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DxEnterprise vs Hyper-V comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 6, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

DxEnterprise
Ranking in Server Virtualization Software
22nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
High Availability Clustering (8th)
Hyper-V
Ranking in Server Virtualization Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
145
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Server Virtualization Software category, the mindshare of DxEnterprise is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Hyper-V is 19.5%, up from 14.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Server Virtualization Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Hyper-V19.5%
DxEnterprise0.4%
Other80.1%
Server Virtualization Software
 

Featured Reviews

it_user609366 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Initial setup was relatively straightforward for a clustering solution.
SQL patching High availability We were looking for a better-than-Microsoft-SQL clustering solution. The interface can seem a little old school at times. By Old School, I simply mean from a graphics perspective it looks like word 97, not word 2013. I have used it for three years. The team from…
Tomas Basus - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Professional at NIPOS
Virtualization has reduced licensing costs and improved integration but still needs better performance insight
Integrations bring the biggest benefit to us. We use half of our virtual machines that are Microsoft, so it works better hosted in Hyper-V compared to VMware. Clustering and failover capabilities in the product help with our availability. It helped because we switched to Hyper-V because it was lower cost than paying for high availability in VMware. We need Microsoft licenses for virtual machines, so it costs less than buying two solutions for that. We have data center editions, so it did not cost us additional money compared to paying for high availability from VMware. I think it helped a little, but not so different compared to VMware regarding security and bandwidth optimization.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Customer service is excellent and technical support is excellent."
"Customer service has been excellent so far and technical support has been very helpful, quickly resolving any issues we encountered."
"The most valuable feature of Hyper-V is that it's very intuitive."
"It runs our most critical workloads and supports all our branch offices."
"We have a higher capacity server (specification wise) so there is no need to buy another additional hardware."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to integrate the Hyper-Visor center from one console."
"Hyper-V is easy to set up even though the management is a headache."
"I think the cluster environment is a good feature of Hyper-V because, if something happens, then it will automatically move to some other mode."
"This is the best solution for customers with budget constraints."
"The installation was straightforward."
 

Cons

"The interface can seem a little old school at times."
"Upgrading from DxDev to DxEnterprise was a bit more bumpy, but even that was pretty easy to do."
"If I was going to a demo, and somebody had given me an iPhone and I had to quickly gut it, my first choice would not be Hyper-V. It is not a user-friendly solution."
"An improvement I suggest is having more guest operating systems."
"Hyper-V systems need a lot of admin effort because security updates and monthly updates require rebooting after the update."
"The management interface is in need of the biggest improvement."
"The tool is expensive."
"One of the network problems I face is I cannot introduce other security layers on top of Hyper-V as you can in VMware. When it comes to the network the VMware is more flexible than Hyper-V."
"The corrupted volume is a problem."
"The area revolving around operations in the product has certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"There is a license to use this solution and it is an annual purchase."
"Hyper-V is part of Windows Server, so there are no extra costs for the product."
"I recommend Hyper-V to customers with budget constraints."
"Licensing needs to be a lot easier to manage with Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware is easier."
"I would not say that it is a totally reasonably priced product as it is merged with our overall costs associated with Microsoft products. We bought some enterprise licenses for our company's data center for Windows Server 2019."
"We rent our licenses for this solution, which means that we also have access to premium-level support. The rental cost is payable annually and includes a number of products that work with this solution. It also allows us to run unlimited virtual machines without needing a license for each one."
"Microsoft Hyper-V is not expensive and is easy to set up."
"There is nothing extra required for Hyper-V apart from the licenses that one purchases to use Microsoft Windows."
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Comparison Review

it_user234735 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Consultant, ASEAN at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
May 10, 2015
Hyper-V 2012 R2 vs. VMware vSphere 5.5
I was won with Hyper-V 2012R2 recently and the table below based on customer RFP (edited). This articles all about technical, there is not related with TCO/ROI, licensing cost, “political”, etc. Another to noted is the Windows Server 2012 licenses is based on 2 socket CPU, meanwhile…
 

Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
University
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business70
Midsize Enterprise37
Large Enterprise46
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Hyper-V?
I think regarding price and license for Hyper-V, it is affordable.
 

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Sample Customers

Asante, Eversheds, Vecima Networks, W&W AFCO Steel, City of Aurora, Menigo, Linn County Sheriff's Office
Large customer base from all industries, all over the world. Two major Hyper-V customers are Telefonica and EmpireCLS.
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