Oracle VM vs RHEV comparison

Oracle and Red Hat are both solutions in the Server Virtualization Software category. Oracle is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.6, while Red Hat is ranked #12 with an average rating of 7.7. Oracle holds a 7.3% mindshare in SVS, compared to Red Hat’s 3.6% mindshare. Additionally, 84% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 79% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

Oracle VM

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84% willing to recommend

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79% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 6, 2024

Oracle VM and RHEV compete in the virtualization market. Oracle VM may have an edge in cost savings for Oracle environments, while RHEV offers strong performance and open-source benefits.

Features: Oracle VM provides powerful virtualization specifically beneficial for Oracle database licensing, with hard partitioning and Oracle templates for quick deployments. It supports various operating systems and offers secure live migrations. RHEV uses KVM technology to deliver excellent performance and security features, including Transparent Huge Pages and SELinux. It is open-source, supports live migration, and high availability, catering to a range of applications.

Room for Improvement: Oracle VM could benefit from enhancements in automatic backup, snapshot features, and third-party tool integration. It also needs more flexible network storage management. RHEV can improve its load balancing and clustering capabilities, along with better GUI and live-patching support without reboots.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle VM effectively supports private, hybrid, and Oracle cloud environments, though customer service varies in technical expertise. RHEV also supports diverse deployment environments, but user support can be inconsistent regarding complex queries and third-party integrations.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle VM is cost-efficient for Oracle hardware users, offering free deployment and support with reduced Oracle licensing costs through hard partitions. RHEV is budget-friendly as an open-source solution but requires a subscription for support. Its lower cost compared to competitors is significant, though there is room for further reduction to enhance appeal.

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle VM

Ranking in Server Virtualization Software

6th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

RHEV

Ranking in Server Virtualization Software

12th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Server Virtualization Software category, the mindshare of Oracle VM is 7.3%, up from 6.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of RHEV is 3.6%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Nitin Singh

Architect at Infinite Computer Solutions

Experience enhanced performance and support with reliable server consolidation

We are working with Oracle VM and Oracle OLVM We have used both Oracle VM and Oracle OLVM. It has been four or five years since we started using these solutions. Both products are from Oracle. Oracle VM provides automation capabilities in the new version. We have been using this solution for…

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Sujeet-Kumar

Project Manager Cloud Infrastructure at Path Infotech ltd

The solution is scalable and affordable, but it lacks features, and it is not easy to manage

Management of RHEV is not as easy as VMware. Some features do not work. The product does not provide features similar to VMware’s VMotion. After creating the cluster, the VM is moved to another node if we move down. However, the VM does not move the parent node automatically. It has to be moved manually. VMware moves it automatically. RHEV moves it to the parent node only if we restart. Everything can be handled in VMware through the GUI. However, in RHEV, some things can be managed through UI, and others cannot. We have to troubleshoot and use CLI. A few features of the product do not work as well as those in VMware.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is highly esteemed for its ability to efficiently optimize and enhance the operational speed and responsiveness of virtualized environments."

"The solution is easy to use. You can spin one up when you need to and then shut it down."

"We've noticed that when working with Citrix with our Oracle clients who also use Oracle Linux, the monitoring and testing is simpler and easier for us to do."

"Based on all the testing I have done, I found there were no issues with its performance."

"The Foundation is the most valuable feature of Oracle VM."

"Virtualization platform that's easy to set up, and has good scalability and stability."

"I like Oracle VM's vMotion and cloning features."

"The most valuable features of Oracle VM are live migration and snapshots."

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"Red Hat is the most stable system."

"Customers are moving to open source and Red Hat is the leader in this particular space. I think customers feel more confident running Red Hat Virtualization than VMware."

"The solution is stable."

"This solution is very stable. Much more so than similar products."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support portal."

"The solution has a good licensing module."

"The initial setup is fairly straightforward and well-documented. The process is very similar to its competitors. The success of your setup depends on how well you plan."

"One of the most valuable features of this solution is the popularity of the OS."

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Cons

"With our current OVM Manager version, migrating a VM from one repository to another repository was really complicated, especially editing and manually matching the configuration."

"The usage could be easier, and more user-friendly."

"An expanded data transfer option is one of the features I would like to have added."

"The main drawback is having a single hardware with multiple logical domains. If I have limited systems and there is maintenance on the hardware, the Oracle systems are impacted."

"One is the hypervisor. Right now, it’s all using Xen. What would be really helpful is to have some choice, and the underlying hypervisor technology use KVM which is very popular with certain workloads."

"Not every upgrade goes smoothly, and after an upgrade, it sometimes stops working."

"The automatic start of the product to work as a background process has shortcomings and needs improvement."

"Oracle VM is not very stable. When you encounter any issue, it's unclear what is happening."

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"This solution could be more secure."

"The solution has a very small lifecycle."

