Hyper-V Pricing
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Hyper-V Pricing Plan Options
Hyper-V has 5 pricing plans(s). Available deployment types include saas. Review pricing options and learn more about the product to determine which plan is right for you. No free version or trial is available for Hyper-V.
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What customers say about Hyper-V pricing
Real feedback from verified users about Hyper-V's pricing and value
View full review“However, for infrastructure with only two virtual machines, the VMware license cost is not worth it, because with the Windows Server Standard license you have the possibility to install two virtual... … If you don't plan to have more than two virtual servers then Hyper-V is a great option, as it comes included within the Windows Server license.”
View full review“Hyper-V is priced well; meaning if you buy a Datacenter center license its free for unlimited, the standard is up to 3 VMs. You can buy single VM licenses to add to standard in lieu of Datacenter... … Live migration is much easier and better with VMWare, but VMWare is more expensive and you're subject to yearly maintenance and licensing fees.”
View full review“The Hardware cost savings are exponential and Microsoft Licensing can also be a cost savings depending on how you license your hosts (Enterprise vs Data Center Licenses). … High Density computing offers many advantage and can deliver a substantial cost savings when compared.”
View full review“But for the SMB, you're getting a full-featured hypervisor for the cost of the Windows license--if you're going to be running Windows Server anyway, it really makes for an affordable solution. … Since we are a Windows shop, deploying Hyper-V means we don't have the added cost of a hypervisor, since it's included in the cost of the Windows Server license.”
View full review“VMware Workstation Player and Pro are now free for Small Businesses, but Pro used to be paid and quite expensive. … No upfront cost giving that you have already workstations and servers you can use it on In-house deployment so costs are reduced to the antivirus/backup solution of your choice In-house migration of...”
View full review“The biggest and quickest ROI is the licensing cost as it is free. … Licensing cost - Free with an SLA.”
View full review“From a cost perspective, all servers running windows under the Hyper-V node are free as long as you have a Windows datacenter license. … Why spend money for a 3rd-party solution when Microsoft provides one for free with the purchase of their server operating systems?”
View full review“We had these same clients previously in VMware, but the licensing based on CPUs and cores was millions of dollars more expensive over a five year lifespan.”
View full review“For example, a standard database server might cost $8,000, but only might be utilized in the range of 30 to 40 percent. … Hyper-V's lack of cost has allowed us to build an entire test environment for free.”
View full review“Hyper-V is an OK virtualization hypervisor when used on a Windows workstation or when you have a license for it as a freebie (and no budget and/or knowledge for one of VMWare's solutions). … The ease of use and essentially free license made the adoption of Hyper-V in some parts of my current and one of my previous organizations a no-brainer.
For sure it's not the best product on the...”
View full review“With Hyper-V, our ROI was reduced from 36-40 months on our primary server, down to only 13 months by reducing costs of storage and adding so many more servers, by calculating the "would-be" cost of...”