We performed a comparison between KVM and Nutanix AHV based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below
Comparison Results: KVM has a slight edge in this comparison. It received higher marks for its user interface than Nutanix AHV did.
"Our production servers are running in Linux, and this solution supports that environment well."
"Documentation and problem-solving troubleshooting are the most valuable features. Performance (when fine-tuned and with "special" HW) is awesome, equal to or more than other enterprise closed-source solutions."
"If you are a Linux desktop user, KVM is the solution to go with if you have to start virtual machines with Linux or other operating systems with almost zero extra configuration needed."
"This solution is open source and easy to configure."
"A very reliable solution which can be used for x86 architecture virtualization with reasonable overhead."
"The GUI interface makes the management of KVM easier than ever before."
"The KVM service is well managed with a central policy interface."
"The most helpful aspect of KVM is the fact that the interface is so minimal. It includes just what you need to set up the VMs and manage them, and it's very simple to do so."
"It is the simple non-consideration we get with this product that's great. It just works."
"It is a stable solution. I haven't faced stability issues in the solution."
"Simplicity is the most valuable feature."
"The solution is user-friendly and provides good virtual machine backups. The user interface gets updated when there is a new release."
"Integration is the most valuable feature of the product."
"You don't need any other instruments for control, AHV. You only need to look at the prism to control all infrastructure."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is that you don't need to pay for it, it's free, as opposed to paying for a VMware license."
"The solution is stable."
"In KVM, snapshots and cloning are areas where there could be a little more sophistication, like VMware."
"The grid interface of KVM needs improvement. It could be more beautiful, especially when compared to VMware."
"We are not getting good support from KVM, and it is not that user-friendly."
"Some things are pretty basic, and they could be more robust with more detail."
"Business continuity features need to be added."
"The main drawback in the solution is probably disaster recovery."
"The initial setup of this solution is more difficult than some of the competing products and it could be improved."
"I believe KVM offers a unified answer, while ProxMark addresses orchestration. KVM lacks orchestration. If the aim is to centrally oversee multiple KVMs – let's say to freeze them – a centralized management solution is absent."
"There is no web interface with AHV."
"The price of Nutanix AHV Virtualization could improve."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
"The solution should work to improve its stability."
"Adding even more integrations would be an improvement."
"In terms of improvement, I think that they could have more partnerships with providers."
"To face no complications in our company, we had to switch off virtual machines one after the other before heading to Nutanix platform and going to edge services to switch off and turn off everything, making it a challenging process for me."
"Lacks integration with the cloud or other solutions."
KVM is ranked 4th in Server Virtualization Software with 38 reviews while Nutanix AHV Virtualization is ranked 6th in Server Virtualization Software with 44 reviews. KVM is rated 8.0, while Nutanix AHV Virtualization is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of KVM writes "Delivers good performance because of kernel-based virtualization". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix AHV Virtualization writes "Lightweight, integrates well, and the technical support is responsive". KVM is most compared with Proxmox VE, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere and RHEV, whereas Nutanix AHV Virtualization is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, Citrix Hypervisor and Oracle VM. See our KVM vs. Nutanix AHV Virtualization report.
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