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Hyper-V vs Odin Virtuozzo Containers [EOL] comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 7, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Hyper-V
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
145
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Odin Virtuozzo Containers [...
Average Rating
6.0
Reviews Sentiment
4.2
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
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Featured Reviews

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.
Ramon Ruiz - PeerSpot reviewer
Director IT at Servnet
Significant backup for containers, but the customer service is terrible
Anyone considering this solution should not compare it to the old versions. They should be a partner with Virtuozzo and run all the certifications. Also, they need a good lab to understand the technology and how they can apply that technology conveniently. This is very commercial software. It does not have support, so you will need to be hands-on. I would rate Odin Virtuozzo a six out of 10 overall.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I like that it's easy to use."
"I find the ease of use the most valuable asset of the solution."
"Hyper-V helps to make a replica server between two machines. It is very easy to learn."
"This is the best solution for customers with budget constraints."
"I appreciate its stability and user-friendly management interface."
"It works very well. Its performance, stability, and redundancy are all very dependable."
"The simplicity and intuitiveness of the platform. It was a very simple adaptation, if you have any experience in virtualization."
"Technical support from Microsoft is excellent, rated ten out of ten."
"When you run templates on the containers on Virtuozzo they have a lot of back-ups."
 

Cons

"The operating system is very, very heavy."
"There's room for improvement in Hyper-V. One area I've personally encountered issues with is live migration. Sometimes during live migrations, the process gets stuck in a certain state. This can happen with replication as well. It's not necessarily a major problem, but at times, the error messages aren't very informative. They don't clearly explain why the migration failed."
"Hyper-V could be improved by implementing the same set of features that other tools provide."
"It needs to improve the handling of the amount of storage."
"The weak point I see in Hyper-V is related to the licensing part. If we create a new VM, we have to get a new license, which I see as not good for Hyper-V."
"There is a problem with high-availability if the load is too high."
"They could work on lowering the cost of the solution."
"It might make it easier to move VMs across Hotmail hosts. This application process make it a little bit easier."
"Odin Virtuozzo has poor support and needs to improve."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is a bit expensive, but it is worth the money."
"Once we bought the datacenter version of the server, we did away with worrying about the cost of licensing our VMs separately"
"Hyper-V is free when you buy Windows Server. You only have to pay for engaging in the management aspect in System Center."
"There is no cost associated with it if customers are already using Microsoft products."
"It is one of the cheapest products in the market."
"Microsoft Hyper-V is not expensive and is easy to set up."
"Microsoft recently tacked on a higher price for their software to use the storage migration in the Storage Spaces Direct array. That was just terrible."
"The license is free."
"The license for Odin Virtuozzo is based on consumption on demand."
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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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Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
University
8%
Government
8%
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Small Business70
Midsize Enterprise37
Large Enterprise46
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Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Hyper-V?
The initial setup is not difficult at all. It is very easy.
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Sample Customers

Large customer base from all industries, all over the world. Two major Hyper-V customers are Telefonica and EmpireCLS.
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