Citrix XenServer surpasses its competitors by offering superior scalability, advanced management tools, and a high-performance virtualized environment, providing businesses with powerful solutions for server consolidation, business continuity, and simplified IT infrastructure management.
Proxmox VE is a complete virtualization management solution for servers. It is a powerful open-source platform and supports two virtualization technologies - KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) for virtual machines and LXC for containers. Proxmox VE has a central user interface that allows you to manage not only VMs and containers, but also storage resources, network configuration, and high availability for clusters. It is enterprise-ready and is valued for its scalability and maximum flexibility, enabling you to virtualize very demanding workloads. Proxmox VE makes it possible for you to easily install, manage, and monitor hyper-converged (HCI) data centers.
An excellent choice for budget sensitive operations.
The cost is excellent.
An excellent choice for budget sensitive operations.
The cost is excellent.
VMware vSphere is a powerful and complete server virtualization platform that allows its users to create and manage virtual data centers and machines. VMware vSphere is designed to help IT departments set up and run applications using the most cost-effective computer resources. By using vSphere, organizations save the time and energy necessary for purchasing infrastructure and software and reduce ongoing maintenance and operational burdens on IT teams.
Purchase only the cheaper solution with support. I don’t recommend high-end licenses.
Compared with other vendors’ products, the pricing of the license is slightly lower. The annual S&S price is very affordable.
Purchase only the cheaper solution with support. I don’t recommend high-end licenses.
Compared with other vendors’ products, the pricing of the license is slightly lower. The annual S&S price is very affordable.
Hyper-V is a hardware virtualization tool that allows users to create virtual computer environments with multiple operating systems on a single physical server. Each virtual machine has computer parts, such as memory, processor, storage, and networking, and acts like a standard computer - running its own operating system and software programs. Each component of the virtual machine can be configured to meet your specific requirements.
It's cheap, but not the best.
Once we bought the datacenter version of the server, we did away with worrying about the cost of licensing our VMs separately
It's cheap, but not the best.
Once we bought the datacenter version of the server, we did away with worrying about the cost of licensing our VMs separately
VMware Workstation is part of a suite of robust Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) tools or Desktop Hypervisors that allows users to run Kubernetes clusters, containers, and Virtual Machines (VMs). Users have the option to choose between VMware Workstation Pro or VMware Workstation Player to ensure that they get the most out of their VMware Workstation experience.
The pricing is a bit steep in my opinion for testing and there are other options.
Licensing costs are paid on a yearly basis.
The pricing is a bit steep in my opinion for testing and there are other options.
Licensing costs are paid on a yearly basis.
KVM stands for Kernel-based Virtual Machine, which is an open-source virtualization technology that is embedded in Linux. KVM allows users to seamlessly transform their Linux system into a hypervisor that, in turn, will enable a host machine to run numerous, isolated virtual environments or virtual machines (VMs).
It is free and can be run from your laptop, if needed, unlike VMware.
It is cheaper than other competitors like VMware or Hyper-V.
It is free and can be run from your laptop, if needed, unlike VMware.
It is cheaper than other competitors like VMware or Hyper-V.
Oracle VM VirtualBox is a robust AMD64/Intel64 and x86 next-generation virtualization solution that functions well for home use and is also powerful enough to handle the needs of a busy enterprise organization. This professional solution is open source and provides super-fast high performance in addition to many outstanding value-added features. VirtualBox functions effectively on Windows, macOS, Solaris, Linux, and more. Users can benefit from VirtualBox's dedication to continually developing the product and providing continual progressive updates and releases. The solution is supported by a trusted dedicated professional community and is backed by Oracle, which guarantees that the product is able to consistently meet and exceed quality controls and protocols at all times.
It is a very cost-effective solution.
Pricing does not apply for us, we do not have to pay for the service.
It is a very cost-effective solution.
Pricing does not apply for us, we do not have to pay for the service.
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is a top-ranking HCI software, cloud management tool, and Software Defined Storage (SDS) tool that is marketed as the foundation for users' hybrid clouds. It offers a powerful and secure hyperconverged infrastructure to deliver all data and applications at any scale and on any cloud. The solution offers a complete software stack that allows users to unify their hybrid cloud infrastructure.
Able to grow with smaller, more linear increments of investment
The basic license that comes with the box allows basic virtualization features but advanced automation features would require an upgrade of licenses.
Able to grow with smaller, more linear increments of investment
The basic license that comes with the box allows basic virtualization features but advanced automation features would require an upgrade of licenses.
Oracle VM for x86
Oracle's VM VirtualBox is a powerful, free, and open-source virtualization tool.
The cost of scalability. You pay for what you use. It's free to download, free to install, and the support side has been very helpful.
Oracle's VM VirtualBox is a powerful, free, and open-source virtualization tool.
The cost of scalability. You pay for what you use. It's free to download, free to install, and the support side has been very helpful.
The most valuable feature of this solution is that there is no licensing fee.
AHV is free, it's an open-source solution.
The most valuable feature of this solution is that there is no licensing fee.
AHV is free, it's an open-source solution.
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.
This is an open-source solution.
I would say the price is acceptable.
This is an open-source solution.
I would say the price is acceptable.
The price varies from case to case and you have to negotiate it for every project.
The license cost is bundled with IBM Power Systems as it is limited to RISC-based IBM systems only.
The price varies from case to case and you have to negotiate it for every project.
The license cost is bundled with IBM Power Systems as it is limited to RISC-based IBM systems only.
