We performed a comparison between VMware vSphere 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: VMware vSphere is highly regarded for its extensive range of features, user-friendly interface, and scalability. However, users want improved backup features, integration capabilities, and documentation. Proxmox VE is valued for its simplicity, ease of use, and cost-effectiveness. Users recommend automating certain processes, enhancing the user interface and documentation, and addressing compatibility.
"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."
"There are many features included with Proxmox."
"The setup is very easy."
"The solution is easy to install. It can run on a lot of different types of hardware. Creating virtual machines with it is really easy."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"That the product is free and still has all the features you expect is a huge benefit."
"It's been a stable solution."
"The ability to back up a host and keep it running is valuable."
"Virtualization, VDI and application publishing are the most valuable features of VMware vSphere."
"An easy way of providing near-zero downtime services, the operation of the instances between clustered services, and providing the projected SLA for our customers."
"The most valuable features of the solution are the overall virtualization technology and the new features that allow you to move servers from one system to another."
"The enterprise direction is very complete and the data center provides almost everything you need."
"It is easy to maintain our data machines and take snapshots with the solution."
"The most useful features are ESXi, DRS, Auto Deploy, and the Lifecycle Manager."
"vMotion radically changes the way we think about how we can operate a large infrastructure, and notably, in terms of proactive maintenance."
"The provisioning setup of VMs is good."
"Currently, there are several features inaccessible through the API, necessitating the use of either the WebUI or the command line interface."
"I would like to see more monitoring in the next release of this solution."
"The virtualizer in Proxmox VE could improve."
"The solution can be improved by making it more secure and scalable."
"The management can be better. It's not like VMware where you can get all clusters on a single dashboard. In VMware, you can literally see all the VMs running in one cluster regardless of the host."
"Its performance and support can be improved. Currently, there is a cost for support."
"The solution needs to improve its stability."
"It's one of those things for me to move things on to the cloud. It's not so easy. I am always on the laptop and have to monitor that because if you want to make strides; you need to stay online."
"From my point of view, my advice is to design the solution properly the first time."
"Stability-wise, there are some minor issues."
"The one area where I would love to see an improvement is the HTML5 client. It's great, but it could get better."
"As we continue to push mission-critical workloads into vSphere, and those workloads are not readily protected at the application layer for availability, continuing to increase the size limitations on FT-protected VMs would be a great advance."
"One of the areas creating a crash is when you are cloning."
"Here in Egypt, we would like everything free. So if you give us the license for free, we would be thrilled."
"I would like to see the configuration simplified."
"In the next release, I would like to see programming. I'd like to see a lot more about customization for people who want to customize programming API, SDK."
Proxmox VE is ranked 1st in Server Virtualization Software with 58 reviews while VMware vSphere is ranked 2nd in Server Virtualization Software with 446 reviews. Proxmox VE is rated 8.6, while VMware vSphere is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Proxmox VE writes "Easy to use and supports multi-monitors on multiple VMs in KVM". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware vSphere writes "Offers good performance and is useful for banking systems". Proxmox VE is most compared with Oracle VM VirtualBox, KVM, Nutanix AHV Virtualization, Hyper-V and Citrix Hypervisor, whereas VMware vSphere is most compared with Hyper-V, Oracle VM, VMware Workstation, KVM and Nutanix AHV Virtualization. See our Proxmox VE vs. VMware vSphere report.
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