# vSphere Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is vSphere the right Virtualization solution for you? Explore 433 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/93512/VMware-Horizon/reviews --- vSphere 4.7 (433) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/93512/VMware-Horizon/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of vSphere Ease of use 4.4 Customer Service 4.3 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews CQ Connor Q Team LeadMedia Production, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “A solid industry standard platform that provides reliable virtualisation at scale. As the industry leader it excels at consolidating workloads, VM availability and providing excellent host and VM control for live/production environments.“ April 15, 2026 BS Ben S Infrastructure ArchitectEducation Management, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Since Broadcom’s acquisition of VMWare vSphere, costs have completely gotten out of control, we are no longer able to correctly budget for the product, there have been major disruptions with resellers, and the product feels dated.“ April 27, 2026 HN Harshad N Technical Support expertInformation Technology and Services, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “It provides high-security features in managing VMs by giving access control based on users and roles.“ February 3, 2025 Sumit S Director Academic Analytics and FeedbacksEducation Management, 5,001 - 10,000 employeesUsed the software for: I used a free trial. “some of the common pain points or challenges associated with vSphere are cost, complex pricing model and steep learning curve“ January 13, 2025 Sumit S Director Academic Analytics and FeedbacksEducation Management, 5,001 - 10,000 employeesUsed the software for: I used a free trial. “vSphere is a robust virtualization platform offered by VMware, and there are several standout aspects about it that users often appreciate.“ January 13, 2025 Owen M Technical Consulting EngineerComputer Software, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “The new pricing and licensing scheme makes it difficult to use this product.“ August 7, 2024 Sumit S Director Academic Analytics and FeedbacksEducation Management, 5,001 - 10,000 employeesUsed the software for: I used a free trial. “Some of the features I find most notable about vSphere are Enterprise-Grade Virtualization and vMotion“ January 13, 2025 RB René B AdministratorAutomotive, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “Now when you have to get a new licence the price is doubled or trippled.“ June 6, 2025 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 433 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use sagar J. System Administrator Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Vmware Vsphere " April 24, 2021 4.0 It's cost-effective - pay as use concept if no need stop your services and get free from billings Space Effective - physical to virtual conversation helps you to save your infra space which is not possible in case of physical deployment Why Vsphere - it a product of a leading virtualization vendor. Pros Vsphere - Vcenter is the platform where you can create configure and customize the virtual machines as per the customer requirement Vsphere allows you to synchronize with multiple host/nodes, which helps you run the features of high availability smart server deployment. Vsphere has various products which help every smaller multinational organization to manage their cloud infrastructures. Vpshere allows you the features which highly recommended and essential to smoothly run any organization. Vsphere is the product of Vmware and the vendor is running in the top list of virtualization providers Features of Vsphere High Availability - Providing the high SLA Distributor resource scheduler - smart deployment of servers Distributor power management - save you cost Fault Tolerance - Zero downtime Wow that you rarely get with any other virtualization platform. Cons Vsphere should be licensed purchased it's not allowed you to run the infra after 30 days of trial. There are various packages available for their products, so small-level organizations are supposed to run all features they have to pay the cost of the required product. Should require stronger connectivity to access your Vsphere smoothly. Alternatives considered [AWS CloudFormation](https://www.capterra.com/p/205397/CloudFormation/)[Google Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/) Reason for choosing vSphere 1.Its and leader and long-running organization of virtualization 2.Provided the back end which is useful for smooth transactions of your servers and infrastructure. 3.Updated product with the current requirement Switched from [AWS CloudFormation](https://www.capterra.com/p/205397/CloudFormation/)[Google Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/268690/Google-Cloud-Platform/) 1.For performance enhancement 2.For running additional and high ended features. 3.For customer satisfaction. