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.
"The initial setup is simple. There's not much to do. We input one command or just one or two clicks on the UI. Initial setup in the Windows environment for any software is not that difficult."
"The solution allows us to take advantage of our physical environment."
"It is stable."
"Hyper-V integrates well with other Microsoft solutions."
"I like that it's easy to use."
"It is very easy to install. It can be done in a day."
"One of the most valuable features of Hyper-V is ease to use."
"The ease of use of Hyper-V is the most valuable feature."
"Technical support is very good. They are very helpful."
"We primarily use vRealize to troubleshoot any issues that may arise with our virtual machines, which is the main reason why we believe this solution is excellent."
"The most valuable features of VMware vSphere are backup and recovery."
"You don't need too many people to manage the solution once it's up and running."
"It is a very stable solution. It performs well for our requirements. It has been running for a long time, so we are very knowledgeable about this solution. It is a very well-supported solution, and it is very flexible. The expansion of its functionality is dynamic."
"Its stability and manageability are valuable."
"VMware vSphere allows you to run multiple virtual machines."
"The virtualization this solution offer is very complete for the infrastructure."
"If a person has never implemented the solution before, they might find the process difficult."
"Hyper-V doesn't have a lot of features and is limited compared to other virtualization software."
"The biggest problem with Hyper-V is that the virtual machines are mostly running on top of the Windows Server, so we often need to reboot the machine and virtual machines when updating the host level. That's why we prefer VMware. It's much easier to patch the host. Also, Hyper-V has security vulnerabilities. It's easy to attack and compromise the host."
"I'd like to see better predictive diagnostics, so I know what's going on with the machines."
"The only negative thing I heard was that the baseline price is very, very attractive relative to VMware, however, the vCenter counterpart, the thing that brings it all together, is quite pricey."
"The operating system is very, very heavy."
"The Hyper-V management console could be improved to make it easier. It should be a little bit more granular. Various virtual switches could also be improved to make virtual desk management slightly better. The replication could be improved slightly. The checkpoints or snapshots could be improved to make it a bit more transparent to the user."
"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."
"Sentencing has changed a lot."
"There are occasionally bugs or errors."
"NSX is a product of VMware vSphere and it would be nice to see the solution have full integration capabilities with it."
"VMware vSphere could improve on the automation features and the ease of use of the solution in many areas, such as the interface. However, VMware is doing lots of great things."
"The only concern that I have with VMware is the support. It is very limited and can be better."
"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."
"If they improve on the knowledge base and documentation, it would be extremely helpful."
"Inability to get to a single hypervisor environment to support a container environment."
Hyper-V is ranked 3rd in Server Virtualization Software with 46 reviews while VMware vSphere is ranked 1st in Server Virtualization Software with 98 reviews. Hyper-V is rated 7.6, 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 Proxmox VE, VMware Workstation, Oracle VM VirtualBox, KVM and Citrix Hypervisor, whereas VMware vSphere is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware Workstation, Nutanix AHV Virtualization, KVM and RHEV. See our Hyper-V vs. VMware vSphere report.
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