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DxEnterprise vs Hyper-V comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 6, 2024

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

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 June 2026, in the Server Virtualization Software category, the mindshare of DxEnterprise is 0.5%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Hyper-V is 19.8%, 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-V19.8%
DxEnterprise0.5%
Other79.7%
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 has been excellent so far and technical support has been very helpful, quickly resolving any issues we encountered."
"Customer service is excellent and technical support is excellent."
"The initial setup is simple. There's not much to do. We input one command or just one or two clicks on the UI. Initial setup in the Windows environment for any software is not that difficult."
"The technical support for Hyper-V is excellent, and I rate it as nine out of ten."
"It is actually very low on resources. It doesn't use many resources. It is also very easy to tailor. You can change things like the amount of memory and storage on the fly. It is very stable and reliable. I like its replication feature, which is very good. It is also very easy to move the virtual machines across push servers without any difficulty. Its performance is also very good. Now with this pandemic, a lot of workers are working from home. A lot of workers have been using laptops as their desktop computers, and they would remote into a virtual PC. There is no difficulty, and they can't tell the difference between this and the real one. It is much easier to manage."
"The solution is highly stable."
"Hyper-V has improved our organization by enabling consolidation, high availability, disaster recovery, backups, and more."
"The support with Microsoft is great."
"We appreciate how easy this solution is to implement on standalone severs."
"Windows Server Hyper-V is one of the best visualization servers in the market today."
 

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."
"Cannot copy paste within the app. Some bugs were not fixable and I had to reinstall core OS."
"The costs in regards to upgrading the solution are quite high and it deters customers from changing versions."
"Technical support with Microsoft is crazy because we never get it."
"In my opinion, it would have been better to truncate the site-to-site replication."
"Security, computing balance, and taking snapshots could be improved. Features like DRS and memory ballooning could be added."
"Hyper-V is vulnerable to server failure."
"The tool is expensive."
"The solution should be compatible with different systems."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"There is a license to use this solution and it is an annual purchase."
"It comes with all the features and goodies inside the box, so you do not have to purchase anything else."
"Microsoft Hyper-V is not expensive and is easy to set up."
"Hyper-V is more cost-effective for the size of our business One of the Hyper-V's biggest advantages over VMware is the cost. We are a small business, so Hyper-V allowed us to virtualize everything we need without breaking the bank."
"The licensing is good for a data center environment."
"Since we have an agreement with Microsoft, the solution is not very expensive."
"This is a fairly expensive product because it balances the needs of security."
"Hyper-V is included in the Microsoft Azure license for no extra cost. However, they charge for technical support calls on an hourly basis."
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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
9%
University
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business70
Midsize Enterprise37
Large Enterprise46
 

Questions from the Community

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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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