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Hr manager and technical assistant Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Reliable Virtualization Software: vSphere " December 26, 2024 4.0 I love using vSphere because vSphere is widely regarded as one of the most robust and feature-rich virtualization platforms on the market. It excels in creating and managing virtualized environments, offering high performance, scalability, and reliability so my overall experience is 8.5 out of 10. Pros vSphere is a virtualization software which is well for its reliability. The most important feature that I love most about this service is that it allows multiple virtual machines (VMs) to run on a single physical server, ensuring hardware resources are fully utilized also it include features like Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) automatically allocate resources based on workload demands. Cons I don't face any big issue on using vSphere but I fell it's expensive licensing and subscription costs as well as UI portion can be improved more Switched from [ManageEngine OpManager](https://www.capterra.com/p/251336/ManageEngine-OpManager/) from my personal opinion it's reliability and our company's decision as well. Review Source BS Ben S. Infrastructure Architect Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "VMWare vSphere has been a leader but Broadcom may be its downfall. " April 27, 2026 4.0 I have been administrating the VMWare vSphere platform since it was first released. The product has done very well over the years, but lately cracks have forms and us along with most companies are looking for alternatives. Pros VMWare vSphere has been the backbone of the hypervisor infrastructure for almost two decades. Because of this, they currently have the best integrations with all vendors. Cons Since Broadcom’s acquisition of VMWare vSphere, costs have completely gotten out of control, we are no longer able to correctly budget for the product, there have been major disruptions with resellers, and the product feels dated. Review Source CQ Connor Q. Team Lead Media Production Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The Gold Standard; - At least until clients are completely priced out" April 15, 2026 3.0 Vsphere overall remains in my opinion the industry leader in enterprise virtualisation, and absolutely still sets the standard that others are mesaured against. Weighed heavily against that though is the crushing price model that have forced the majority of smaller and medium sized businesses (and even some larger enterprise corporations) into choosing less mature solutions and competitors; so much so that it almost completely removes Vsphere and it's associated suite from the runnings, if not immediately then at least long enough for administrators to figure out a plan to migrate away. As a result these competitors are receiving more funding and seem to be catching up much faster than previous years (Hyper-V, Nutanix, Openshift, etc) Pros A solid industry standard platform that provides reliable virtualisation at scale. As the industry leader it excels at consolidating workloads, VM availability and providing excellent host and VM control for live/production environments. Features like vMotion, HA and DRS and critical and non-negotiable for maintaining resources without disruption and providing a seemless experience for end users and hosted applications. keeping downtime minimal and providing reliable infrastructure management and uptime helps VMWare and Vsphere sit comfortably at the head of the table, especially when discussing on-premise (non cloud) virtualisation options. Cons The biggest issue with Vsphere, by far, is the remodelling of their pricing and licensing structure. Since Broadcom purchased the vendor, they have narrowed their desired client-base to a fraction of their existing market, meaning that many small and medium enterprises are left in a very difficult situation, having to choose between switching to less mature technologies, or choosing to maintain their current stack at significantly hiked price margins. The recent shift away from perpetual licensing and towards core-based subscriptions has created a much more volatile and inflexible cost case for the vast majority of customers, and the constant restructuring of varying editions and packages makes it much more confusing when navigating renewals and the associated uncertainties. Review Source BP Brittany P. Desktop Support Teechnician Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "vSphere is a Virtuosic and Verbose Virtualization Vessel." March 15, 2025 5.0 vSphere is a robust solution for virtualization offering features such as vMotion for live migration of virtual machines, although costly, ease of use and scalability are just a few reasons why vSphere is worth the price. Pros vSphere is an established platform and has a strong track record in virtualization and cloud computing. Cons Licensing and implementation can be on the more expensive side for smaller businesses. Review Source SMT Soe Moe T. System Engineer Infrastructure Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent Virtualization Platform" May 11, 2025 4.0 Pros As a System Engineer, Vmware Virtualization is very excellent platform. We don't need to spend the a lot of physical server. The most I like about vSphere features are: 1. High Availability and DRS 2. Live Migration with vMotion 3. very simple and easy to use other than virtualization 4. A lot of Knowledge Base and strong community 5. Vmware Site Recovery Manager 6. VM Host Affinity Rules Cons I don't have much about vSphere. But now We can't download the vmware and vcenter path file in Broadcom portal. