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VMware ESXi

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What is VMware ESXi?

A bare-metal hypervisor that installs directly onto a physical server. With direct access to and control of underlying resources, VMware ESXi partitions hardware to consolidate applications and cut costs.

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VMware ESXi is a great hypervisor for those who can afford it

Rating: 9 out of 10
December 31, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We have dozens of virtual servers in the office and use VMware ESXi as a hypervisor to consolidate them in a few physical servers, getting performance and reliability while us...
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Carlos Coque
Analyst - Information Technology
System Administrator
IBEX Payroll Services
VMware ESXi9 years of experience

VMWare ESXi is not longer the king of the mountain due to poor service and support

Rating: 6 out of 10
August 10, 2023
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
VMware ESXi is used for all of our Production and Test/Development environments in our organization.
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David Riberdy
Supervisor - Information Technology
Enterprise Data Management Supervisor
Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company
VMware ESXi20 years of experience

Simply the best in business IT asset virtualization.

Rating: 10 out of 10
June 17, 2023
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
ESXI allows us to run multiple and separate headless services on different platforms all on the same hardware, while also allowing for quick spin-up of user stations for tempo...
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Brendon Brown
Director - Information Technology
eComerce Director
Island City Media
VMware ESXi8 years of experience

VMware continues to work well

Rating: 10 out of 10
June 14, 2023
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use VMware ESXi to host all of our VMs. It houses 95% of our on-prem infrastructure. We have a cluster of hosts that do this work with a SAN on the backend.
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Chris Hein
Administrator - Information Technology
Systems Engineer
CIH
VMware ESXi8 years of experience

ESXi helped us out a bunch!

Rating: 9 out of 10
June 13, 2023
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use ESXi within all of our Production, Development, & Testing environments to manage and run critical workloads that the company leverages for revenue generating applic...
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Richard Potts
Administrator - Information Technology
Network & Systems Administrator
College Foundation, Inc.
VMware ESXi10 years of experience
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What is VMware ESXi?

A bare-metal hypervisor that installs directly onto a physical server. With direct access to and control of underlying resources, VMware ESXi partitions hardware to consolidate applications and cut costs.

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  • No setup fee

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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Demos

VMware ESXi 5.1 Install & Configure In Oracle Virtual Box

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Features

Server Virtualization

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Product Details

What is VMware ESXi?

A bare-metal hypervisor that installs directly onto a physical server. With direct access to and control of underlying resources, VMware ESXi partitions hardware to consolidate applications and cut costs.

ESXi is used to:

  • Consolidate hardware for higher capacity utilization.
  • Increase performance for a competitive edge.
  • Streamline IT administration through centralized management.
  • Reduce CapEx and OpEx.
  • Minimize hardware resources needed to run the hypervisor, boosting efficiency.

VMware ESXi Integrations

VMware ESXi Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

A bare-metal hypervisor that installs directly onto a physical server. With direct access to and control of underlying resources, VMware ESXi partitions hardware to consolidate applications and cut costs.

Reviewers rate Live virtual machine migration highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of VMware ESXi are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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VMware ESXi is a great hypervisor for those who can afford it

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
December 31, 2024
CC
Carlos Coque
System Administrator
IBEX Payroll Services (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
VMware ESXi
9 years of experience
Pros
  • Virtual Machine creation and management
  • Access to network drives (NAS, SAN, etc)
  • Load balancing
Cons
  • Pricing is stratospheric
  • Support needs improvement
  • Relationship with client needs improvement

VMWare ESXi is not longer the king of the mountain due to poor service and support

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized
August 10, 2023
DR
David Riberdy
Enterprise Data Management Supervisor
Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company (Insurance, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
VMware ESXi
20 years of experience
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Pros
  • The ability to seamlessly migrate a virtual machine from one host to another is a vital part of the virtual experience in 2023.
  • Metrics and statistics easily allow us to understand where pain points can be in the environment and to change or correct them for a better experience.
Cons
  • In my experience, service and Support is severely lacking from VMware. Over time this has gotten worse to the point where it is easier not to open a case and just guess at a solution.
  • In my opinion, pricing has gotten increasingly worse over time as well. Every year there seems to be a new way of licensing that is only in an effort to suck more money from the consumer.
  • They have been pushing more and more to the cloud but their services are not ready for primetime when they do. Horizon licenses are now pushed from the Cloud services and, in my experience, they did not work in the beginning and even now are a pain to use, so I dread going to the same for VMware ESXi.

Simply the best in business IT asset virtualization.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
June 17, 2023
BB
Brendon Brown
eComerce Director
Island City Media (Retail, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
VMware ESXi
8 years of experience
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Pros
  • Simple deployment on metal using SD or USB.
  • Fast spin-up of guest machines.
  • Detailed information and management options for Network and Storage
Cons
  • External USB devices can have occasional issues when passing through to a VM.
  • Issues with implementing and passing through GPUs to VMs.

VMware continues to work well

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
June 14, 2023
CH
Chris Hein
Systems Engineer
CIH (Financial Services, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
VMware ESXi
8 years of experience
Pros
  • Reliability
  • Ease of use
  • Management
  • Support & updates
Cons
  • They are deprecating old hardware soon
  • Networking is difficult

ESXi helped us out a bunch!

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
June 13, 2023
RP
Richard Potts
Network & Systems Administrator
College Foundation, Inc. (Education Management, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
VMware ESXi
10 years of experience
View profile
Pros
  • Ease of use
  • Extremely intuitive
  • Easy to manage
Cons
  • Upgrade procedures could be outlined a bit better
  • Documentation could be improved to show specific images of tasks
  • Network integration and interfacing could be easier to navigate
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