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Hyper-V vs Odin Virtuozzo Containers [EOL] comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 7, 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
6.9
Number of Reviews
144
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Odin Virtuozzo Containers [...
Average Rating
6.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.2
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Ananth Narayana Rao - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President Hybrid Cloud Operations at Accenture
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
Director IT at Servnet
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

"I like that it's easy to use."
"One of the most valuable features of Hyper-V is ease to use."
"I find the ease of use the most valuable asset of the solution."
"For me, the setup of Hyper-V was an easy process, which took only one hour from start to finish."
"It is good for small installations."
"The technical support for Hyper-V is excellent, and I rate it as nine out of ten."
"This is the best solution for customers with budget constraints."
"It allowed us to add on servers and fix things in an expedient manner."
"When you run templates on the containers on Virtuozzo they have a lot of back-ups."
 

Cons

"Enhanced visibility and reporting capabilities are desired for better insights and analysis."
"It would be nice if they had video acceleration, they got rid of that and VMware has video acceleration."
"They should include a few more hardware components for integration with servers."
"I would like Microsoft to put more effort into the Admin Center interface and make it much easier. It is customizable, but you have to be a PowerShell expert to customize these things. That is a limitation."
"Some of the interfaces need improvements, like the virtual switch or virtual VLAN interfaces."
"Regarding the pricing of Hyper-V, the licensing is somewhat expensive. Since we are buying it through a third party from a supplier or partner, it becomes more expensive as a customer."
"The the only challenge for us was moving existing physical machines to virtual machines."
"The solution should improve its native integration with other public cloud solutions."
"Odin Virtuozzo has poor support and needs to improve."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Hyper-V is free-of-charge."
"Once we bought the datacenter version of the server, we did away with worrying about the cost of licensing our VMs separately"
"Thanks to our enterprise agreement with Microsoft, Hyper-V is free for us."
"The licensing is pretty straightforward."
"I wish the licensing was simpler, and allowed for a greater number of VM's with the Microsoft standard licensing, but overall I think it's fair. The pricing is definitely fair."
"For us, it is free, so it was a prime factor for choosing this solution."
"The pricing is not an issue for us because we have a licensing agreement with Microsoft. So we are given an 80% discount."
"The price is quite fair. It is not too expensive."
"The license for Odin Virtuozzo is based on consumption on demand."
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Comparison Review

it_user234735 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Consultant, ASEAN at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
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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Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
University
7%
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Small Business69
Midsize Enterprise37
Large Enterprise46
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Questions from the Community

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KVM is better. But let's just look at the software instead of judging. Hyper-V was a free solution from Microsoft to virtualize Server or Client OS as it is a feature on Windows Server since 2008 a...
How does Proxmox VE compare with Hyper-V?
One of the best things about Proxmox VE is that it is open-source and very inexpensive. You get all of the same features as with the more well-known products. Proxmox VE is very easy to deploy - it...
What do you like most about Hyper-V?
The initial setup is not difficult at all. It is very easy.
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Sample Customers

Large customer base from all industries, all over the world. Two major Hyper-V customers are Telefonica and EmpireCLS.
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