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 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 |
 VMware vSphere | Score8.4 out of 10 | N/A | An enterprise workload platform, vSphere is used to improve the performance for a data center. It is used to boost operational efficiency, supercharge workload performance, and accelerate innovation. | $995 per year |
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| Considered Both Products | Chose VMware ESXi Easy to manage, standard licenses and bundle licenses are customizable, provides a much more stable infrastructure. Cost-effective, Comes with special features like HA, DRS, FT. Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Chose VMware ESXi While all of the above hypervisors have their pros and cons, ESXi has the advantages of being free, well supported by the community, easy to setup, easy to use, and good hardware support. Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Chose VMware ESXi VMware is known to be the market leader for server virtualization for a reason. The other products are always trying to catch up and mimic the same features as ESXi. And now, with vSAN and NSX, vSphere is light years ahead of the competition. Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Chose VMware ESXi After trying Hyper-V, Xen, Proxmox VE and more we ended up choosing to go with VMware ESXi due to the ease of use and administration for our consultants. This in turn keeps our clients happy by reducing costs and support times when needed. While Hyper-V came in close the extra … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Chose VMware ESXi To me, VMware ESXi is the ONLY solution. No others have held up as of yet. Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info | Chose VMware vSphere We started testing our virtual infrastructure back 9 years ago we test XenServer but it was too complicated for us. When we tested vSphere from Vmware, It just worked, all we had to do was click. At the time, we were looking to have a virtualized video security server and … Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.0 | 7.0 |
| Likelihood to Renew | 10.0 | 7.0 |
| Usability | 9.0 | 8.0 |
| Availability | 10.0 | - |
| Performance | 9.0 | - |
| Support Rating | 10.0 | 8.0 |
| Implementation Rating | 10.0 | 9.0 |
| Configurability | 10.0 | - |
| Contract Terms and Pricing Model | 5.1 | 8.4 |
| Ease of integration | 10.0 | - |
| Product Scalability | 10.0 | - |
| Professional Services | - | 9.7 |
| Vendor post-sale | 10.0 | - |
| Vendor pre-sale | 10.0 | - |
