Hyper-V vs. Scale Computing Platform

Hyper-V

274 Reviews and Ratings

Scale Computing Platform

350 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Hyper-V	Score8.6 out of 10	N/A	N/A	$24.95 per month
Scale Computing Platform	Score7.9 out of 10	Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)	Scale Computing offers edge computing, virtualization, and hyperconverged solutions for customers around the globe. Scale Computing HyperCore software promises to eliminate traditional virtualization software, disaster recovery software, servers, and shared storage, replacing these with a fully integrated, highly available system for running applications. The vendor says that, using patented HyperCore™ technology, the SC//HyperCore self-healing platform automatically identifies, mitigates, and…	$249 per year per core

Pricing

Hyper-V

Scale Computing Platform

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

Standard: $249
per year per core
Professional: $312
per year per core
Professional Essentials: $5,600
one-time fee

Pricing Offerings
Hyper-V	Scale Computing Platform
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	Yes

No setup fee

Optional

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Pricing shown in U.S. Dollar. Pricing for other regions available on request.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Hyper-V	Scale Computing Platform
Considered Both Products	Microsoft No answer on this topic	Scale Computing Verified User Chose Scale Computing Platform I can't speak to large organizations however Scale seems like the perfect fit for small to medium size organizations. We could not justify the cost of VMWare with our needs, and the uncertain future of Hyper-V led us to pick Scale. Incentivized Helpful? Richard Barrie IT Engineer in Information Technology at Breedon Group plc (Building Materials, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform Citrix was our oldest virtual environment and it was tired when we retired it fully. But when testing newer systems it would have taken more time and was not as easily adaptable to grow our system. Hyper-V may be the basic MS virtual environment but the configuration of LUNs … Incentivized Helpful? Mark Snead IT Specialist II in Information Technology at Jefferson County (Government Administration, 201-500 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform Previously, we used Dell servers with Microsoft Hyper-V to create virtual environments and clusters. This was a HUGH time sync and a maintenance NIGHTMARE. Servers constantly needed updating, the cluster was always causing problems. When a physical server would go offline, … Incentivized Helpful? John Brainard Process Control Engineer in Information Technology at Continental Refining Company of Southern Kentucky (Oil & Energy, 51-200 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform VMWare & Hyper-V while is obviously enterprise class ready, they have LOT of features. While those may be necessary in some instances, I've found we'd rather fix problems and drive business than attend to that detail of the cluster. Scale simplifies the management to use by … Incentivized Helpful? Nick Bertram Network Administrator in Information Technology at TASUS Corporation (Automotive, 501-1000 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform After reviewing several options, including upgrading our Hyper-V setup. We determined that the Cost vs Benefit for our setup fell directly to the Scale HC3. We were in a situation where we needed new hardware and new software, so with the other options we were still looking at … Incentivized Helpful? Gord Hynes CEO (Chief Executive Officer) in Information Technology at Network Zoo (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform Haven't honestly used it enough to have a solid opinion. We chose Scale because of the introduction from our Vendor, and the connection that we made immediately with our rep (and subsequent reps since). it was an easy relationship, with no requirements for quotas. Incentivized Helpful? Don Agnew IT Support / Asset Managment in Information Technology at Kitselas First Nation (Government Administration, 51-200 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform Scale is light years ahead in usability, setup and management. Sales people had me a quote while on the call, other suppliers took up to 3 months. Incentivized Helpful? Collin Coe Lead Engineer - Technology Services in Information Technology at Greenleaf Hospitality Group (Hospitality, 501-1000 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform The price to performance for Scale Computing HC3 is something that made the final decision for our organization easy. While Scale may lack some of the advanced features of VMware, as a shop that had used VMware for over 7 years, I can confidently say that in my time with the … Incentivized Helpful? Zac Patterson I.T Tech in Information Technology at City of Havre de Grace (Government Administration, 51-200 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform I believe there are many pros and cons to each of the stated products but I feel when looking at Scale compared to those products Scale was an easy choice based on its performance, its user-friendly dashboard, their customer service and lastly the price. I felt as if you … Incentivized Helpful? Joshua Josephs IT Technician in Information Technology at Premium Health, Inc. (Medical Practice, 51-200 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform HC3 is definitely a better alternative for the versatility and scalability that it offers compared to other products. Incentivized Helpful? Chris Selby Director - Infrastructure & Cybersecurity in Information Technology at Echo Energy (Oil & Energy, 51-200 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform We have