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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Hyper-V

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $24.95

    per month

    VMware Fusion

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AVmware Fusion is a virtual user session software built to run Windows applications on Macintosh to run any Windows applications.N/A
    Pricing
    Hyper-VVMware Fusion
    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-VVMware Fusion
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Hyper-VVMware Fusion
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Hyper-V
    On a Mac I have used both Parallels and VMware Fusion - both of which I like a lot, but they are Mac specific (and Hyper-V won't work on a Mac either). I have briefly used VMware Workstation on a PC, and found it very easy to use, but I do not believe it is nearly as feature …
    Incentivized
    Chose Hyper-V
    Hyper-V is powerful and virtualizes Windows exceptionally well, with less tweaking. It is also cheaper, and allows our clients to budget more for more frequent expansion. Its only real competitor in my opinion is VMware, and that is because vCenter is much more intuitive than …
    Incentivized
    Chose Hyper-V
    Both products are similar but Hyper-V was included in our licensing with Microsoft.
    Incentivized
    Chose Hyper-V
    Hyper-v has been the most consistent across disparate host hardware.
    Incentivized
    VMware by Broadcom
    Chose VMware Fusion
    As Hyper-V is Windows specific product, and primarily designed for Windows Server, it is difficult to compare Fusion and Hyper-V as they cater to different customer needs.

    Comparing Fusion to Parallels is a bit more complicated as they are extremely similar products. Briefly, …
    Incentivized
    Chose VMware Fusion
    I personally have used just about every brand of virtualization software from Virtualbox for Windows, Hyper-v for Windows, KVM for Linux, and VMWare for Windows. Personally my favorite is KVM for Linux because it is lightweight and very fast, but as far as virtual machines go, …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
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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-VVMware Fusion
    Server Virtualization
    Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Hyper-V and VMware Fusion
    Feature
    Hyper-V
    8.6
    71 Ratings
    VMware Fusion
    -
    Ratings
    Virtual machine automated provisioning9.059 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management console7.071 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live virtual machine backup9.063 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live virtual machine migration8.565 Ratings00 Ratings
    Hypervisor-level security9.465 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Hyper-VVMware Fusion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (72 ratings)
    8.0
    (20 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.5
    (16 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 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)