We performed a comparison between RHEV and VMware Workstation based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Proxmox, VMware, Microsoft and others in Server Virtualization Software."This solution is very stable. Much more so than similar products."
"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."
"One of the most valuable features of this solution is the popularity of the OS."
"The solution has a good licensing module."
"What they provide is way beyond the essential requirements of customers."
"It is easy to deal with when comes to application migration and its compatibility with the multiple component applications."
"It is very stable."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"The tool’s GUI is very user-friendly."
"The most valuable features of VMware Workstation are the DirectX support, you can run Microsoft Hyper-V in virtual environments which is good for me to test different installations. Additionally, you can set up different VLANs, and overall it is a complete solution."
"VMware Workstation is great for migrating and patching operating systems."
"The initial setup is simple and takes only five minutes to complete."
"I have found this product excellent for test/dev environments. This is 90% of what I use this product for."
"VMware Workstation’s most valuable feature is virtualization technology."
"The most valuable features of the VMware Workstation solutions are the ESXi and vCenter."
"VMware Workstation allows multiple operating systems in the same physical machine."
"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."
"The solution should be made more user-friendly."
"The UI should be more interactive with additional features."
"The solution has a very small lifecycle."
"This solution could be more secure."
"The solution could use network virtualization."
"The availability of technical expertise with the solution may be limited in some areas."
"We hope that Red Hat can produce a paradigm edition. We are looking for paradigm computing and paradigm storage. Its scalability can be improved. It is not easy to scale, and we hope that Red Hat can provide a more scalable system. They should also provide local service and support. Our customers are looking for a good software vendor to provide professional services."
"The product could provide the features available in Microsoft Hyper-V."
"The product is outdated."
"VMware Workstation has some network limitations which could improve, it is not as flexible as VMware NSX. Additionally, it could support operating systems better. I only run some Linux versions and Windows at the moment but it would be nice to be able to take whatever operating system you want and run it."
"It would be helpful if VMware Workstation included an in-built monitoring tool for monitoring things."
"Lacks the ability to clone onto another system rather than starting from scratch."
"I would want to see features included that make deployment easier."
"VMware Workstation’s scalability could be improved."
"They could include official support for macOS virtualization within VMware Workstation."
RHEV is ranked 10th in Server Virtualization Software with 32 reviews while VMware Workstation is ranked 2nd in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 41 reviews. RHEV is rated 7.6, while VMware Workstation is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of RHEV writes "Offers frameworks with well-documented API and easy to use". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Workstation writes "An easy-to-manage solution that has really good customer support compared to other market players". RHEV is most compared with VMware vSphere, KVM, Proxmox VE, Hyper-V and Oracle VM, whereas VMware Workstation is most compared with Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, KVM, Proxmox VE and Oracle VM VirtualBox.
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