VMware ESXi vs. Google Compute Engine
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | VMware ESXi | Google Compute Engine |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Review count | 24 | 953 |
| Ease of use | 9.1 | 8.8 |
| Ease of setup | 9.3 | 8.8 |
| Quality of support | 8.9 | 8.7 |
| Meets requirements | 9.4 | 9.1 |
| NPS | 77.272727 | 64.645309 |
| Small Business | 33.3% | 34.7% |
| Mid-Market | 45.8% | 31.1% |
| Enterprise | 20.8% | 34.2% |
| Total page views | 262 | 962 |
| Total LLM citations | 384 | 18,311 |
VMware ESXi
VMware ESXi is a robust, enterprise-class, type-1 hypervisor developed by VMware, designed to deploy and manage virtual machines directly on physical servers without the need for an underlying operating system. As a bare-metal hypervisor, ESXi provides a secure and efficient virtualization platform, enabling organizations to consolidate their IT infrastructure, optimize resource utilization, and reduce operational costs.
- Virtualization Management
- Ease of Use
- Features
- Snapshots
- Stability
- Management Ease
Google Compute Engine
Compute Engine is Google's infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform for organizations to create and run cloud-based virtual machines.
- Ease of Use
- Scalability
- Virtual Machines
- Features
- Google Cloud Platform
- Flexibility