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We performed a comparison between Citrix Hypervisor and RHEV 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.
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Pros
"Ability to move your virtual machines from one host to another.""I've found the following features to be the most valuable: user personalization layer, app layering, provisioning, and notification services for integration between different domains.""The price is the solution's most valuable feature.""I find it very easy to manage and at a cost that small customers would never refuse (free).""What I find most valuable in Citrix Hypervisor is its licensing policy, because you'll get it for free if you buy a Citrix XenDesktop license. You don't need to spend additional money on the Citrix Hypervisor because you can manage both the Citrix XenDesktop and the Citrix Hypervisor with just one license, so you can save on cost. I also like that the solution is good support-wise. Hardware support is also faster compared to other solutions.""This is a good product for virtualization and it is easy to use.""This is a dependable solution for virtualization with a good community for product support.""The onboarding process is pretty straightforward."

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"The solution is overall very good with all the facilities. It is user friendly, easy to configure, has documentation, and support is available.""It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution.""The most valuable feature of this solution is the support portal.""The most valuable features of RHEV are all the tools, such as virtualization, management of cloud platforms, and integration of container environments. The solution has good compatibility between virtualization, content management, and cloud management. Having the full set of these tools is the advantage of it.""What they provide is way beyond the essential requirements of customers.""Stability and speed are the most valuable aspects.""It's a scalable solution.""There aren't any bugs on the solution."

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Cons
"Assigning the order of virtual server startup is not very easy and this can be improved.""The graphics user interface is pretty bad.""The USB support for the virtual server needs improvement.""Citrix is not investing in the virtual surroundings.""I am not very sure about how flexible Citrix Hypervisor is with different types of infrastructures. I only know it is flexible with Nutanix, but I am not sure if it is also flexible with others. They can make its integration with other platforms or OEMs easy. They should also make it easy for users to manage their infrastructure. Citrix should make compatibility information related to a hypervisor easily available in a datasheet. Citrix isn't really recognized in this part of the world, and they need to expand their solution and make it more available. There are a lot of customers and companies that are looking for a solution like Citrix, and it should be available in this part of the world. They need to educate people more. Technically, it is good and flexible and has good ability, but it is not as much known as VMware or Microsoft. Their support should also be improved. Currently, if you don't have an updated version, they will not give you the attention.""The solution should be more flexible and allow for greater customization.""The solution needs better backup facilities that are available for virtual machines to create servers on.""Live migration is something that can be improved."

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"This solution could be more secure.""Customers are not aware of this solution, they can improve by providing more awareness and solution availability.""When we do a direct comparison, then obviously VMware does better in terms of having Fault Tolerance and doing active disaster recovery and these kind of things. This is something that can be improved within Red Hat.""RHEV can improve by keeping pace with new features and new enhancements. They should not be halted or delayed innovation because over the past quarter the enhancements have not been as fast as they have been previously.""The Administration of the Oracle database and the SAP ERP needs improvement.""It would be better to have more patches, especially kernel-level updates, live and online so that we can keep the business up and running during this period.""There is not any proper documentation on the site to reference.""With RHEV, the cyberattacks should be fewer. I want RHEV to be better protected."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The pricing and licensing is so important. Customers do consider the price seriously."
  • "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."
  • "There are free and paid versions. The free version is limited in features but not by time limit. The paid version has more features."
  • "While it is free for small networks, the pricing is high if your network grows past a certain size."
  • "We migrated from VMware to XenCenter to cut costs."
  • "This solution is open source, it's free."
  • "Citrix is a good low-cost alternative to VMware, so if budgeting is an issue then I would recommend it."
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  • "This is an open-source solution."
  • "I would say the price is acceptable."
  • "We are using the free version of Red Hat."
  • "I believe we pay on a yearly basis."
  • "We buy a license for commercial use, and we also use the free editions."
  • "We have to pay extra for vulnerability and fault tolerance."
  • "The solution does not require licencing but a subscription is necessary, which is very affordable."
  • "The price of RHEV is high. It is an open-source solution, the price should be less. The price should not be on par with a solution, such as VMware. It's not more or equal to VMware, it's less, but the difference should be more substantial."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Citrix Hypervisor is expensive. The cloud licenses are expensive. Only Citrix is earning money off those. It's the same with VMware and Microsoft.
    Top Answer:Citrix is not investing in the virtual surroundings. Third-party tools are bad for Citrix at the moment. No good backup recovery is available. On Microsoft, we can use Veeam, which is a great product… more »
    Top Answer:RHEV’s cost is much less compared to VMware.
    Top Answer:It is an open-source solution. We do not need to pay the license cost if we install and manage the tool. We must purchase the license and support if we need a global patch. The subscription fee… more »
    Top Answer:Management of RHEV is not as easy as VMware. Some features do not work. The product does not provide features similar to VMware’s VMotion. After creating the cluster, the VM is moved to another node… more »
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    Overview

    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.

    Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, or RHEV, is a leading open standard enterprise virtualization management solution. This solution supports virtualization of servers and desktops using the same infrastructure and a single easy-to-use interface.

    Because RHEV is based on open standards, it is vendor-independent and a lot more cost effective and flexible than proprietary solutions.


    Sample Customers
    U.S. Army Shared Services Center, SoftLayer, Educational Services of America, Independent Bank, and SK Telecom.
    Qualcomm and Bonham's Auction House.
    Top Industries
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    Comms Service Provider17%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Healthcare Company10%
    Computer Software Company7%
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    Educational Organization48%
    Computer Software Company7%
    Comms Service Provider6%
    Government5%
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    Comms Service Provider33%
    Computer Software Company20%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Integrator13%
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    Educational Organization50%
    Computer Software Company9%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Government4%
    Company Size
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    Small Business55%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise30%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise55%
    Large Enterprise30%
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    Small Business58%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise30%
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    Small Business12%
    Midsize Enterprise56%
    Large Enterprise32%
    Buyer's Guide
    Citrix Hypervisor vs. RHEV
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Citrix Hypervisor vs. RHEV and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Citrix Hypervisor is ranked 8th in Server Virtualization Software with 45 reviews while RHEV is ranked 10th in Server Virtualization Software with 31 reviews. Citrix Hypervisor is rated 8.2, while RHEV is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Citrix Hypervisor writes "Good features, fair pricing, and excellent reliability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of RHEV writes "The solution is scalable and affordable, but it lacks features, and it is not easy to manage". Citrix Hypervisor is most compared with Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, Oracle VM VirtualBox and IBM PowerVM, whereas RHEV is most compared with VMware vSphere, KVM, Proxmox VE and Hyper-V. See our Citrix Hypervisor vs. RHEV report.

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