OpenVZ vs. VMware ESXi
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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 OpenVZ | Score9.1 out of 10 | N/A | OpenVZ is container-based virtualization for Linux supported by Virtuozzo and fundamental to that company's commercial offering. It is open source and free. | $0 per month |
 VMware ESXi | Score7.6 out of 10 | N/A | A 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 |
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| Editions & Modules | No answers on this topic | No answers on this topic | ||||||||||||||
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| Entry-level Setup Fee | No setup fee | No setup fee | ||||||||||||||
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.1 | 9.0 |
| Likelihood to Renew | - | 10.0 |
| Usability | - | 9.0 |
| Availability | - | 10.0 |
| Performance | - | 9.0 |
| Support Rating | - | 10.0 |
| Implementation Rating | - | 10.0 |
| Configurability | - | 10.0 |
| Contract Terms and Pricing Model | - | 5.1 |
| Ease of integration | - | 10.0 |
| Product Scalability | - | 10.0 |
| Vendor post-sale | - | 10.0 |
| Vendor pre-sale | - | 10.0 |