We performed a comparison between Hyper-V and Nutanix AHV Virtualization based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Hyper-V came out on top in this comparison. It is easy to manage and customize, and has very low resource usage, resulting in very little downtime. It is robust, stable, and provides many desired next-generation features. As a Microsoft product, it integrates well with many solutions in the Microsoft ecosystem, in addition to many other popular third-party solutions.
"We can perform maintenance on equipment during the day because we can live migrate all of the machines from one server to another."
"I like that it's easy to use."
"It utilizes the hardware so there are multiple applications running on one hypervisor."
"It is easy to use, and it is stable. It is a good solution."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The most valuable feature is being able to do checkpoints then roll back to the checkpoint because that's what we need to test the software. We're testing the installation and then we roll it back and retest it."
"With each update, the security of this solution just gets better and better. It is very stable."
"The most valuable feature is that it's an end-to-end solution."
"The setup is efficient."
"It's user-friendly."
"This product stands out for its user-friendly interface, intuitive design, and responsive UI. It offers AVH features comparable to Nutanix but at a more cost-effective price point."
"It is the simple non-consideration we get with this product that's great. It just works."
"The most valuable feature is manageability."
"For our markets here in Morocco, we are mainly working with server virtualization, and the most valuable feature is the software-defined storage and hyper-converged infrastructure."
"Simplicity is the most valuable feature."
"The solution is user-friendly and provides good virtual machine backups. The user interface gets updated when there is a new release."
"It might make it easier to move VMs across Hotmail hosts. This application process make it a little bit easier."
"Hyper-V isn't a lightweight solution like VMware. Management could be more straightforward. Even as far as disk management tools are concerned, it would be better if that could be made simpler. The same applies to performance."
"The area revolving around operations in the product has certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"Failure capabilities are insufficient for disaster recovery."
"It would be nice if they had video acceleration, they got rid of that and VMware has video acceleration."
"Microsoft tech support is horrible."
"Microsoft increased the price for this solution when adding the Storage Spaces Direct feature."
"The only issues we have had recently are with Windows updates that are built into the Windows server with Hyper-V."
"It should focus on providing more detailed and helpful error messages. One area we'd like to see enhanced is better support for guest VMs, especially in a heterogeneous environment."
"There is no web interface with AHV."
"The licensing costs are a little bit expensive."
"If we have to opt for a high level of capacity planning and need more analytics—like deciding on new purchases or budgeting, or if we need additional resources in the near future—we need to pay for Prism Central. I would suggest that Nutanix improve a bit on the analytics part of Prism Element so we can calculate those kinds of things within that flavor."
"The technical support for this solution needs to be improved in terms of response time."
"Some companies do not support AHV."
"Lacks integration with the cloud or other solutions."
"If you want to install a specific operating system, you must first check to see if it is listed in the compatibility list; only then will you be able to install it, and that is one issue for now."
Hyper-V is ranked 3rd in Server Virtualization Software with 134 reviews while Nutanix AHV Virtualization is ranked 6th in Server Virtualization Software with 44 reviews. Hyper-V is rated 8.0, while Nutanix AHV Virtualization 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 Nutanix AHV Virtualization writes "Lightweight, integrates well, and the technical support is responsive". Hyper-V is most compared with VMware vSphere, VMware Workstation, Proxmox VE, Oracle VM VirtualBox and Citrix Hypervisor, whereas Nutanix AHV Virtualization is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, KVM, Citrix Hypervisor and RHEV. See our Hyper-V vs. Nutanix AHV Virtualization report.
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