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Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued) vs. VMware ESXi

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ACisco HyperFlex Systems is a hyper-converged infrastructure product, based on technology acquired with SpringPath (acquired September 2017). Cisco's modern HCI solution is Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix.N/A

    VMware ESXi

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AA bare-metal hypervisor that installs directly onto a physical server. With direct access to and control of underlying resources, VMware ESXi partitions hardware to consolidate applications and cut costs.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)VMware ESXi
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)VMware ESXi
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)VMware ESXi
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)
    Hyperflex is that it is a simplified product that assists in the storage of software data and also provides an infrastructure for data optimization and network management quickly and efficiently.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)
    Cisco HyperFlex is a more mature product. The management of the HyperFlex provides better customability of the hardware.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)
    Cisco HyperfFex near is natively integrated with this solution, we haven't seen problems on performance or integration
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)
    Cisco was selected due to more favorable financing. HPE financing was more difficult to obtain. Hyperflex is very different from other solutions - highly redundant with a fast backplane, but many techs are not familiar with the solution and typically prefer the more traditional …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)
    HyperFlex had the best technical solution fitting into our problems.
    Incentivized
    VMware by Broadcom
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)VMware ESXi
    Server Virtualization
    Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued) and VMware ESXi
    Feature
    Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    VMware ESXi
    8.2
    128 Ratings
    Virtual machine automated provisioning00 Ratings8.0116 Ratings
    Management console00 Ratings9.0128 Ratings
    Live virtual machine backup00 Ratings8.0112 Ratings
    Live virtual machine migration00 Ratings8.0116 Ratings
    Hypervisor-level security00 Ratings8.0117 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Cisco HyperFlex (discontinued)VMware ESXi
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.2
    (28 ratings)
    9.0
    (129 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (27 ratings)
    10.0
    (55 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.1
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)