G2 Vendor Directory

XenServer vs. VMware vSphere

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricXenServer

by Citrix

VMware vSphere

by Broadcom

Overall rating4.24.5
Review count49785
Ease of use8.79.1
Ease of setup8.68.8
Quality of support8.48.7
Meets requirements8.69.3
NPS43.7569.61039
Small Business12.5%15.1%
Mid-Market31.3%41.1%
Enterprise56.3%43.8%
Total page views2031,242
Total LLM citations1864,101

XenServer

Citrix Hypervisor is a leading virtualization management platform optimized for application, desktop and server virtualization infrastructures. Consolidation and containment of workloads on Citrix Hypervisor enables organizations of any vertical or size to transform their business IT compute infrastructures.

Pros

    VMware vSphere

    VMware vSphere with VCF 9.1 is the enterprise workload engine that modernizes compute infrastructure with a future-ready, scalable infrastructure and simplified management that enables organizations to extract maximum value from their current server investments and hardware footprint, rather than requiring a total refresh. vSphere provides a powerful foundation for modern, AI and traditional workloads, while enabling intrinsic security out-of-the-box.

    Pros

    • Ease of Use
    • Virtualization Management
    • Features
    • Management
    • Reliability
    • Stability