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Firecracker vs. VMware vSphere

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Firecracker

    Score4 out of 10
    N/AFirecracker is an open source virtualization technology that is purpose-built for creating and managing secure, multi-tenant container and function-based services. Firecracker enables users to deploy workloads in lightweight virtual machines, called microVMs that may provide security and workload isolation over traditional VMs, while enabling the speed and resource efficiency of containers. Firecracker was developed at Amazon Web Services with the goal of improving services like AWS Lambda…N/A

    VMware vSphere

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAn enterprise workload platform, vSphere is used to improve the performance for a data center. It is used to boost operational efficiency, supercharge workload performance, and accelerate innovation.

    $995

    per year

    Pricing
    FirecrackerVMware vSphere
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Standard
    $995.00
    per year
    Enterprise
    $3,995.00
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FirecrackerVMware vSphere
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    FirecrackerVMware vSphere
    Server Virtualization
    Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Firecracker and VMware vSphere
    Feature
    Firecracker
    6.4
    1 Ratings
    VMware vSphere
    7.2
    67 Ratings
    Virtual machine automated provisioning6.01 Ratings7.062 Ratings
    Management console8.01 Ratings7.067 Ratings
    Live virtual machine backup6.01 Ratings6.060 Ratings
    Live virtual machine migration7.01 Ratings8.065 Ratings
    Hypervisor-level security5.01 Ratings8.062 Ratings
    User Ratings
    FirecrackerVMware vSphere
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (70 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (25 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (3 ratings)