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DxEnterprise vs VMware vSphere comparison

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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 (7th)
VMware vSphere
Ranking in Server Virtualization Software
1st
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
461
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Server Virtualization Software category, the mindshare of DxEnterprise is 0.6%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware vSphere is 18.8%, up from 16.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Server Virtualization Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VMware vSphere18.8%
DxEnterprise0.6%
Other80.6%
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…
RajeshK10 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Architect at Central Bank of India
Reliable virtualization has supported smooth DR drills and efficient resource allocation
VMware vSphere has proven to be robust in nature, and the new features are quite acceptable. The new features in NSX network switching make it more useful in the reliability management of data centers. vMotion has helped my organization's business continuity strategies during our planned DR drill activity. The migration of VMs from DC to DR is quite smooth with respect to the network link. I assess the impact of VMware vSphere's High Availability feature on my infrastructure resilience as effective during DR drill activities and firmware upgrades, which we perform every six months. During those times, we rely on maintenance mode of several servers, and HA works properly. I have nothing to complain about. We have utilized VMware vSphere's Distributed Resource Scheduler effectively. Even though we have over-provisioned the vCPUs, it efficiently manages the CPU cores and memory of the servers intelligently, so I am not experiencing any bottleneck in resource utilization. Distributed Resource Scheduler has affected my resource allocation performance positively, providing a 20 percent advantage over my old hardware.

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 stability of vSphere is, in my opinion, just fantastic."
"The tool's most valuable features are CPU virtualization and RAM allocation, which are better than those of other hypervisors."
"VMware Tanzu (container) is the most valuable addition because you get an efficient solution to manage the VM and container in a single pane of glass."
"Despite the inherent high cost associated with using this product, I will still highly recommend this for use in production environments."
"Choose VMware to gain the proper stability, scalability, and flexibility with premium support."
"Reduced Electricity Bills, reduced hardware and warranty costs, reduced server implementation time, and increased management and availability of corporate services."
"Most valuable features are quick provisioning, High Availability, and DRS for balancing workload."
"The UI is very intuitive, you don't have to spend hours before you figure it out. All in all, compared to other environments, like Hyper-V, we find vSphere a lot more user-friendly and intuitive to use."
 

Cons

"Upgrading from DxDev to DxEnterprise was a bit more bumpy, but even that was pretty easy to do."
"The interface can seem a little old school at times."
"From my point of view, my advice is to design the solution properly the first time."
"The vSphere Client always feels slow, and/or like it doesn't keep up with what I'm trying to do. So I usually use the thick client most of the time."
"vCenter web UI has the occasional bug."
"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."
"I would like to see DRS for the GPU machines."
"Support is not perfect – it’s a long process to get to the experts when you reach out to support."
"The price can be very high, but in the case of a service provider with a VSPP program, you can offer the top class vSphere features for two to three sold VM."
"The solution could benefit by expanding the CPUs and memory from different physical nodes."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"We are spending less on buying bigger machines, which are overprovisioned. Thus, the ROI is found in consolidation and cost savings."
"We are on a perpetual license for VMware vSphere and the price can be expensive compared to other solutions, such as Hyper-V. They should lower their price."
"We don't have an active subscription. We have a prepaid or permanent license."
"Once you pay for the standard license, that's it unless you want another feature to be activated. That's a different thing."
"VSphere is an expensive solution."
"Container support is the last great addition for VMware and it is worth the money you spend on it."
"We would like it to be affordable to use the manage services on the cloud, then let VMware manage it and have AWS a part of it. This would make the easier transition from on-premise to cloud and be of value."
"The price of this solution is mid-range."
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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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Outsourcing Company
9%
Construction Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

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Small Business177
Midsize Enterprise138
Large Enterprise261
 

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Sample Customers

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