Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager comparisons
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager is compared head-to-head with Apache CloudStack, Proxmox VE and Nutanix Prism Central and more: 7 head-to-heads in Virtualization Management Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager head-to-head
- Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Apache CloudStack
- Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Proxmox VE
- Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Nutanix Prism Central
- Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs VMware Cloud Director
- Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Virtuozzo Infrastructure
- Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs VMmanager
- Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs Windows Admin Center
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment model | Supported hypervisors | Live migration | High availability | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager | No | Self-hosted | Microsoft Hyper-V; VMware vSphere/ESXi | Yes | Yes | 8.7 | |
| 1 | Apache CloudStack | Yes | Free | Self-hosted | BareMetal, Hyper-V, KVM, LXC, vSphere via vCenter, XenServer, Xen Project | Yes | Yes | 9.3 |
| 2 | Proxmox VE | Yes | €120/unit/yr | Self-hosted | KVM, LXC | Yes | Yes | 9.2 |
| 3 | Nutanix Prism Central | No | Hybrid | AHV, VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V | Yes | Yes | 8.9 | |
| 4 | VMware Cloud Director | Self-hosted | VMware vSphere | Yes | Yes | 8.8 | ||
| 6 | Virtuozzo Infrastructure | Yes | Hybrid | KVM | Yes | Yes | 8.6 | |
| 7 | VMmanager | No | Self-hosted | KVM, LXD, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, VMware, Xen, QEMU-KVM | Yes | Yes | 8.5 | |
| 8 | Windows Admin Center | Yes | Free | Hybrid | Hyper-V | Yes | Yes | 8.4 |
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