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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (44.2% of reviews)
Small-Business (80.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
VMware vSphere
Star Rating
(745)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (44.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about VMware vSphereXen Project
Star Rating
(5)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (80.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Xen ProjectPricing
Entry-Level Pricing
VMware vSphere
No pricing availableXen Project
No pricing availableFree Trial
VMware vSphere
Free Trial is available
Xen Project
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.2
325
9.3
5
Ease of Use
8.9
608
8.3
5
Ease of Setup
8.6
550
8.0
5
Ease of Admin
9.0
268
8.3
5
Quality of Support
8.5
302
Not enough data
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
274
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
8.1
325
10.0
5
Features by Category
Performance
9.2
162
Not enough data
8.8
160
Not enough data
8.7
163
Not enough data
Functionality
9.2
162
Not enough data
9.1
162
Not enough data
9.0
162
Not enough data
8.9
162
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Server Virtualization
7.4
16
Not enough data
7.9
15
Not enough data
8.1
16
Not enough data
7.3
16
Not enough data
7.2
17
Not enough data
7.5
17
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
VMware vSphere and Xen Project are categorized as Server Virtualization
Unique Categories
VMware vSphere is categorized as Container Orchestration
Xen Project has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
VMware vSphere
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Xen Project
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
15.2%
Hospital & Health Care
5.4%
Government Administration
5.2%
Telecommunications
5.1%
Financial Services
4.9%
Other
64.1%
Information Technology and Services
60.0%
Retail
20.0%
Computer Networking
20.0%
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Other
0.0%
Alternatives
Discussions
Is ESXi software free?
4 Comments
NA
ESXi has a free version! Basic features, perfect for personal use or testing. No advanced features or official support, but it's free forever. Paid editions...Read more
What is VMware vSphere standard?
2 Comments
AS
vSphere 7 has been rearchitected with native Kubernetes for application modernization. Developers can’t afford infrastructure that slows them down –...Read more
What is VMware vSphere Hypervisor used for?
2 Comments
AH
Virtual platform to host multiple images on a single machine which has limited resources.Read more
Xen Project has no discussions with answers
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