Oracle VM vs RHEV comparison

Oracle and Red Hat are both solutions in the Server Virtualization Software category. Oracle is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.3, while Red Hat is ranked #13 with an average rating of 8.3. Oracle holds a 5.7% mindshare in SVS, compared to Red Hat’s 2.4% mindshare. Additionally, 84% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

Oracle VM

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84% willing to recommend

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80% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 6, 2024

Oracle VM and RHEV compete in the virtualization market. Oracle VM may have an edge in cost savings for Oracle environments, while RHEV offers strong performance and open-source benefits.

Features: Oracle VM provides powerful virtualization specifically beneficial for Oracle database licensing, with hard partitioning and Oracle templates for quick deployments. It supports various operating systems and offers secure live migrations. RHEV uses KVM technology to deliver excellent performance and security features, including Transparent Huge Pages and SELinux. It is open-source, supports live migration, and high availability, catering to a range of applications.

Room for Improvement: Oracle VM could benefit from enhancements in automatic backup, snapshot features, and third-party tool integration. It also needs more flexible network storage management. RHEV can improve its load balancing and clustering capabilities, along with better GUI and live-patching support without reboots.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle VM effectively supports private, hybrid, and Oracle cloud environments, though customer service varies in technical expertise. RHEV also supports diverse deployment environments, but user support can be inconsistent regarding complex queries and third-party integrations.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle VM is cost-efficient for Oracle hardware users, offering free deployment and support with reduced Oracle licensing costs through hard partitions. RHEV is budget-friendly as an open-source solution but requires a subscription for support. Its lower cost compared to competitors is significant, though there is room for further reduction to enhance appeal.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle VM

Ranking in Server Virtualization Software

5th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

RHEV

Ranking in Server Virtualization Software

13th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Server Virtualization Software category, the mindshare of Oracle VM is 5.7%, down from 7.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of RHEV is 2.4%, down from 3.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Server Virtualization Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Oracle VM	5.7%
RHEV	2.4%
Other	91.9%

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Chimdi Profitearne

Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking at NUPAT TECHNOLOGIES

Has supported ethical training effectively but configuration needs to be more user-friendly

When evaluating Oracle VM, I have concerns about the configuration being too complex and not user-friendly. It doesn't perform optimally on iOS, which is an Apple laptop, but works very well on Windows. To improve Oracle VM, the configuration needs to be more user-friendly and less rigid. Additionally, compatibility with Apple laptops needs improvement as it currently doesn't work well on that platform.

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Mike Neuliep

Linux Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Has supported virtualization projects in side jobs but has required workarounds due to lack of maintenance

In my opinion, the best features of RHEV are that it is a real hypervisor and it is free, so it performs better than VMware. I have used the live migration feature in the past with RHEV. There is a free clone of it that is based on the open source. Live migration is a nifty feature if your app is not highly available and you need to do maintenance on a machine. You can migrate the VM off of it, do your maintenance, and move it back when you are done. RHEV has a high availability architecture with a built-in monitoring feature where you could see machines other than the one you are operating on. I tend to implement high availability not so much in RHEV, but by using standard application high availability strategies. Red Hat has another product specifically for high availability.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It provides enhancements for network and storage configuration, policy-based management for delivering application resource flexibility, and a GUI."

"Oracle VM is user-friendly and facilitates compliance with Oracle Licensing, a feature not provided by competitors like VMware or Hyper-V. Oracle prefers customers to use their technology. It is also easy to implement, clone, and deploy machines with Oracle VM, making it a convenient solution."

"Its ease of management and simplicity are most valuable. It is free, and you can provision an unlimited number of VMs at no cost for clients. They also provide perfect support."

"It's a very flexible solution because you have all the commands that you can do yourself."

"The biggest advantage of Oracle VM is that you can separate your clusters to get your licenses agreement in scope."

"It's quite stable."

"It is simple and straightforward, and it will only require you one system integrator to do the job."

"I don't need to create a repository to allocate storage to my virtual machine, rather I can just use store locally."

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"When you purchase RHEV, you are essentially buying a subscription license. This license can be integrated with various client types, including these integrations with the subscription."

"In my opinion, the best features of RHEV are that it is a real hypervisor and it is free, so it performs better than VMware."

"The solution is stable."

"The price is the solution's most valuable aspect. It's much cheaper than, for example, VMware."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support portal."

"In my opinion, the best features of RHEV are that it is a real hypervisor and it is free, so it performs better than VMware."

"The initial setup is fairly straightforward and well-documented. The process is very similar to its competitors. The success of your setup depends on how well you plan."

"The solution makes migration easy."

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Cons

"This solution is not as stable as other solutions in the market. But, Oracle has made an effort to improve these issues with recent updates."

"I think more Command-Line options for the product, for deployments."

"Oracle VM could provide integration with backup solutions."

"The configuration is very rigid and takes a lot of time. It is not user-friendly to configure, but it functions adequately overall."

"I've found that using Oracle VM is like stepping back in time. It's not kept up with technology. The only reason anyone uses it is that they're afraid of Oracle's licensing. Oracle has a tremendously bad licensing approach."

"Oracle VM needs to add a backup feature."

