Chief Technology Officer at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Top 5
Nov 29, 2024
KVM is free, but for confidence in business-critical environments, paid support is available. Compared to VMware and Microsoft, KVM offers better pricing and licensing options.
I use KVM for free through Proxmox, which offers a free license alternative. If I needed direct technical assistance, I could purchase a Proxmox subscription at an affordable price.
Technology and System Infrastructure Architect / Senior Technical Support at TELUS Communications Inc.
MSP
Top 10
Jul 17, 2024
The product's pricing is above average but cheaper than that of VMware. I can't provide specific licensing costs, but we have a contract with Red Hat for client support that covers everything. There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fees.
One only needs a subscription to Oracle Linux. So, it's cheaper with Oracle Linux's subscription. It is not very expensive. In short, the solution is open source, and you need only a subscription.
Virtualization and Cloud Solutions Architect at a university with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Jan 31, 2023
I have no information on the cost of KVM because I downloaded it for the lab and not for production. It's free, but I don't know if that's the case for people using it in a production environment. I believe you have to pay for it if you use it in production, but I don't know the actual KVM cost.
The price is fair compared to others. But in our local market, it's a problem to get budget approval from management. That's why they are trying to get those products so we can give them the price benefit. But if you consider the international market or other products, it's sometimes better than their price.
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).
KVM is part of Linux. Users with Linux 2.6.20 or newer already have KVM. As KVM is already a component of the current Linux code, it automatically improves with every new Linux...
KVM is free, but for confidence in business-critical environments, paid support is available. Compared to VMware and Microsoft, KVM offers better pricing and licensing options.
It's just a small setup, which helps save the operation cost.
I use KVM for free through Proxmox, which offers a free license alternative. If I needed direct technical assistance, I could purchase a Proxmox subscription at an affordable price.
The product's pricing is above average but cheaper than that of VMware. I can't provide specific licensing costs, but we have a contract with Red Hat for client support that covers everything. There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fees.
KVM is quite affordable.
KVM is an open-source solution.
I use the free version of KVM, and I'm not sure if there is a paid version.
The solution is extremely cheap in China.
One only needs a subscription to Oracle Linux. So, it's cheaper with Oracle Linux's subscription. It is not very expensive. In short, the solution is open source, and you need only a subscription.
The solution is free to use and open-source. You may have to pay for support, however. There is an enterprise option that can be accessed as well.
I have no information on the cost of KVM because I downloaded it for the lab and not for production. It's free, but I don't know if that's the case for people using it in a production environment. I believe you have to pay for it if you use it in production, but I don't know the actual KVM cost.
KVM is free.
There is no cost involved in the use of KVM, as it is open source.
KVM is priced reasonably.
We had some problems with the licensing.
KVM offers both an open source and licensed version.
The price is fair compared to others. But in our local market, it's a problem to get budget approval from management. That's why they are trying to get those products so we can give them the price benefit. But if you consider the international market or other products, it's sometimes better than their price.
It is free for everyone.
This solution is an open-source, free platform with paid support.
It is cheaper than other solutions out there on the market.
This solution came with the Linux license.
It is cheaper than other competitors like VMware or Hyper-V.