--- description: Learn more about vSphere price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in New Zealand. Read verified software reviews and find tools that fit your business needs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: vSphere Pricing, Reviews & Features - Capterra New Zealand 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Virtualization Software](/directory/30618/virtualization/software) > [vSphere](/software/93512/vmware-horizon) # vSphere Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/93512/vmware-horizon Page: 1 / 19\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/93512/vmware-horizon?page=2) > Cloud-based virtualization platform which helps enterprises with data consolidation, infrastructure security and remote support. > > Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 431 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses vSphere? Cloud-based data virtualization platform that helps manage and install virtual machines through hypervisor. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 431 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: VMware - **Founded**: 1989 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$576.96 - **Pricing model**: Per User - **Pricing Details**: Please contact VMware directly for pricing details. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Bandwidth Monitoring - Configuration Management - Dashboard - Data Migration - Dedicated Virtual Resources - High Volume Processing - Load Balancing Tools - ML Algorithm Library - Model Training - Monitoring - Performance Management - Server Monitoring - Virtual Machine Monitoring ## Support Options - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base ## Category - [Virtualization Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/30618/virtualization/software) ## Related Categories - [Virtualization Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/30618/virtualization/software) - [Machine Learning Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/31103/machine-learning/software) - [Big Data Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/30851/big-data/software) - [Network Monitoring Tools](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/30019/network-monitoring/software) - [Virtual Private Servers](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/33275/virtual-private-server/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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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 > > 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. ----- ### "vSphere is a Virtuosic and Verbose Virtualization Vessel." — 5.0/5 > **Brittany** | *15 March 2025* | Computer & Network Security | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **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. > > 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. ----- ### "Excellent Virtualization Platform" — 4.0/5 > **Soe Moe** | *11 May 2025* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **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. ----- ### "VMware is the best solution to virtualization" — 5.0/5 > **jesus** | *28 November 2024* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: -VMotion service to migrate virtual machines in real time is amazing. -The stability of the system working with clusters is the best option the in the market. -A lot compatibility with physical storages -Amazing management to discover datastores created in the physical storages. -The security updates to fix vulnerabilities are published very quick. -The dashboard to management our clusters is very easy to see and very light to load a lot of data in the dashboards. -The upgrades improve the VMware environment with new capabilities in storages and new OS published. > > **Cons**: -Since January 2025 the prices increased in a 600% in the licenses, in others subsidiaries the prices increased around 1000%. -Now the prices are very expensive. > > VMware is the very stable and very easy to management, really the price is expensive but the features and services are the best option in the market of virtualization. ----- ### "Great virtualisation tool" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *22 January 2025* | Food & Beverages | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I use VmWare vSphere for infrastructure virtualisation in the Cloud > > **Cons**: Hardware restrictions for installing vSphere ESXI ----- Page: 1 / 19\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/93512/vmware-horizon?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/93512/vmware-horizon) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ko | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data