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.
"II prefer customers to use Hyper-V because Hyper-V is mostly integrated with Microsoft solutions."
"There are two very good things about this product including licensing and stability."
"It has provided a good cost-saving from the management perspective."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It was easy to install."
"It is very easy to install. It can be done in a day."
"The most valuable feature of Hyper-V is the replica service."
"The most valuable feature is that it's an end-to-end solution."
"I have found the GUI user-friendly and having the solution be a Windows application makes it familiar to users."
"The GUI interface makes the management of KVM easier than ever before."
"I have found KVM to be scalable."
"I like that it's easy to manage. It's also more powerful when it comes to security than others. That point of view is the one consideration. The other consideration is that it's cost-effective."
"KVM is stable."
"Good screen and keyboard sharing feature."
"It is easy to use, stable, and flexible. It is a pretty mature product, and it is faster than VirtualBox."
"This solution is open source and easy to configure."
"Very cost-effective."
"The operating system is very, very heavy."
"Security, computing balance, and taking snapshots could be improved. Features like DRS and memory ballooning could be added."
"The backup site could be better. We used to face a lot of issues, and we are looking to solve that now. We are in the process of moving all the infrastructure to the cloud. It could also use more integration on the management part. We also need more integration on the monitoring sites."
"The solution is lacking in numerous features and lacks flexibility."
"Hyper-V could improve the management tools."
"I have found it difficult to manage more than one virtual machine."
"If a person has never implemented the solution before, they might find the process difficult."
"Hyper-V could benefit with improvements to their management interface."
"Technical support could be better. In the next release, I would like to see an improved user interface and dashboard. This type of improvement will make it easy or help our engineers understand the solution from a requirement point of view."
"Lacks high availability across clusters as well as support for Apache CloudStack."
"Its resource usage can be improved."
"There are some issues with the graphics and some software that is very complex."
"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."
"One thing that maybe could be improved is making it easier to scale. It needs to be more clear on how to scale the storage space for virtual machines."
"I have previously used VMware and KVM is easier to use. However, they both have their strengths depending on their use cases. They are mostly equal. One of VMware's advantages is it has better support."
"Monitoring and resolution could be improved."
Hyper-V is ranked 3rd in Server Virtualization Software with 44 reviews while KVM is ranked 4th in Server Virtualization Software with 9 reviews. Hyper-V is rated 7.4, while KVM is rated 7.4. 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 "Stable, easy to set up, and very easy to use". Hyper-V is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, Oracle VM VirtualBox, VMware Workstation and Citrix Hypervisor, whereas KVM is most compared with Oracle VM VirtualBox, Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, Oracle VM and VMware Workstation. See our Hyper-V vs. KVM report.
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