built out several test environments and have demoed all of these products and we were not able to build out or purchase an environment that performed as well or had the features as Scale HC3 for the same investment. Incentivized Helpful? Adam Hassall IT Manager in Information Technology at Swagelok London (Industrial Automation, 11-50 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform HC3x does everything we need it to do at a fraction of the cost of it's nearest alternative. The cost was around 25% cheaper than the nearest alternative and the setup / configuration was pretty much completed within a couple of hours (including racking it). I'd previously … Incentivized Helpful? Robert Leno Jr Owner in Corporate at Amerinet Solutions, LLC (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform So far Scale Computing provides a more reliable and scale-able solution compared to the others. Incentivized Helpful? Gerry Wisnoski Consultant in Information Technology at Clearlight IS Ltd. (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform Usually you don't make a platform change until you find something that's ten times better (i.e. An order of magnitude better). Scale HC3 is that platform. The Scale Computing HyperConverged Virtualization platform makes virtualization automatic so that you can move on to … Incentivized Helpful? J. Power Hely Vice President of Operations in Corporate at Hely & Weber Orthopedics (Medical Devices, 51-200 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform We looked at EMC's offerings (both storage and hyperconverged solutions) when making our decisions on hardware refresh two and a half years ago. Incentivized Helpful? Dave Guenther System Administrator in Information Technology at Agassiz Medical Centre (Hospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform Scales manageability of virtual computers is what sets it apart. MS Hyper V was efficient and 'easy' as well but had quirks that resulted in many hours of troubleshooting. I have not encountered quirks like this that have lead to downtime with Scale. The GUI of scale feels … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Scale Computing Platform HC3 staff performed a very convincing sales presentation and offered a product that was substantially more affordable to us than those of competitors. Hence, HC3 was (and still is) our first evaluated system and we haven't yet compared it directly to other hyper-converged … Incentivized Helpful? Lew Pollock Vice President - Technology in Information Technology at Horizon Beverage (Wine and Spirits, 501-1000 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform We selected Scale because of price point, ROI and ease of installation, implementation and training IT professionals. Incentivized Helpful? Morgan Rinehart Director of Managed Services in Information Technology at AndrewGroup, Inc (Hospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform Scale Computing HC3 is the only vendor we found that allows for integrated storage and not requiring dedicated SAN systems and redundancy that became too costly for our organization. Incentivized Helpful? Trenton Mengel Director of Engineering in Information Technology at KTSF (Broadcast Media, 51-200 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform Hyper-V is much more difficult to start up. VMware start-up costs are much higher than Scale. Incentivized Helpful? Tom Blazek IT Manager in Information Technology at Rancilio - North America (Wholesale, 11-50 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform Each system I evaluated has its own strengths and weaknesses. I ended up choosing Scale because of the features and the price. I feel Scale has the best value for the money. I also like to support smaller businesses and I feel that you often get better customer support, which … Incentivized Helpful? Jason Grilo Business Solutions Specialist / Partner in Information Technology at SNS Technologists (Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Scale Computing Platform HC3 is powerful and user friendly but as an experienced tech I do much some of the power features we have in the VMWare/HyperV world. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Scale Computing Platform -Better UI -Simple Design, yet very powerfull -Better support on the product Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Scale Computing Platform I have experience with VMware and XenServer. These products were overkill and quite a bit pricey for the very basic functionality we needed. Incentivized Helpful?
	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

Hyper-V

Scale Computing Platform

Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Hyper-V and Scale Computing Platform
Feature	Hyper-V 8.6 71 Ratings	Scale Computing Platform - Ratings
Virtual machine automated provisioning	9.059 Ratings	00 Ratings
Management console	7.071 Ratings	00 Ratings
Live virtual machine backup	9.063 Ratings	00 Ratings
Live virtual machine migration	8.565 Ratings	00 Ratings
Hypervisor-level security	9.465 Ratings	00 Ratings

User Ratings
	Hyper-V	Scale Computing Platform
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (72 ratings)	9.9 (244 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.0 (6 ratings)	9.4 (22 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (8 ratings)	7.5 (40 ratings)
Availability	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Performance	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	7.5 (16 ratings)	9.1 (245 ratings)
In-Person Training	8.0 (1 ratings)	1.0 (1 ratings)
Online Training	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	5.0 (3 ratings)	9.1 (2 ratings)
Configurability	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	7.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.0 (1 ratings)	9.1 (1 ratings)