We performed a comparison between Citrix Hypervisor and VMware Workstation based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Proxmox, VMware, Microsoft and others in Server Virtualization Software."It is quite flexible and rugged. It is also easy to understand and user-friendly. It is not as complicated as some of the other solutions. It has its technicalities, but it is easy to understand. You can easily pick up in a short period of time and understand how to manage the infrastructure."
"This is a dependable solution for virtualization with a good community for product support."
"The solution's security is its most valuable aspect."
"Citrix is easy to use and is stable."
"Installing Hypervisor is really simple. It's the simplest setup I've ever done before. We used a team to deploy it, and it doesn't take much time, like two or three hours tops."
"The price is the solution's most valuable feature."
"Ability to move your virtual machines from one host to another."
"Citrix Hypervisor is quick to deploy and easy to manage."
"The product is really easy to use."
"The platform’s most valuable feature is snapshot."
"The most valuable features of the VMware Workstation solutions are the ESXi and vCenter."
"It's stable."
"The most valuable feature of the VMware Workstation is the ease to create a development environment. When you have different ongoing developments, you often need to create a lot of different development environments. With this workstation solution, you can have a development environment for all the things you develop."
"We can undo some changes using the snapshot feature."
"Instead of relying on dual-boot operating systems, I can utilize open-source tools within my infrastructure. This approach allows me to create an in-house cloud platform suitable for testing. VMware Workstation enables me to perform tasks across various operating systems using a single device. It has helped me save time."
"Great at solving connection problems."
"The interface has to be updated."
"There are several areas that need improvement including the stability of the networking stack and networking management."
"I think the technical support could be better."
"You need a licensed account to look up technical support."
"The solution is only in English. It would be ideal if it was in Portuguese."
"It needs to have a more robust backup solution."
"The solution should be more flexible and allow for greater customization."
"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."
"There could be more integration with different tools."
"They could include official support for macOS virtualization within VMware Workstation."
"I would like to see more detailed reporting capabilities, particularly around snapshot activity. It would be helpful to have a summary of changes made prior to deploying an application, allowing us to provide comprehensive reports to our management on a regular basis."
"I have had issues with the virtual network adapters in the past that has taken some time to troubleshoot."
"The dashboard can be improved."
"It takes too much time to load all the plug-ins and software."
"Performance could be improved, it's somewhat clunky."
"The product could provide the features available in Microsoft Hyper-V."
Citrix Hypervisor is ranked 8th in Server Virtualization Software with 46 reviews while VMware Workstation is ranked 2nd in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 42 reviews. Citrix Hypervisor is rated 8.2, while VMware Workstation is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Citrix Hypervisor writes "Allows us to allocate CPU, memory, storage, and network resources across VMs and minimizes downtime in case of hardware failure or maintenance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Workstation writes "An easy-to-manage solution that has really good customer support compared to other market players". Citrix Hypervisor is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM and RHEV, whereas VMware Workstation is most compared with Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, VMware Fusion, KVM and Proxmox VE.
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