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Engineering IT Food & Beverages Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great virtualisation tool" January 22, 2025 5.0 Pros I use VmWare vSphere for infrastructure virtualisation in the Cloud Cons Hardware restrictions for installing vSphere ESXI Switched from [Proxmox VE](https://www.capterra.com/p/210797/Proxmox-VE/) vSphere is much more stable and professional Review Source IM Ilario M. ICT Infrastructure Manager Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "de facto the Hypervisor virtualization solution" March 22, 2025 5.0 vSphere is the most known, stable and used hypervisor OS; we use it in every site for both general purpose server infrastructures and VDI solutions. Pros Stability, options, features, wide knowledge base on 3rd party partner Cons after acquisition by Broadcom, price too high Review Source AK Alex K. Systems Engineer Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best product in server virtualization " March 8, 2025 5.0 Pros The product is still the best out there for on premise server virtualization for many reasons. Cons It's not the cheapest in the market. Recently there have been some QA related bugs but appears to have improved with the Broadcom acquisition. Review Source SB Scott B. Network Engineer Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great product" May 6, 2025 5.0 Great product, hopefully the purchase process for this product will be simplified like it used to be. Pros Very simple management product for vmware servers. Easily handles multiple hosts and virtual servers in one simple interface. Cons Price of product can be high, and since the Broadcom acquisition its nearly impossible to purchase the product. Review Source PS Pyae S. HPE support Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "vSphere client" April 12, 2025 5.0 VMware vSphere is a popular virtualization platform with several advantages and some drawbacks. Pros Most of pros, this vSphere when we use it. its ability to manage a large number of virtual machines (VMs) from a single interface, simplifying operations, security and central control management. Cons Yes, licensing cost, especially for smaller businesses and complex network setup need to professional. Review Source DB Dariusz B. Systems Engineer III Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "vSphere - a leading server virtualization platform" October 15, 2024 4.0 vSphere is powerful and versatile virtualiztion platform that offers robust features and high performance. Pros Well established product within the industry. High performance with great scalability and robust security. Cons High licensing fees after Broadcom's acquisition. Complexity and hardware dependencies also play an important role. "Support" could be better as well. Since the support is outsourced, finding a resolution to complex issue can be time consuming. Review Source CR Cameron R. Information Technology Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Virtual Machine Management for On Prem or Datacenter enviornments." October 14, 2024 5.0 Great until Broadcom purchased it otherwise still works as expected. Pros The ease of use regarding Virtual Machine management, setup, and customization. Cons As Broadcom purchased vSphere things have been changing and making things more difficult. Review Source Kevin M. IT Consultant/Lecturer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "The best virtualizing solution" July 28, 2020 5.0 Vmware’s vSphere is one of those products that you despite its cost you will never feel like you made a bad investment buying. It gives me so many options when it comes to remote management of all the software I have running within the local ecosystem. What was really impressive was how we were able to demo newer enterprise software within a control environment giving us a perspective that we would have never had given the old software that was present. With the recent Corvid outbreak, we were actually able to implement VPNs and grant remote access without having to invest in new hardware. Pros Stability and scaling were very important to me when choosing a solution to my problems. One of my clients had an old ERP software connected to an equally old version of SQL server. Pressed to upgrade and incorporate newer cloud base services I had to find something that could be used in the interim but could be shaped slowly to match our needs. I chose vSphere and it worked out very well. Having something that remote workers could access, that was stable and secure meant we able to weather the storm. The ESXi is easy to access as it is web based. Now I run all our servers on VMWare with an