We performed a comparison between Hyper-V and Nutanix AHV Virtualization based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Hyper-V came out on top in this comparison. It is easy to manage and customize, and has very low resource usage, resulting in very little downtime. It is robust, stable, and provides many desired next-generation features. As a Microsoft product, it integrates well with many solutions in the Microsoft ecosystem, in addition to many other popular third-party solutions.
"We have a higher capacity server (specification wise) so there is no need to buy another additional hardware."
"The solution is highly scalable."
"I find that most of the competition is more or less the same. However, Hyper-V is, when you compare it to the older platforms like VMware, a little bit more advanced at this stage."
"The replication, creation, and import wizard, as well as the integration with reporting tools, are the most useful features."
"I have found the GUI user-friendly and having the solution be a Windows application makes it familiar to users."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to integrate the Hyper-Visor center from one console."
"This solution is much easier to manage than a bare metal machine. It is so easy to manage something through the virtual machine."
"The simplicity and intuitiveness of the platform. It was a very simple adaptation, if you have any experience in virtualization."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix AHV is the prism, it is a beneficial central management console."
"Nutanix AHV is very scalable. It can go to unlimited nodes."
"Nutanix AHV works really well. It's much easier to administer and manage than VMware. Since we're not a large IT department within the finance sector, our team is relatively small. We don't have a huge team of IT professionals to manage all the other systems."
"It is the simple non-consideration we get with this product that's great. It just works."
"Nutanix AHV's most valuable feature is NetFlow."
"This solution is very stable and it has been running for the last three months, with no issues."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the built-in data protection, that helps with backup in a matter of minutes."
"It is a stable solution. I haven't faced stability issues in the solution."
"Sometimes there's a bit of slowness in the VMs."
"Hyper-V could benefit with improvements to their management interface."
"The interface could be more user friendly. In addition, the documentation and security could use improvement."
"When one server or one virtual machine fails, or one is turned off, the virtualization stops, and we have to initiate again with human intervention."
"An improvement I suggest is having more guest operating systems."
"There needs to be more functionality overall in the Hyper-V manager."
"Improvements could be made to the configuration of the solution."
"I also use VMware which I find to be more scalable and stable overall."
"They need to work on the deployment of virtual machines. They need to streamline the process of templates and deploying virtual machines."
"It should focus on providing more detailed and helpful error messages. One area we'd like to see enhanced is better support for guest VMs, especially in a heterogeneous environment."
"VMware does tend to have more features than AHV. It's more of the leader in this space."
"Honestly, there's a lot to work on the product, especially for someone like me who has worked on VMware. VMware offers a significant level of customization when configuring virtual machines, and that level of detail is not as pronounced on Nutanix AHV Virtualization."
"There are times when consultants, construction, or building firms need to use Beam but it can be difficult."
"Adding even more integrations would be an improvement."
"The solution can be pricey."
"The management console needs to improve to make it easier for administrators. For example, to be able to reorganize our VMs, folders, and subfolders, similarly as it is provided in VMware. We can sort, manage, and organize VMs, folders, or subfolders in VMware."
Hyper-V is ranked 3rd in Server Virtualization Software with 134 reviews while Nutanix AHV Virtualization is ranked 6th in Server Virtualization Software with 45 reviews. Hyper-V is rated 8.0, while Nutanix AHV Virtualization is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Hyper-V writes "It's a low-cost solution that enabled us to shrink everything down into a single server ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nutanix AHV Virtualization writes "Lightweight, integrates well, and the technical support is responsive". Hyper-V is most compared with VMware vSphere, VMware Workstation, Proxmox VE, KVM and Citrix Hypervisor, whereas Nutanix AHV Virtualization is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, KVM, Citrix Hypervisor and RHEV. See our Hyper-V vs. Nutanix AHV Virtualization report.
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