We performed a comparison between Hyper-V and VMware VSphere based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: VMware VSphere is the winner in this comparison. It is easy to deploy, reliable, robust, and has excellent customer support. Hyper-V does come out on top in the pricing category, however.
"We've probably seen a 50 percent speed increase on our SQL server. Hyper-V has also significantly reduced our downtimes with faster boot-up and reboot. If we have to reboot a server, there is maybe two or three minutes of downtime. When we were on a bare-metal server, it could be five to ten minutes due to the total boot time."
"The solution allows us to take advantage of our physical environment."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"Hyper-V is much easier to deploy because Hyper-V is already installed inside Windows Server OS. You only need to turn on Hyper-V as a service, and then you can use it. The most convenient thing about Hyper-V is the operating system."
"The interface is quite good."
"The solution is stable."
"The initial setup of Hyper-V is far easier than VMware."
"It's a stable product."
"VMware vSphere is user-friendly and simple."
"Overall, it is a pretty good solution. We do not have to worry about upgrading the versions that people use for our in-house software. We just create ThinApps, and as soon as they log in, they always get the upgraded version. This part really works well for us."
"I definitely like the stability, performance and ease-of-use."
"The technical support is good and they are available over the internet."
"The fact that vSphere is an on-premise solution is beneficial for the user. It's easier to manage the infrastructure. It's more straightforward to scale and configure virtual machines."
"It's easy to use and very user-friendly."
"Its scalability potential is good."
"The ability to create or clone a virtual environment in a short period of time for testing is most valuable."
"When one server or one virtual machine fails, or one is turned off, the virtualization stops, and we have to initiate again with human intervention."
"They could work on lowering the cost of the solution."
"Failure capabilities are insufficient for disaster recovery."
"I'd like to see better predictive diagnostics, so I know what's going on with the machines."
"The solution should improve its native integration with other public cloud solutions."
"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 improve the management tools."
"Hyper-V requires improvement with manageability."
"The solution could be more stable."
"To manage it properly, you have to know this product really well."
"The integration with containers should be addressed."
"We've been using vSphere on Windows 7, and it had less fluff associated with ThinApp. Currently, with Windows 10 version that we have, it adds a lot of bulk to ThinApp. We have offices spanning across Canada from the east coast to the west coast. A ThinApp that is roughly around 400 MB in size would take minutes to open up. With Windows 7, the same ThinApp used to be close to 75 to 80 MB in size. So, I'm really not happy with the extra fluff that is bundled in Windows 10. It really messes things up for us at times."
"The licensing costs for the solution are quite high."
"VMware vSphere does not permit hard partitioning."
"The performance of the solution could be better and there could be an extra level of security."
"The solution could be cheaper and less expensive."
Hyper-V is ranked 3rd in Server Virtualization Software with 45 reviews while VMware vSphere is ranked 1st in Server Virtualization Software with 79 reviews. Hyper-V is rated 7.4, while VMware vSphere is rated 8.8. 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 VMware vSphere writes "Strong performance, works well with large infrastructures but it is quite expensive". Hyper-V is most compared with VMware Workstation, Proxmox VE, Oracle VM VirtualBox, KVM and Citrix Hypervisor, whereas VMware vSphere is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware Workstation, KVM, Oracle VM and Nutanix AHV Virtualization. See our Hyper-V vs. VMware vSphere report.
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