Hyper-V vs. XenServer

Hyper-V

274 Reviews and Ratings

XenServer

74 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
XenServer	Score7 out of 10	N/A	XenServer (formerly Citrix Hypervisor) is a virtualization management platform optimized for application, desktop and server virtualization infrastructures.	N/A

Pricing

Hyper-V

XenServer

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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Pricing Offerings
Hyper-V	XenServer
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Hyper-V	XenServer
Considered Both Products	Microsoft Verified User Chose Hyper-V Considering the maturity of ESXi, Hyper-V is something I would definitely consider using in future jobs or organisations. We selected Hyper-V after many years of using ESXi; several factors led us to this change, including a poor support experience with VMware, and the lower … Incentivized Helpful? Brian Cook Information Security Officer in Customer Service at Unified Technology Solutions, Inc. (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Hyper-V While many have additional features or lower overhead the ease of use and low-cost licensing make Hyper-V our preferred choice for most clients. And because we are mostly a Microsoft shop and it is built on Windows when we need to troubleshoot the hypervisor itself we already … Incentivized Helpful? Reginald Johnson Managing Consultant, Cloud in Professional Services at Presidio (Information Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Hyper-V Hyper-v has been the most consistent across disparate host hardware. Incentivized Helpful?	Citrix Verified User Chose XenServer In the scheme of the real world, Citrix Hypervisor is used much less than the other two main competing products; MS Hyper-V and VMWare vSphere. So, choosing Citrix Hypervisor for your organization comes down to whether you are comfortable going with a lesser-used product. All … Incentivized Helpful? Stênio Pereira Filho Senior System Analyst in Information Technology at Universidade de São Paulo (Education Management, 10,001+ employees) Chose XenServer There are other hypervisors that are more eficient than Xenserver, but it is necessary to spend some money to buy them. If your demand is to compute processing, Xenserver permits you to create good environments to do this. If you need to integrate the hypervisor with other … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose XenServer I used vSphere (and vCenter server), Hyper-V, and XenServer to teach a virtualization class. vSphere is certainly the leader among these three, and Hyper-V is second (but not far behind). XenServer is third, which lacks many advanced features provided by vSphere and Hyper-V. Incentivized Helpful? Scott McGee Information Technology Manager in Information Technology at Hampden Township (Government Administration, 51-200 employees) Chose XenServer Because we utilize Citrix for our VDI this solution made the most sense moving forward. Citrix Hypervisor was designed to work with Citrix VDI solutions out of the box. Incentivized Helpful? Kristopher Leslie IT Director in Information Technology at The Dannon Project (Non-Profit Organization Management, 51-200 employees) Chose XenServer Feature for feature they are neck and neck. I have used Hyper-V 2012 and 2016, VMware ESXi and XenServer evenly. XenServer is a fast install, good documentation, with enterprise features out the box that compare or exceed what VMWare offered with a higher cost of entry. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose XenServer XenServer like the similar product I've used in the hypervisor market stacks up well in regards to compatibility with virtual machine [operating systems]. It is also capable of allowing for large, powerful VMs to be run upon it. The main selection of XenServer in environments … Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

Hyper-V

XenServer

Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Hyper-V and XenServer
Feature	Hyper-V 8.6 71 Ratings	XenServer 7.6 12 Ratings
Virtual machine automated provisioning	9.059 Ratings	7.011 Ratings
Management console	7.071 Ratings	7.012 Ratings
Live virtual machine backup	9.063 Ratings	8.010 Ratings
Live virtual machine migration	8.565 Ratings	8.012 Ratings
Hypervisor-level security	9.465 Ratings	8.011 Ratings

User Ratings
	Hyper-V	XenServer
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (72 ratings)	7.0 (12 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.0 (6 ratings)	10.0 (3 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (8 ratings)	7.0 (3 ratings)
Availability	9.0 (1 ratings)	5.5 (1 ratings)
Performance	9.0 (1 ratings)	6.4 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	7.5 (16 ratings)	6.4 (1 ratings)
In-Person Training	8.0 (1 ratings)	2.7 (1 ratings)
Online Training	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	5.0 (3 ratings)	7.3 (1 ratings)
Configurability	9.0 (1 ratings)	5.5 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	7.0 (1 ratings)	5.5 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.0 (1 ratings)	6.4 (1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.0 (1 ratings)	8.2 (1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.0 (1 ratings)	8.2 (1 ratings)