We performed a comparison between Citrix Hypervisor and Proxmox VE based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Proxmox VE is promising but still lacks some enterprise features. Citrix Hypervisor is a more mature and robust solution and therefore is the clear winner in this comparison.
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is very fast. It also works very well for physically small servers."
"The continued uptime of our virtual machines is good."
"This is a good product for virtualization and it is easy to use."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The solution's security is its most valuable aspect."
"The ability to move a virtual machine while it is running is a big advantage."
"This solution allows the end users to clone, start, stop, or remotely control their VMs."
"The onboarding process is pretty straightforward."
"The solution's most valuable feature is backups."
"It is easy to deploy."
"I like that it's secure, and I find its Software RAID very useful. It's way better than the Hardware RAID I was used to. I'm really impressed by their Software RAID feature."
"One of the standout features of Proxmox VE is its meticulously crafted web user interface, which is not only highly efficient but also exceptionally clear and user-friendly."
"You can easily migrate VMs between hosts."
"The solution's compatibility is very good with multiple operating systems. The moving systems are very good and migration is excellent. These are the most valuable features for us."
"The setup is very easy."
"Less infrastructure required; simple to use."
"The solution should be more flexible and allow for greater customization."
"It can be useful to have a web management program because we have to install our client-server. We have to properly manage the host, if we had administration tools through a web interface it would be a benefit."
"The interface has to be updated."
"The solution is only in English. It would be ideal if it was in Portuguese."
"I find that the features in Citrix Hypervisor are not as rich as with VMware. It would be a benefit if they had some of the other features VMware has, such as the ability to expand a drive on the fly. You do not have to take down the machine to do it but in Citrix you do."
"The solution needs better backup facilities that are available for virtual machines to create servers on."
"The manageability of the solution needs improvement. It's an extremely bad product to handle."
"The main problem with Citrix Hypervisor is getting readily available backup solutions for it. It would be wonderful if Hypervisor were better integrated with third-party backup solutions."
"Proxmox VE needs improvement in cloud computing."
"It might be interesting to have the ability to integrate with other cloud solutions."
"We have only command lines for a management application to remove sites. The solution needs a proper GUI."
"I would like to see more monitoring in the next release of this solution."
"Currently, there are several features inaccessible through the API, necessitating the use of either the WebUI or the command line interface."
"A feature which should be added is the ability to encrypt the main installation."
"Separate physical network for Corosync/Heartbeat should be emphasized in the Quick Start or Getting Started documentation."
"The documentation in Proxmox VE could improve."
Citrix Hypervisor is ranked 8th in Server Virtualization Software with 45 reviews while Proxmox VE is ranked 1st in Server Virtualization Software with 58 reviews. Citrix Hypervisor is rated 8.2, while Proxmox VE is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Citrix Hypervisor writes "Good features, fair pricing, and excellent reliability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Proxmox VE writes "Easy to use and supports multi-monitors on multiple VMs in KVM". Citrix Hypervisor is most compared with VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Oracle VM VirtualBox and Nutanix AHV Virtualization, whereas Proxmox VE is most compared with VMware vSphere, Oracle VM VirtualBox, KVM, Nutanix AHV Virtualization and VMware Workstation. See our Citrix Hypervisor vs. Proxmox VE report.
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You should go with Proxmox for many reasons, including not needing a specific Windows Application to manage it, where with Proxmox you can manage all with a browser. Also, Proxmox has a native integrated Ceph Storage control.