It is easy to deploy."
"The solution is open source and free to use."
"There are some storage problems which do occur in high load systems, especially SQL workloads."
"Microsoft tech support is horrible."
"It needs additional administration and monitoring capabilities."
"I have found it difficult to manage more than one virtual machine."
"Some of the interfaces need improvements, like the virtual switch or virtual VLAN interfaces."
"The corrupted volume is a problem."
"Failure capabilities are insufficient for disaster recovery."
"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."
"Some of the more advanced features and options required for setup still need to use the console and hand edit config files."
"The process for deployment is complicated."
"The virtualizer in Proxmox VE could improve."
"The solution needs a better billing system."
"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 tool needs to add a lot of containers."
"The facility of deployment is an area that needs to improve."
"I would like to see more monitoring in the next release of this solution."
Hyper-V is ranked 3rd in Server Virtualization Software with 134 reviews while Proxmox VE is ranked 1st in Server Virtualization Software with 58 reviews. Hyper-V is rated 8.0, while Proxmox VE is rated 8.6. 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 Proxmox VE writes "Easy to use and supports multi-monitors on multiple VMs in KVM". Hyper-V is most compared with VMware vSphere, VMware Workstation, KVM, Oracle VM VirtualBox and Nutanix AHV Virtualization, whereas Proxmox VE is most compared with VMware vSphere, Oracle VM VirtualBox, KVM, Nutanix AHV Virtualization and Citrix Hypervisor. See our Hyper-V vs. Proxmox VE report.
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