We performed a comparison between Hyper-V and KVM 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 is the clear winner in this comparison it is easy to install, robust and high performing. Hyper-V, as a Microsoft product, also offers stable and ongoing customer support.
"The initial setup was very easy."
"It's a very manageable product."
"It's good for what it does. If you have a small or medium-scale acclimatization, it's an excellent solution."
"The restore function of the virtual server is valuable to me."
"The initial setup of Hyper-V is far easier than VMware."
"This is the best solution for customers with budget constraints."
"The solution has good scalability."
"The most valuable feature of Hyper-V is the replica service."
"The most helpful aspect of KVM is the fact that the interface is so minimal. It includes just what you need to set up the VMs and manage them, and it's very simple to do so."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"It offers a high-availability environment."
"I have found KVM to be scalable."
"Documentation and problem-solving troubleshooting are the most valuable features. Performance (when fine-tuned and with "special" HW) is awesome, equal to or more than other enterprise closed-source solutions."
"What I like most about KVM is that it's very easy to use. Everything is built-in, even when writing command lines."
"The key aspect is that the KVM directly interacts with the Kronos. There's no clear indication of indirect communication with Kronos. It is not linked to Kronos, and interaction is straightforward without any intermediaries."
"There is a strong emphasis on availability, and they have numerous API interfaces for distributed storage and the solution is quite known for its openness."
"The solution should improve its native integration with other public cloud solutions."
"Hyper-V doesn't have a lot of features and is limited compared to other virtualization software."
"In terms of performance, when compared to VMware, it is much slower."
"We've had many issues with Hyper-V's stability, including resource crunches and memory leakage."
"If I want to create a cluster of around five to 10 physical servers Hyper-V does not get integrated with any kind of virtual sense, such as vSense."
"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."
"Hyper-V could benefit with improvements to their management interface."
"They could work on lowering the cost of the solution."
"We are not getting good support from KVM, and it is not that user-friendly."
"In our setup, we do not have any dashboards or orchestration, and it is hard to manage. We have 25 gig network cards, but the software driver we have only supported 10 gigs."
"Some things are pretty basic, and they could be more robust with more detail."
"The main drawback in the solution is probably disaster recovery."
"The grid interface of KVM needs improvement. It could be more beautiful, especially when compared to VMware."
"KVM is very difficult to manage and run on daily operations."
"I believe KVM offers a unified answer, while ProxMark addresses orchestration. KVM lacks orchestration. If the aim is to centrally oversee multiple KVMs – let's say to freeze them – a centralized management solution is absent."
"The networking with wireless devices needs improvement."
Hyper-V is ranked 3rd in Server Virtualization Software with 38 reviews while KVM is ranked 4th in Server Virtualization Software with 12 reviews. Hyper-V is rated 7.6, while KVM is rated 8.4. 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 KVM writes "Reduces OpEx and is easy to maintain, along with low memory usage and a minimal interface". Hyper-V is most compared with VMware vSphere, VMware Workstation, Proxmox VE, Oracle VM VirtualBox and Citrix Hypervisor, whereas KVM is most compared with Proxmox VE, Oracle VM VirtualBox, VMware Workstation, Oracle VM and VMware vSphere. See our Hyper-V vs. KVM report.
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