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Hyper-V vs Odin Virtuozzo Containers [EOL] comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 5, 2025

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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

Hyper-V
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
143
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Server Virtualization Software (3rd)
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

Ananth Narayana Rao - PeerSpot reviewer
Cost-effective and good for small workloads while addressing update-driven challenges is needed
I use Azure Monitor and other monitoring solutions to support clients in Accenture's managed services. We support multiple environments, primarily on cloud platforms like Azure and AWS, and also on-premises environments with operating systems like Windows, Linux, and Solaris, among others…
Ramon Ruiz - PeerSpot reviewer
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

"There are some products that you can mount over Hyper-V that provide the features that, in today's Hyper-V, are not present."
"Hyper-V provided freedom to spin up development and test environments. As projects were created, an environment could be created and applied."
"It is an affordable platform."
"I like that Hyper-V comes for free with Windows Server. You don't need to buy the license, and you only have to pay for the management aspect in System Center."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"It is definitely the toughest competitor for VMware. It easily increases memory for our virtual machines."
"The setup was straightforward and easy for our company. The deployment was fast."
"The solution has an easy setup."
"When you run templates on the containers on Virtuozzo they have a lot of back-ups."
 

Cons

"The security part of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"I would love to see other options for connecting VMs to large data storage."
"ometimes a server or machine shuts down and doesn't automatically restart."
"VLAN is not very easy to configure."
"It needs to improve the handling of the amount of storage."
"Hyper-V could benefit with improvements to their management interface."
"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."
"It would be nice if they had video acceleration, they got rid of that and VMware has video acceleration."
"Odin Virtuozzo has poor support and needs to improve."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's not expensive."
"The licensing is pretty straightforward."
"The pricing and licensing is fine."
"I use the free version of Hyper-V."
"This product costs less than other competitor products on the market."
"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."
"Since we have an agreement with Microsoft, the solution is not very expensive."
"I think it is expensive. I think if they want it to be more competitive, they should lower the price."
"The license for Odin Virtuozzo is based on consumption on demand."
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Comparison Review

it_user234735 - PeerSpot reviewer
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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Educational Organization
18%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
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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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