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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Power

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe IBM Power product line is a family of servers.N/A

    VMware ESXi

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AA bare-metal hypervisor that installs directly onto a physical server. With direct access to and control of underlying resources, VMware ESXi partitions hardware to consolidate applications and cut costs.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM PowerVMware ESXi
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM PowerVMware ESXi
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM PowerVMware ESXi
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Chose IBM Power
    IBM Power servers are the best server available in the market mainly due to the secure environment they provide, easy deployment with no downtime, AI support, powerful processor for extended workloads and high performance with fewer servers. These all features make it an easy …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Power
    Virtualization of critical workloads (VCS) performs best on powerful hardware and helps to handle mission-critical workloads without the need for an outage. With the p9 and VCS technology pairings, heavy computational demands are handled efficiently. This platform supports a …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Power
    IBM Power virtualization is superior and Power systems scale better. Virtualization with VIOs offers unparalleled flexibility and performance.
    Incentivized
    VMware by Broadcom
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    Key User Insights
    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
    IBM PowerVMware ESXi
    Server Virtualization
    Comparison of Server Virtualization features of IBM Power and VMware ESXi
    Feature
    IBM Power
    -
    Ratings
    VMware ESXi
    8.2
    128 Ratings
    Virtual machine automated provisioning00 Ratings8.0116 Ratings
    Management console00 Ratings9.0128 Ratings
    Live virtual machine backup00 Ratings8.0112 Ratings
    Live virtual machine migration00 Ratings8.0116 Ratings
    Hypervisor-level security00 Ratings8.0117 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM PowerVMware ESXi
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (208 ratings)
    9.0
    (129 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.1
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.2
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (55 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.1
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)