Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) vs. Red Hat Virtualization

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)

18 Reviews and Ratings

Red Hat Virtualization

32 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
KVM	Score2.1 out of 10	N/A	Kernel-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
Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)	Score6.1 out of 10	N/A	Red Hat Virtualization (formerly Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, broadly known as RHEV) is an enterprise level server and desktop virtualization solution. Red Hat Virtualization also contains the functionality of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktop in later editions of the platform.	$999 Per Year Per Hypervisor

Pricing

KVM

Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)

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Standard: $999.00
Per Year Per Hypervisor
Premium: $1,499.00
Per Year Per Hypervisor

Pricing Offerings
KVM	Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)
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
	KVM	Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)
Considered Both Products	Red Hat Valentin Höbel Senior Consultant IT Infrastructure in Human Resources at open *i GmbH (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees) Chose KVM KVM is free and provides environments where guests can run their own Kernel while still performing very well. It is also very native to work with KVM since it is integrated within the Linux Kernel. Incentivized Helpful?	Red Hat Matthew J. Fitzpatrick President/CEO in Information Technology at Travelers (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) RHEV is an excellent product, includes more features, is less expensive, and has rock solid reliability and is backed with the best Red Hat Support in the industry. RHEV uses KVM under the hood which is used by all the big players in the industry (AWS, Rackspace, etc) to lower … Incentivized Helpful? Valentin Höbel Senior Consultant IT Infrastructure in Information Technology at open *i GmbH (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) RHEV offers a decent GUI and many management features, such as an API. Incentivized Helpful? Charles Inglese Senior System Engineer in Information Technology at Exeter Government Services, LLC (Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) VMware ESXi is a more mature technology, as it has been around for a longer period of time. However, automating ESXi installations requires hacking OEM media and an intense amount of knowledge of how ESXi operates under the hood. The WebUI and associated functionality for ESXi … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) RHEV is more stable than oVirt but less capability. Much easier to automate than esx Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

KVM

Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)

Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) and Red Hat Virtualization
Feature	Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) 9.2 5 Ratings	Red Hat Virtualization 7.7 10 Ratings
Virtual machine automated provisioning	9.04 Ratings	7.910 Ratings
Management console	9.03 Ratings	7.310 Ratings
Live virtual machine backup	9.73 Ratings	7.29 Ratings
Live virtual machine migration	9.04 Ratings	6.910 Ratings
Hypervisor-level security	9.53 Ratings	8.99 Ratings

User Ratings
	KVM	Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)
Likelihood to Recommend	9.3 (5 ratings)	6.6 (11 ratings)