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Hyper-V vs. Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Hyper-V

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $24.95

    per month

    KVM

    Score2.1 out of 10
    N/AKernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a virtualization solution developed by small Israeli software company Qumranet and supported by Red Hat since that company's acquisition in 2008.N/A
    Pricing
    Hyper-VKVM
    Editions & Modules
    Developer
    $24.95
    per month
    Bronze
    $49.00
    per month
    Silver
    $89.00
    per month
    Gold
    $135.00
    per month
    Platinum
    $199.00
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Hyper-VKVM
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Hyper-VKVM
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Hyper-V
    Hyper-v has been the most consistent across disparate host hardware.
    Incentivized
    Chose Hyper-V
    While Hyper-V did stack better for our needs than Proxmox VE or KVM, it did not offer the features that ESXi did for our needs and we had to forgo choosing Hyper-V for the promiscuous mode needs.
    Incentivized
    Red Hat
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
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    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
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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
    Hyper-VKVM
    Server Virtualization
    Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Hyper-V and Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)
    Feature
    Hyper-V
    8.6
    71 Ratings
    Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)
    9.2
    5 Ratings
    Virtual machine automated provisioning9.059 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Management console7.071 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Live virtual machine backup9.063 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Live virtual machine migration8.565 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Hypervisor-level security9.465 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Hyper-VKVM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (72 ratings)
    9.3
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.5
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)