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Odin Virtuozzo Containers [EOL] vs VMware vSphere comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 7, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Odin Virtuozzo Containers [...
Average Rating
6.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.2
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
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VMware vSphere
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
461
Ranking in other categories
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Featured Reviews

Ramon Ruiz - PeerSpot reviewer
Director IT at Servnet
Significant backup for containers, but the customer service is terrible
Anyone considering this solution should not compare it to the old versions. They should be a partner with Virtuozzo and run all the certifications. Also, they need a good lab to understand the technology and how they can apply that technology conveniently. This is very commercial software. It does not have support, so you will need to be hands-on. I would rate Odin Virtuozzo a six out of 10 overall.
RajeshK10 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Architect at Central Bank of India
Reliable virtualization has supported smooth DR drills and efficient resource allocation
VMware vSphere has proven to be robust in nature, and the new features are quite acceptable. The new features in NSX network switching make it more useful in the reliability management of data centers. vMotion has helped my organization's business continuity strategies during our planned DR drill activity. The migration of VMs from DC to DR is quite smooth with respect to the network link. I assess the impact of VMware vSphere's High Availability feature on my infrastructure resilience as effective during DR drill activities and firmware upgrades, which we perform every six months. During those times, we rely on maintenance mode of several servers, and HA works properly. I have nothing to complain about. We have utilized VMware vSphere's Distributed Resource Scheduler effectively. Even though we have over-provisioned the vCPUs, it efficiently manages the CPU cores and memory of the servers intelligently, so I am not experiencing any bottleneck in resource utilization. Distributed Resource Scheduler has affected my resource allocation performance positively, providing a 20 percent advantage over my old hardware.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"When you run templates on the containers on Virtuozzo they have a lot of back-ups."
"The ability to maximize the use of existing hardware resources and run multiple servers at the same time."
"Its scalability potential is good."
"VMware vSphere has plenty of features."
"I’ve always used VMware ever since the beginning, so I’m biased and I think they have a great product."
"For a customer who needs to have a stable infrastructure that's scalable, for very critical applications, I recommend vSphere without a doubt."
"The speed of the solution is excellent."
"VMware vSphere has a lot of features that are valuable, such as multiple clusters, VM mobility, VDI, and virtual desktop."
"Using vSphere we have virtualized over one thousand servers and this gave us management, cost and datacenter space advantages."
 

Cons

"Odin Virtuozzo has poor support and needs to improve."
"The solution should be more secure."
"25% of the server costs are now going to VMware; it's expensive."
"This solution should have a better backup policy. Furthermore, there should be an ability to expose the universal machine. In the current version, you need to shutdown and use an offline virtual machine to backup."
"To use VMware now, you must be a very big company because it is too expensive to maintain."
"I can't say as I'm still trying to figure out the product fully."
"The ability to manage more than a single host because right now, they're a challenge, because we have so many deployments, we can only manage one Virtual Center per one VMware host box."
"The multi-path is very complex with iSCSI and non-existent with NFS."
"The documentation could be improved. It does not help me to show the client the value of going with VMware vSphere rather than an open source or cheaper solution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The license for Odin Virtuozzo is based on consumption on demand."
"The pricing is too expensive. The reason why we implemented Hyper-V is because of the licensing costs. They are way too high."
"The product is worth what you pay for it. I definitely feel like I"m getting good value."
"VMware licensing and pricing are a bit more expensive compared to others, like Hyper-V. However, you get what you pay for."
"VSphere is an expensive solution."
"Considering the number of users, it is pretty reasonable. I am not aware of any costs in addition to the licensing fees."
"I currently use the yearly licensing option, and I think that the pricing is fine for this solution."
"It could be cheaper."
"The price could always be lower, but I think it's fair."
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Comparison Review

it_user234735 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Consultant, ASEAN at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
May 10, 2015
Hyper-V 2012 R2 vs. VMware vSphere 5.5
I was won with Hyper-V 2012R2 recently and the table below based on customer RFP (edited). This articles all about technical, there is not related with TCO/ROI, licensing cost, “political”, etc. Another to noted is the Windows Server 2012 licenses is based on 2 socket CPU, meanwhile…
 

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Financial Services Firm
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Construction Company
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Manufacturing Company
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Computer Software Company
7%
 

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