We performed a comparison between IBM PowerVM and VMware vSphere based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Server Virtualization Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's scalable. Whenever we buy another product other than hardware, it's easily integrated into the virtualization software that we download."
"The most valuable features in this solution are you do not get degradation in the performance like you could get in other solutions. There is a physical adapter that is better than a virtual one and you can assign adapters to a VM."
"IBM PowerVM has the highest clock speed."
"PowerVM's most valuable features include swift optimisation and real-time migration."
"The feature that I like most is the versatility."
"You can increase resources with it automatically."
"The case fileserver on the web server is the most valuable feature."
"Managing other operating systems is also straightforward with IBM PowerVM."
"Scalability is the big advantage of it. The product itself allows us to scale on the fly as we need it, and plan for the future."
"It affords us different views of the VMs created by vSphere so we can control them better."
"VMware vSphere allows you to run multiple virtual machines."
"It is a powerful solution that enables us to take a snapshot and clone any version of machine."
"The performance is efficient."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is vMotion."
"VMware vSphere has useful tools for management and support."
"Vmware vSphere is the benchmark of the visualization market."
"The program has very limited solutions for the virtualization of containers"
"The solution's interface needs to be integrated with messaging analysis."
"The solution should be advanced to fit with the container constantly."
"SRM for site recovery is a feature that should be included."
"The product's pricing could be less expensive compared to other competitors."
"The licensing could be better."
"A GUI version of VIOS would be a great plus for people moving from Intel-based hypervisors."
"The solution is quite pricey."
"The management could be simplified for base-level customers, but of course, it would be difficult to match all customer needs."
"It is not easy to upgrade VMware vSphere from an old version to a new version."
"VMware vSphere could be improved with cheaper costs."
"Reporting on vCenter needs to be improved."
"I would like to see improvements in simplifying automation, cloud native deployment, administration, and fault resolution."
"I would like to see support for endpoint virtualization."
"The support for the latest version could be improved."
"We have had some problems setting up the monitoring with vSphere. The process could be simplified."
IBM PowerVM is ranked 9th in Server Virtualization Software with 28 reviews while VMware vSphere is ranked 2nd in Server Virtualization Software with 446 reviews. IBM PowerVM is rated 8.4, while VMware vSphere is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of IBM PowerVM writes "A stable system for high-end data processing with a great support structure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware vSphere writes "Offers good performance and is useful for banking systems". IBM PowerVM is most compared with Hyper-V, KVM, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Proxmox VE and Oracle VM VirtualBox, whereas VMware vSphere is most compared with Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, Oracle VM, VMware Workstation and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI). See our IBM PowerVM vs. VMware vSphere report.
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