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Hyper-V vs Odin Virtuozzo Containers [EOL] comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 5, 2025

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Hyper-V
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
143
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Odin Virtuozzo Containers [...
Average Rating
6.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.2
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
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Featured Reviews

Ananth Narayana Rao - PeerSpot reviewer
Cost-effective and good for small workloads while addressing update-driven challenges is needed
I use Azure Monitor and other monitoring solutions to support clients in Accenture's managed services. We support multiple environments, primarily on cloud platforms like Azure and AWS, and also on-premises environments with operating systems like Windows, Linux, and Solaris, among others…
Ramon Ruiz - PeerSpot reviewer
Significant backup for containers, but the customer service is terrible
Anyone considering this solution should not compare it to the old versions. They should be a partner with Virtuozzo and run all the certifications. Also, they need a good lab to understand the technology and how they can apply that technology conveniently. This is very commercial software. It does not have support, so you will need to be hands-on. I would rate Odin Virtuozzo a six out of 10 overall.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"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."
"The solution is easy to configure."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The support with Microsoft is great."
"I think the cluster environment is a good feature of Hyper-V because, if something happens, then it will automatically move to some other mode. This is a great feature of the solution."
"There are some products that you can mount over Hyper-V that provide the features that, in today's Hyper-V, are not present."
"Live migration, SMB3."
"The solution's technical support is the best."
"When you run templates on the containers on Virtuozzo they have a lot of back-ups."
 

Cons

"The only issues we have had recently are with Windows updates that are built into the Windows server with Hyper-V."
"VLAN is not very easy to configure."
"Disaster recovery capabilities are the primary choice for improvement."
"I think the console could use some improvement for the backups."
"VMware has antivirus protection that covers the entire VM. If Microsoft could have something similar to this in Hyper-V, that would be great."
"For critical workloads and more stable environments, I would recommend VMware over Hyper-V."
"The solution should be compatible with different systems."
"There is a hard limitation of 20 gigs per file with Dropbox, so you've got to overcome that by chunking the zip files into something smaller and manageable."
"Odin Virtuozzo has poor support and needs to improve."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is one of the cheapest products in the market."
"Licensing cost depends on the edition you choose. There are two main options: Standard and Datacenter. With a Datacenter license, you can only create two virtual machines that are covered by the license itself. You can create more VMs, but they won't be licensed and could result in charges during an audit."
"The licensing is pretty straightforward."
"The Hyper-V pricing and licensing are very good."
"This product costs less than other competitor products on the market."
"For us, it is free, so it was a prime factor for choosing this solution."
"I would not say that it is a totally reasonably priced product as it is merged with our overall costs associated with Microsoft products. We bought some enterprise licenses for our company's data center for Windows Server 2019."
"The pricing and licensing is pretty good."
"The license for Odin Virtuozzo is based on consumption on demand."
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Comparison Review

it_user234735 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 10, 2015
Hyper-V 2012 R2 vs. VMware vSphere 5.5
I was won with Hyper-V 2012R2 recently and the table below based on customer RFP (edited). This articles all about technical, there is not related with TCO/ROI, licensing cost, “political”, etc. Another to noted is the Windows Server 2012 licenses is based on 2 socket CPU, meanwhile…
 

Top Industries

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Educational Organization
18%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
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Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Hyper-V?
The initial setup is not difficult at all. It is very easy.
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Large customer base from all industries, all over the world. Two major Hyper-V customers are Telefonica and EmpireCLS.
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