integrated remote cloud service for backup. Just the ability to preserve data stored in the vintage ERP alone was worth the cost. Cons While the ESXi is easy to access its can be confusing at first. Its hard to focus on what you need to see as the interface is very cluttered. Also, Hardware requirements and licensing can be taxing. While it was critical to protect our data no matter the cost the costing and implementation still felt a bit excessive. There is also huge learning curve when it comes to using some of vSphere’s functions When incorporating it into your on-site datacenter you will definitely need to train your staff or hire an expert cloud technician to monitor and manage your cloud services. Reason for choosing vSphere VMWare is considered the industry standard for Virtualization and clud services. Review Source Przemek P. Lead, Infrastructure Specialist Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Manage big virtual environment!" November 2, 2023 5.0 I enjoy using vSphere every day to connect to my virtual environment. This makes my job easier when testing application security because I can run tests on multiple machines and in multiple configurations at the same time. Pros I really like the reliability of vSphere. It's hard for me to remember situations when I had a problem connecting to the virtual environment or when it was unstable. Working with virtual machines and their configuration is very simple. Restoring machines to their initial state or reconfiguring them takes little time and you can focus on their effective use. Cons If I were to change something in vSphere it would be the User Interface UI. Unfortunately, tab navigation and menus are not well designed and require some getting used to. Better interface planning could improve productivity and user satisfaction. Review Source JSB Jagat Singh B. Technical Lead Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "vSphere" August 23, 2022 5.0 Easy to use and very helpful to create a virtual machine if you have a template and it will be ready within 5 minutes. It reduces the network and disk I/O failure. Pros With the help of vSphere VMware ESXi, we can create and run virtual machines immediately. We don't need to take care of dedicated physical hardware and maintain it by itself. Cons I didn't face any issues yet with the vSphere ESXi component. Review Source Stanley M. System Administrator Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Enterprise Virtualization Environment that just works." October 14, 2022 5.0 One of the best and comprehensive user interface that is easy to understand and works for both pros and noobs. Pros Ease of using and monitoring virtual machines with vSphere even for beginners. Cons The cost is quite steep for startup and SMEs. Reason for choosing vSphere Support and recommendation from my mentor. Review Source Taryn F. Software Specialist Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Vmware vSphere is still our #1 Virtualization Software of choice" February 10, 2022 4.0 This is our go to choice of virtualization software. I think that is probably more a case of being "used to it" than its functionality over Hyper V. The tides are changing, and Vmware is going to have to keep up with the pricing and support that Microsoft offers. Pros Excellent application support. Scalability Cost of licensing. Cons Terrible support for licensing and licensing renewals in our region. Reason for choosing vSphere We are used to vSphere - have certified engineers and software support internally. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Systems Engineer Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Data center virtualization from the industry leader" July 29, 2021 5.0 We are 90+ percent virtualized on vSphere, and like many others, it is a game changer and huge money saver. With vSphere using vCenter, we manage our entire virtualized enterprise in a single pane of glass. We use it to provision compute and storage resources, monitor performance, get alerts, and manage VM DR. Pros vSphere lets us virtualize nearly any Windows and Linux operating system we want, with a few exceptions such as AIX and Solaris, and manage virtualized resources across our enterprise spanning multiple data centers. It has multiple plugins for the storage we use (Dell EMC VxFlex, VMAX, etc). It is very widely adopted, so help is easy to find on the web. Cons I don't have any significant complaint about the software itself, but VMWare support isn't as good as it should be, especially given its size. Since VMWare is integrated with lots of different OS's and storage, there seems to be a lot of finger pointing when we engage support, and it's hard to finally get to a competent support engineer. I will concede that when we call support, it is nearly always a complex issue. