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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    VMware vSphere

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAn 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

    XenServer

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AXenServer (formerly Citrix Hypervisor) is a virtualization management platform optimized for application, desktop and server virtualization infrastructures.N/A
    Pricing
    VMware vSphereXenServer
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $995.00
    per year
    Enterprise
    $3,995.00
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    VMware vSphereXenServer
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    VMware vSphereXenServer
    Considered Both Products
    VMware by Broadcom
    Chose VMware vSphere
    Hyperv is great for limited vm build out, low cost companies, and limited in size organizations. Microsoft has a great product but its just not a robust and scalable as vsphere is. Citrix's platform is great for simple virtualization needs and for special 3D graphics …
    Incentivized
    Chose VMware vSphere
    vSphere is superior to any other on-premises hypervisor that I've personally used or heard about. vSphere is the de facto industry standard, receives substantially more partner support and investment, and benefits from a significantly longer maturation period than other …
    Incentivized
    Chose VMware vSphere
    There's no comparison, VMWare is the market leader. It's pricey, but its feature set is years ahead of the competition. In particular, the ability to manage a large fleet of servers across multiple sites through a single pane of glass is great!
    Incentivized
    Chose VMware vSphere
    We have a very small environment of Xenserver.
    Incentivized
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose VMware vSphere
    vSphere is much easier to use for a larger enterprise and also is easier to set up than Hyper-V. XenServer is simply not popular so while not a bad choice it is not the best because so little will be available for it. I cannot speak to the latest versions of Citrix since I …
    Incentivized
    Chose VMware vSphere
    vSphere is much more feature rich and managing multiple vSphere host servers of clusters of servers is made simple.
    Incentivized
    Chose VMware vSphere
    vSphere is superior to both XenServer and the Microsoft counterparts because of the great support and community that surrounds and helps support vSphere and the ease of use. Also the product updates and security patches that come out for vSphere are regular and fast and always …
    Incentivized
    Chose VMware vSphere
    vSphere is the most mature and reliable hypervisor I've used. The feature set is not topped in my experience.
    Incentivized
    Citrix
    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
    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.
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    VMware vSphereXenServer
    Server Virtualization
    Comparison of Server Virtualization features of VMware vSphere and XenServer
    Feature
    VMware vSphere
    7.2
    67 Ratings
    XenServer
    7.6
    12 Ratings
    Virtual machine automated provisioning7.062 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Management console7.067 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Live virtual machine backup6.060 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Live virtual machine migration8.065 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Hypervisor-level security8.062 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    User Ratings
    VMware vSphereXenServer
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (70 ratings)
    7.0
    (12 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (25 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.7
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)