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Hyper-V vs Odin Virtuozzo Containers [EOL] comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 7, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

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

"The solution's technical support is the best."
"Hyper-V is much easier to deploy because Hyper-V is already installed inside Windows Server OS. You only need to turn on Hyper-V as a service, and then you can use it. The most convenient thing about Hyper-V is the operating system."
"It runs our most critical workloads and supports all our branch offices."
"It is stable."
"I would recommend Hyper-V to others because it has good capacity and requires little maintenance."
"It's a very manageable product."
"The ease of use of Hyper-V is the most valuable feature."
"It is easy to use, and it is stable. It is a good solution."
"When you run templates on the containers on Virtuozzo they have a lot of back-ups."
 

Cons

"Technical Support: Average. I say that as my experience with MSFT Support in general has proven to be hit-or-miss with the first-level support."
"Hyper-V lags in the case of Maximum VM RAM (64GB), where VMware provides 255GB VM RAM."
"Hyper-V is vulnerable to server failure."
"There is a problem with high-availability if the load is too high."
"Microsoft Hyper-V is not the equal or superior to VMware’s ESXi!"
"Hyper-V doesn't have a lot of features and is limited compared to other virtualization software."
"Hyper-V should improve features such as Quality of Service enhancements and VLAN management."
"There is a hard limitation of 20 gigs per file with Dropbox, so you've got to overcome that by chunking the zip files into something smaller and manageable."
"Odin Virtuozzo has poor support and needs to improve."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product's price is low."
"It's cheap, but not the best."
"Because we're an NGO or a charity, we get discount rates from Microsoft. The costs are not astronomical for us. To give you an example, Office 2019 would only cost 30 or 45 for us. We tend to use the on-premises version rather than the cloud version. The reason is that the subscription service works out more expensive after a few years than the on-premise version. We're not worried about having the bleeding edge stuff. We just want it to be functional."
"In terms of the licensing, if you are using Microsoft Windows 100%, it is OK. But, when you start mixing other environments, it becomes quite tricky."
"The product is a bit expensive, but it is worth the money."
"There is a license required to use Hyper-V and there are bundle packages you can purchase making it cheaper than other solutions, such as VMware. Additionally, if there is a lot of guest OS that requires Windows, then Microsoft becomes cheaper."
"The licensing is pretty straightforward."
"We previously used VMware, but we switched because Hyper-V is cheaper and delivers the same stability for less money."
"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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Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
University
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
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Small Business70
Midsize Enterprise37
Large Enterprise46
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Questions from the Community

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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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