Citrix Hypervisor Overview
Citrix Hypervisor is the #6 ranked solution in our list of best Server Virtualization Software. It is most often compared to Proxmox VE: Citrix Hypervisor vs Proxmox VE
What is Citrix Hypervisor?
Citrix Hypervisor is a leading virtualization management platform optimized for application, desktop and server virtualization infrastructures. Consolidation and containment of workloads on Citrix Hypervisor enables organizations of any vertical or size to transform their business IT compute infrastructures.
Citrix Hypervisor is also known as XenServer.
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Citrix Hypervisor Customers
U.S. Army Shared Services Center, SoftLayer, Educational Services of America, Independent Bank, and SK Telecom.
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Pricing Advice
What users are saying about Citrix Hypervisor pricing:
- "The licensing is straight forward based on usage and features."
- "There are free and paid versions. The free version is limited in features but not by time limit. The paid version has more features."
- "The most valuable feature is the cost; it is a free product."
- "To subscribe to the paid version with support, it is approximately $6,000 per year."
Citrix Hypervisor Reviews
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Anthony Musaluke
Chief Operating Officer at Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)
The ability to move a VM while it is still running and continue doing maintenance work is a big advantage
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case for this product is that it serves as the main computing platform for our enterprise software. Our ERP system and our SQL Servers run on top of that and all the applications that we deploy are essentially virtualized.Pros and Cons
- "The ability to move a virtual machine while it is running is a big advantage."
- "It needs to have a more robust backup solution."
What other advice do I have?
I think the biggest issue that I've seen that scares off a lot of potential customers is that they think it is complicated to set up. There are not many people who have deployed the product compared to other products. I think new clients should start small and gain confidence. There is no harm in having a mixed environment where they can at least try it out. If they like it they can continue to roll out the deployment. For us, the attraction has been that the licensing is straight forward. You don't have to think about what it will cost for add on features. It's really straightforward in that…
WilVan Lierop
System Integrator at a marketing services firm with 201-500 employees
The performance is great and you don't need many other tools
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case of this solution is virtualization.Pros and Cons
- "The feature I find most valuable, is its performance"
- "I think the technical support could be better."
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others would be that there is no one golden bullet when choosing a virtualization platform. It depends on the careful planning of what kind of service you plan to provide to your users. Ask questions like: What is running on those systems? What platforms? What are your minimum demands? There's something else that's fairly important because the virtualization market is rapidly shifting towards a total overhaul. And efforts are being made on the Linux site to run armed and risk solutions in the data center. So I hope that XenServer will adapt to that too. This solution has special…
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Deepak Sinha
Manager IT at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Flexible, easy to set up, and user friendly
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use the solution for application delivery that is centralized on-premises and hosted on data centers. For example, net applications. All the net applications I have published using the Citrix Hypervisor are there. On top of the Citrix Hypervisor, I position the Citrix application delivery infrastructure, and I have published all my applications that way. I'm just publishing and providing this application to my business users, as per their demand. It offers completely secure accessibility, and centralized access management.Pros and Cons
- "The solution is extremely user friendly."
- "The licensing costs are too high on the solution. They should work to make the costs more reasonable."
What other advice do I have?
I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. As of now, in this COVID-19 paramedic situation, it's very remote-friendly product. It's great for IT and business processes if teams are planning to work from home remotely. This platform is quite good, in terms of publicity planning, remote connectivity, product flexibility, and user demands. Companies that want that kind of flexibility and freedom should explore this tool. It's quite useful.reviewer958836
Network Engineeer at a non-tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
A simple virtualization solution that is free to try and deploy in a feature-limited version
What is our primary use case?
My primary use of the product is for the purpose of server virtualization. It is used for virtualizing our web servers.Pros and Cons
- "This is a dependable solution for virtualization with a good community for product support."
- "Assigning the order of virtual server startup is not very easy and this can be improved."
What other advice do I have?
On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate XenServer as an eight. There are some problems, but it is also not the full release version.reviewer1234203
Pre-sales Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Good customization with responsive technical support and very good security
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use the solution to deploy some services for our final users.Pros and Cons
- "The solution's security is its most valuable aspect."
- "Overall, I can't think of a feature that is lacking. We've been pretty satisfied overall."
What other advice do I have?
We are a reseller. This may be the best solution on the market for these purposes. We've been very happy with it so far. I'd rate the solution for nine out of ten.Tchl832
Technical Specialist at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Offers full control over our virtual machines and is budget-friendly
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case for this solution is for cloud automation.Pros and Cons
- "This solution allows the end users to clone, start, stop, or remotely control their VMs."
- "The self-service user portal needs to be more granular and be more customizable."
What other advice do I have?
I really like this solution, but it is not widely known. I'm really surprised that more people don't know about it. I find that it suits our needs pretty well. Considering what I am getting for the cost I would rate this solution a ten out of ten. There are more powerful solutions out there, but they're very costly. If I were paying for the support then I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.reviewer1426479
Lead Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Good for hosting and patching virtual machines, but the technical support needs improvement
What is our primary use case?
The primary use case of this solution is for providing virtual machines to the customers.Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable features are being able to host many virtual machines and being able to patch machines."
- "You need a licensed account to look up technical support."
What other advice do I have?
I would definitely suggest that you do a trade study with other Hypervisors available. I would rate Citrix Hypervisor a six out of ten.
Letsogile-Baloi
CEO at IMART OFFICE CONSULTANTS
A stable, highly scalable solution that offers good integration capabilities
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use the solution for virtualization and for building other things on top of it. Mostly we sell the solution to other customers and offer them support.Pros and Cons
- "The solution integrates well with other solutions, which makes it really strong as a primary solution to deploy."
- "The solution is too expensive and people are kind of moving away from Citrix. It's starting to become a problem. It is a primary reason that while we are rebuilding we're going to seek out open-source solutions."
What other advice do I have?
We are rebuilding our whole news infrastructure. We stopped using the solution for some things, but we will use it once we are finished with what we are currently building. We're using a hybrid deployment model. We're also a Citrix partner. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. I really like the solution. It works well.See 10 more Citrix Hypervisor Reviews
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