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CTO, EMEA Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "They're the market leader for a reason, but so many features means complicated UX" November 14, 2018 4.0 Pros Every feature an hypervisor can offer - widest feature set and ecosystem to deliver the most comprehensive solution. They scale very well across all parameters: Cluster size, datastore size, VM count, fault tolerance at scale Etc. Their VSAN is great for ROBO deployments, as you get a single pane of glass for all layers (compute, network, storage) HA / DRS / VSMC are all excellent tools for improving availability of the applications that drive the business. Cons Every feature means a complicated GUI, with way too many nobs to turn for a small deployment. They VSAN scales poorly in terms of ROI, as more often than not you need the All-Flash VSAN, which after 2-3 copies of the data yields low capacity at double or triple the cost of the (already expensive) Flash Media. Replication is nice but again limited in scale, works great in getting data off the ROBOs to the main datacenter but not scalable enough as a DR solution Review Source SA Sara A. Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "VmWare vSphere is the best" May 2, 2024 5.0 I use Vsphere daily to manage Virtual Environments. I like the interface, clean, intuitive and easy to use Pros Vsphere is a must when you manage Virtual Machines / Storage and their environment. Fro the Vsphere Client Dashboard you can see all your VM, the storages and for every VM you can create/delete a new one, change the settings, do some actions such as reboot, power on/off, take (and revert) snapshots, move the VM to another node/storage, just to tell some actions you could do. Obviously you can connect to selected VM (without the need of using RDP or SSH for example). There is a lot of documentation on internet if you need information or support. Cons it seems the price will increase a lot for Italy customers Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior Network Specialist Government Administration Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy & Simplistic to use, yet full of features that make management of virtual machines easy" March 13, 2018 5.0 Pros Ease of access to manage virtual machines. vSphere allows for you to easily manage your entire Virtual Infrastructure, from the Data Storage used to house the VMs to the creation and management of the Virtual Machines themselves. Clone, Deploy, and Configure multiple VMs within minutes... You can stand up an entire infrastructure composed of virtual machines within a short time (depending on available resources) using vSphere Cons There can be a slight learning curve for anyone who has not managed a virtual environment. VMware vSphere has numerous functions, features, and capabilities and it can at times seem overwhelming; however, VMware provides great articles and knowledge bases to help even the most novice administrator become a vSphere power user. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Head of IT Used the software for: 2+ years ### "the leading virtualization platform on the market since more than a decade. A must " March 9, 2018 5.0 state of the art datacenter automation, virtualization, infrastructure management Pros vsphere is the private-cloud datacenter operating system of choice, market leader, full packed of features and with an impressive ecosystem of third party products which integrate fully with it. Since more than a decade, vsphere has brought virtualization into almost every shop on earth and changed the way the IT departments administer their infrastructure, making it way more flexible, easier, faster and smarter. Cons i have a hard time when thinking about something I dislike in vSphere. I think that the product can be pricey, depending on the licensing level chosen, and this is maybe the aspect I dislike the most, even if I honestly believe that it is worth its money. Review Source GS Gianluca S. IT Administrator Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best choice in virtualization" June 22, 2022 5.0 Pros Everything. From the first installation, the setup, and the use. It's perfect for us! Cons Sometimes it is a little slow. We have to work on this. Review Source Joe E. Engineer Defense & Space Used the software for: 2+ years ### "VMWare vSphere" December 16, 2019 5.0 We are able to host much more software on our servers, and manage them through vSphere. This is a large savings in hardware, and increases our reliability. vSphere makes it easier & cheaper to manage the software (VMs) in our environment. Pros This software is easy to use and has many powerful management features for our small data center. We have been using this for years and it has been stable and reliable without issue. Once you are familiar with it, very powerful actions can be taken with a minimum number of clicks-- a real time-saver! Cons It can take a bit of hunting to find the settings you are looking for-- the software provides many different views so it does take some time to become familiar with the location of what you're looking for. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Virtualization](https://www.capterra.com/virtualization-software/)[Virtual Private Server](https://www.capterra.com/virtual-private-server-software/)[Machine Learning](https://www.capterra.com/machine-learning-software/) ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.