"The product's user interface could be more intuitive for less experienced users."

"There are currently issues with centralized storage."

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"Configuring the network interfaces is much better in Ubuntu and should be improved."

"A few features of the product do not work as well as those in VMware."

"The solution should be made more user-friendly."

"RHEV is not improving because it has been discontinued. It has been discontinued for years."

"With RHEV, the cyberattacks should be fewer. I want RHEV to be better protected."

"We hope that Red Hat can produce a paradigm edition. We are looking for paradigm computing and paradigm storage. Its scalability can be improved. It is not easy to scale, and we hope that Red Hat can provide a more scalable system. They should also provide local service and support. Our customers are looking for a good software vendor to provide professional services."

"The solution has a very small lifecycle."

"This solution could be more secure."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost of scalability. You pay for what you use. It's free to download, free to install, and the support side has been very helpful."

"The solution as a standalone product can not be purchased."

"The cost of this solution is cheap. It is one of the reasons we chose Oracle VM. It is truly "pocket- friendly.""

"If you buy an Oracle server, this solution is free. You have to only pay for support."

"Oracle VM is an open-source solution."

"There is no need to make any payments to use the solution. You can just download the product and use it for free."

"Pricing and licensing is one of the main decision making reasons for going to Oracle VM because it was cost effective."

"The licensing for Oracle VM solution is very nice because you license the box."

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"Its price depends on the use cases."

"We have to pay extra for vulnerability and fault tolerance."

"We buy a license for commercial use, and we also use the free editions."

"I would say the price is acceptable."

"It's a budget product as far as I'm concerned. It's way cheaper than any of its competitors. The only thing cheaper than Red Hat is that the people who take the Red Hat code clone it and then self-support it."

"I believe we pay on a yearly basis."

"The solution does not require licencing but a subscription is necessary, which is very affordable."

"We are using the free version of Red Hat."

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Comparison Review

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CIO at Robusta Technology & Training

Jan 13, 2015

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We have used the following functions: 1. Hypervisor: to ensure that the virtual server provide web and email services to the company, thus providing a stable operation a with single sign-on integration of an AD server and vCenter. 2. Network and Storage: centralized data server…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

14%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	36
Midsize Enterprise	19
Large Enterprise	38

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	21
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	12

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Oracle VM or KVM?

I would prefer if KVM was easier to scale and not so limited. Overall the product has been helpful. It is easy to use, and was quite straight-forward to set up. Since I have been using KVM, I have ...

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Which is better - Oracle VM or VMware VSphere?

Oracle VM seems to me to be kind of outdated. Nevertheless, it is fairly straightforward to use and maintain. The solution can just be set and you can forget about it, and the scalability is consid...

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What do you like most about Oracle VM?

If you want to access the VM from anywhere over the Internet, you put it in a public subnet. So, VMs are linked to that. The subnets are linked to it. So, it's perfectly secured if it's a private n...

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What do you like most about RHEV?

The initial setup is fairly straightforward and well-documented. The process is very similar to its competitors. The success of your setup depends on how well you plan.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for RHEV?

It's the open source. There's not much cost. It's very minimal comparably. Compared to what I am paying for VMware, it's negligible.

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What needs improvement with RHEV?

RHEV is not improving because it has been discontinued. It has been discontinued for years. I would love to get back into RHEV, but the job market is difficult and no one is hiring. RHEV is designe...

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Comparisons

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Compared 8% of the time

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Overview

Oracle VM for x86

Oracle VM for x86 is a Xen based server virtualization platform for public and private cloud and traditional on premise deployment. Oracle VM offers full lifecycle and application deployment from disk to cloud.

Designed and optimized for security, efficiency and performance Oracle VM supports major hardware vendors x86 and storage platforms and can run workloads on Linux, Windows and Oracle Solaris. Uniquely for our virtualization platform it offers live patching via Ksplice enhancing security and minimizing service disruption. Oracle VM supports hard partitioning which can significantly reduce software applications licensing costs.

Oracle VM for SPARC

Oracle VM for SPARC is a firmware based virtualization platform for Oracle and Fujitsu SPARC based servers running Solaris. Oracle VM supports hard partitioning which can significantly reduce software applications licensing costs.

Oracle

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, or RHEV, is a leading open standard enterprise virtualization management solution. This solution supports virtualization of servers and desktops using the same infrastructure and a single easy-to-use interface.

Because RHEV is based on open standards, it is vendor-independent and a lot more cost effective and flexible than proprietary solutions.

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Sample Customers

Ambulance Victoria, Australian Finance Group (AFG), Avnet Technology Solutions, CERN, cloudKleyer, Danish Tax Authority (SKAT), Data Intensity, Dubai World, Engineers Australia, Enkitec, Groupe FLO, Guerra S.A. Implemento, s Rodovišrios, Interactive One, IT Convergence, Jesta Digital, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, KT, Kyoto Prefecture, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / National Ignition Facility, Multinet Pakistan, National Australia Bank (NAB), Navis LLC, Overhead Door, Overstock.com, Paragon Data, Parks Victoria, Pella, Sunway Shared Services, St. Louis Metro, Terminales Ro de la Plata S.A., University of Massachusetts, Versace,

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