We performed a comparison between VMware vSphere and Proxmox VE 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 highly regarded for its extensive range of features, user-friendly interface, and scalability. However, users want improved backup features, integration capabilities, and documentation. Proxmox VE is valued for its simplicity, ease of use, and cost-effectiveness. Users recommend automating certain processes, enhancing the user interface and documentation, and addressing compatibility.
"The feature that I have found most valuable is that its storage container, LVM, and everything else work out of the box."
"I like that it's secure, and I find its Software RAID very useful. It's way better than the Hardware RAID I was used to. I'm really impressed by their Software RAID feature."
"It fits in well with our organization. It works and does what it says it does."
"It allows us to create an individual VM along with the GPU for machine learning."
"You can easily migrate VMs between hosts."
"Proxmox VE is very lightweight, and it doesn't take a lot of memory on the device."
"It has a good performance and you can cluster it."
"It is easy to deploy."
"The speed of the solution is excellent."
"It has allowed us to be more resilient to infrastructure and hardware failure, reduced hardware costs, and decreased recovery time from failures."
"I like the capability of logging into one system, then being able to shift over to another system within that single pane of glass."
"The most valuable feature would be enhanced, what we call, Linked Mode to link our disaster recovery site to our primary site across different vCenters, without being required to be broken apart. Meaning, we have identity management and the actual vCenter servers split. We can actually do embedded now, thanks to vSphere 6.7."
"It is a single pane of glass that lets you access your hosts and VMs."
"Its stability and manageability are valuable."
"VMware vSphere is a stable platform. We never had any issues with VMware vSphere. Once you deploy it with a stable version of the server or the hardware, there's no issue at all."
"Also, the automated builds are being done through it, and we don't have to manually do it anymore. All of my AIS platforms are completely automated now with the VM suite."
"One issue with Proxmox is that some processes are not automatic. For some processes, you have to do it manually by command line."
"We are using servers individually, and we are looking for a reliable application that allows us to hop between servers with high availability."
"Its user interface can be improved. In the version that I am using, not all functions can be performed by using the UI. There can be some improvement on that. I'm assuming that it has already been improved in the latest version."
"Proxmox needs to improve the integration of its network, machines, and virtual machines."
"It is difficult to remove a virtual machine."
"The solution is not good at upgrading and this is why I using version 6.2 and not version 7. There is no easy way to implement the upgrade. I don't have enough experience to do it safely."
"The virtualization can be better."
"I would like to see more monitoring in the next release of this solution."
"There was a time we lost the password for the ESXi and we had to do a hardware reset. At this point, we had to fill up the ESXi from the bottom up. I am not sure if there was another solution to this problem but it took a long time."
"Response time could be improved."
"The monitoring is not good in vSphere, many times you have latency or you cannot find what you want. The events should be improved."
"In the next release, I would love to have Java as a service, platform as a service, and container as a service."
"They have multiple components required for the setup. It would be better to integrate it into one solution, especially for small business companies."
"The setup is easy. However, the configuration expansion can be difficult. The full implementation took three to four days. This included the move from physical servers to virtual ones."
"Lacks a simplified integration with services automation."
"It's an expensive solution."
Proxmox VE is ranked 1st in Server Virtualization Software with 58 reviews while VMware vSphere is ranked 2nd in Server Virtualization Software with 446 reviews. Proxmox VE is rated 8.6, while VMware vSphere is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Proxmox VE writes "Easy to use and supports multi-monitors on multiple VMs in KVM". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware vSphere writes "Offers good performance and is useful for banking systems". Proxmox VE is most compared with Oracle VM VirtualBox, KVM, Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV Virtualization and Citrix Hypervisor, whereas VMware vSphere is most compared with Hyper-V, VMware Workstation, Oracle VM, KVM and Nutanix AHV Virtualization. See our Proxmox VE vs. VMware vSphere report.
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