We performed a comparison between Citrix Hypervisor 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: Proxmox VE is promising but still lacks some enterprise features. Citrix Hypervisor is a more mature and robust solution and therefore is the clear winner in this comparison.
"The compatibility of the solution is its most valuable feature. It's compatible on almost every cloud these days."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Citrix Hypervisor integrates easily and I can manage the infrastructure better. If I need to take a machine down to expand the hard drive, I do not have to physically be here. I do not need to order new equipment or new hard drives. I can shut it down, increase the drive space and bring it back up."
"The price is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The feature I find most valuable, is its performance"
"I find it very easy to manage and at a cost that small customers would never refuse (free)."
"The solution's security is its most valuable aspect."
"This solution allows the end users to clone, start, stop, or remotely control their VMs."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is migration."
"The solution is extremely scalable."
"The solution allows for easy integrations."
"The virtualization is good."
"It allows us to create an individual VM along with the GPU for machine learning."
"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."
"Its compatibility is most valuable."
"The solution is open source and free to use."
"It needs to have a more robust backup solution."
"The USB support for the virtual server needs improvement."
"The solution would benefit from faster technical support."
"The interface has to be updated."
"I find that the features in Citrix Hypervisor are not as rich as with VMware. It would be a benefit if they had some of the other features VMware has, such as the ability to expand a drive on the fly. You do not have to take down the machine to do it but in Citrix you do."
"The main problem with Citrix Hypervisor is getting readily available backup solutions for it. It would be wonderful if Hypervisor were better integrated with third-party backup solutions."
"It needs improvement with the security features."
"The solution is only in English. It would be ideal if it was in Portuguese."
"The product is still a little young so it is maturing, but new features are coming out all the time."
"The virtualizer in Proxmox VE could improve."
"Proxmox VE can improve the management of virtual discs. For example, if my virtual disc is 200 GB and I want to decrease it is not easy. I have to do a lot of things to decrease the size of existing virtual machines. If the Proxmox VE team can make it easy for customers to instantly increase or decrease the virtual machine hard disc, it will be very helpful for me. However, the containers I can do it easily."
"We have only command lines for a management application to remove sites. The solution needs a proper GUI."
"The solution needs to improve its stability."
"Proxmox VE needs improvement in cloud computing."
"Separate physical network for Corosync/Heartbeat should be emphasized in the Quick Start or Getting Started documentation."
"This solution needs a more flexible and efficient backup solution in the dashboard."
Citrix Hypervisor is ranked 8th in Server Virtualization Software with 45 reviews while Proxmox VE is ranked 1st in Server Virtualization Software with 58 reviews. Citrix Hypervisor is rated 8.2, while Proxmox VE is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Citrix Hypervisor writes "Good features, fair pricing, and excellent reliability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Proxmox VE writes "Easy to use and supports multi-monitors on multiple VMs in KVM". Citrix Hypervisor is most compared with VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Oracle VM VirtualBox and Nutanix AHV Virtualization, whereas Proxmox VE is most compared with VMware vSphere, Oracle VM VirtualBox, KVM, Hyper-V and VMware Workstation. See our Citrix Hypervisor vs. Proxmox VE report.
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You should go with Proxmox for many reasons, including not needing a specific Windows Application to manage it, where with Proxmox you can manage all with a browser. Also, Proxmox has a native integrated Ceph Storage control.