We performed a comparison between Hyper-V and Proxmox VE based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Hyper-V and Proxmox VE seem to have a more or less rating among users regarding ease of deployment, pricing, and service and support. In terms of features, users of Hyper-V weren’t satisfied with the recovery capabilities and the instability if the stack became bloated. On the other hand, users of Proxmox VE didn’t like the need to update manually but felt that the solution was young. Therefore, the bugs they experienced will hopefully have a solution with a future update.
"Microsoft's a good name for legacy support and solutions"
"We appreciate how easy this solution is to implement on standalone severs."
"It is a stable product."
"The solution is easy to configure."
"The most valuable feature is that it is user-friendly and easy to use."
"I think all of these improvements are going in a good direction. For me, its direction is good and I'm very satisfied with this product."
"The initial setup is not difficult at all. It is very easy."
"Microsoft has documentation that is easy to find, helpful, and readily available."
"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."
"It is a community-based solution."
"The whole solution is good. It has good tools that help me in managing the servers. It is also stable."
"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."
"The solution is open source and free to use."
"It is easy to deploy."
"The ability to back up a host and keep it running is valuable."
"I have a program on my old machine with 380 events, but I need to create new events. This is much easier to do with VFXTHs, and I have the skills to do it. I also have two VPNs running on the old machine, which I can use to get started."
"We would like to have a cloning function added to this product."
"Hyper-V systems need a lot of admin effort because security updates and monthly updates require rebooting after the update."
"Hyper-V doesn't have a lot of features and is limited compared to other virtualization software."
"In terms of performance, when compared to VMware, it is much slower."
"Hyper-V isn't a lightweight solution like VMware. Management could be more straightforward. Even as far as disk management tools are concerned, it would be better if that could be made simpler. The same applies to performance."
"Many vendors, such as Cisco and HPE, are discontinuing support for Hyper-V as they believe it does not have a significant market share."
"The solution is lacking in numerous features and lacks flexibility."
"Sometimes it is a mess, and it is getting hanged. It should be something that could be easily fixed. It made us have to deal with fixing the bugs."
"Lacking in enterprise features."
"We have only command lines for a management application to remove sites. The solution needs a proper GUI."
"The availability of the solution could be a bit better."
"This solution needs a more flexible and efficient backup solution in the dashboard."
"The initial setup has a pretty steep learning curve."
"We are facing issues with disk utilization and disk performance."
"If this solution could import directly from OVS format then it would make migration much easier."
"Its user interface can be improved. In the version that I am using, not all functions can be performed by using the UI. There can be some improvement on that. I'm assuming that it has already been improved in the latest version."
Hyper-V is ranked 3rd in Server Virtualization Software with 134 reviews while Proxmox VE is ranked 1st in Server Virtualization Software with 58 reviews. Hyper-V is rated 8.0, while Proxmox VE 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 Proxmox VE writes "Easy to use and supports multi-monitors on multiple VMs in KVM". Hyper-V is most compared with VMware vSphere, VMware Workstation, 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 Citrix Hypervisor. See our Hyper-V vs. Proxmox VE report.
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