"The support is tricky in a few places. We're facing some challenges within Malaysia where we don't really have the system integrators available who can provide extended support. When we need personnel on-site, we can't get them."

"While everything needs improvement in some way, I have no specifics."

"We should improve how we manage storage domains and make more comprehensive control available through the command line."

"I would love to see better documentation and ease of use."

"I heard that there are big differences between Red Hat eight and seven, but it's still quite difficult for me to judge it. I found it a bit more difficult to manage than version seven, which was much easier. In term of features, though, it is still not yet clear which is better. I have no clear idea of which features need to be changed at the moment."

"We would like the dashboard feature of this solution to be improved, as it is not very detailed at present."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing and licensing is one of the main decision making reasons for going to Oracle VM because it was cost effective."

"The price compares well with other solutions."

"Oracle VM is free if you are running it on Oracle infrastructure hardware, otherwise, it is subscription-based."

"With having a global contract, we get some discounts."

"The user will be charged accordingly as well—pay as you go. Basically, you get charged only for storage. If I stop a VM, then I'm not charged for the CPU usage. So, that's fine."

"The licensing for Oracle VM solution is very nice because you license the box."

"The solution is free but we have to pay for technical support."

"If you buy an Oracle server, this solution is free. You have to only pay for support."

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"This product has a variety of licensing options available. However, the level of licensing, and therefore the cost of licensing, is dependent on the number of servers being utilized."

"This is an open-source solution."

"We buy a license for commercial use, and we also use the free editions."

"Its price depends on the use cases."

"The price of RHEV is high. It is an open-source solution, the price should be less. The price should not be on par with a solution, such as VMware. It's not more or equal to VMware, it's less, but the difference should be more substantial."

"I would say the price is acceptable."

"I believe we pay on a yearly basis."

"We have to pay extra for vulnerability and fault tolerance."

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Jan 13, 2015

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Comms Service Provider

11%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

14%

Educational Organization

12%

Financial Services Firm

12%

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Questions from the Community

Which is better - Oracle VM or KVM?

I would prefer if KVM was easier to scale and not so limited. Overall the product has been helpful. It is easy to use, and was quite straight-forward to set up. Since I have been using KVM, I have ...

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Which is better - Oracle VM or VMware VSphere?

Oracle VM seems to me to be kind of outdated. Nevertheless, it is fairly straightforward to use and maintain. The solution can just be set and you can forget about it, and the scalability is consid...

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What do you like most about Oracle VM?

If you want to access the VM from anywhere over the Internet, you put it in a public subnet. So, VMs are linked to that. The subnets are linked to it. So, it's perfectly secured if it's a private n...

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What do you like most about RHEV?

The initial setup is fairly straightforward and well-documented. The process is very similar to its competitors. The success of your setup depends on how well you plan.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for RHEV?

It's the open source. There's not much cost. It's very minimal comparably. Compared to what I am paying for VMware, it's negligible.

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What needs improvement with RHEV?

My teammates and I often complain that VMware is well-documented and has a large community since it is the de facto standard. I would love to see better documentation and ease of use. For newcomers...

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Comparisons

VMware vSphere vs Oracle VM

Compared 35% of the time

KVM vs Oracle VM

Compared 18% of the time

Proxmox VE vs Oracle VM

Compared 17% of the time

Oracle VM VirtualBox vs Oracle VM

Compared 14% of the time

XCP-ng virtualization platform vs Oracle VM

Compared 1% of the time

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VMware vSphere vs RHEV

Compared 42% of the time

Proxmox VE vs RHEV

Compared 25% of the time

Hyper-V vs RHEV

Compared 11% of the time

KVM vs RHEV

Compared 9% of the time

VMware ESXi vs RHEV

Compared 1% of the time

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Overview

Oracle VM for x86

Oracle VM for x86 is a Xen based server virtualization platform for public and private cloud and traditional on premise deployment. Oracle VM offers full lifecycle and application deployment from disk to cloud.

Designed and optimized for security, efficiency and performance Oracle VM supports major hardware vendors x86 and storage platforms and can run workloads on Linux, Windows and Oracle Solaris. Uniquely for our virtualization platform it offers live patching via Ksplice enhancing security and minimizing service disruption. Oracle VM supports hard partitioning which can significantly reduce software applications licensing costs.

Oracle VM for SPARC

Oracle VM for SPARC is a firmware based virtualization platform for Oracle and Fujitsu SPARC based servers running Solaris. Oracle VM supports hard partitioning which can significantly reduce software applications licensing costs.

Oracle

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, or RHEV, is a leading open standard enterprise virtualization management solution. This solution supports virtualization of servers and desktops using the same infrastructure and a single easy-to-use interface.

Because RHEV is based on open standards, it is vendor-independent and a lot more cost effective and flexible than proprietary solutions.

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Sample Customers

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