XenServer is a hypervisor used to run and manage virtual machines on physical servers. It helps organizations consolidate workloads and provide virtualized servers, desktops, and applications.

What company sizes and industries is XenServer the best fit for?

XenServer’s strongest fit appears to be enterprise and mid-market organizations, with notable use in IT services, healthcare, and education. Positive experiences also appear among smaller businesses.

Company size: Enterprise and mid-market organizations are the most represented segments, with small businesses represented as well.
Industries: Information technology, healthcare, and education stand out among the industries using XenServer.

How long does it take to implement XenServer across a team?

Reported implementation times range from less than a day to more than a year, but deployments under one month are the most common. The reported timing varies with the environment and scope of the rollout.

Time to go live	Relative frequency
Under one month	Most common
One to three months	Less common
Three to six months	Less common
More than 12 months	Least common

What customer support options does XenServer provide, and how do users find the overall support experience?

XenServer support options include email or help desk assistance and FAQs or forums. The support experience is mixed: users describe helpful assistance and issue fixes, while others find that troubleshooting guidance or technical support can fall short.

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Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/2/2026

"A Better Hypervisor Alternative—Especially with Xen Orchestra"

4.5/5

What do you like best about XenServer?

That it is a better alternative to other hypervisors in combo with Xen Orchestra. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about XenServer?

The GUI is a little clunky, but looks like that is being addressed in XO6. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Saqib M.

Cybersecurity Engineer Intern

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/29/2021

"Citrix XenServer is underrated Hypervisor"

4.5/5

What do you like best about XenServer?

Citrix has an easy to manage interface which is quite Administrator friendly. One can manage the XenServer clusters.

Citrix XenServer offers great features in terms of Networking. It offers SR-IOV capabilities that enable low bandwidth network connection for the Virtual Machines. On top of that, its easy to manage networks and create bonded network for performance and reliability is easy.

In terms of Storage, Citrix XenServer offers great features like SMB Storage, Live Migration etc. It offers dedicated features of Citrix Virtual apps and desktops such as MCS Read Cache and PVS Accelarator that boost the performance of VDI tremendously. PVS Accelerator drastically brings down the boot time for Network streamed machines by caching them locally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about XenServer?

The knowledge base is not big enough to have solutions for all the issues out there. Most of the time you will fix the Cluster just by restarting the xapi service. However, you will not find a exact solution or the exact cause on why something happened. Though, the Hypervisor itself is very good in terms of performances and managability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering XenServer:

If you are using Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop then you should consider Citrix Hypervisor since it most likely already comes with your existing license plus it offers great features to support Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is XenServer solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have VDI environment that we have hosted using the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops. We use it to deliver the virtualized apps and desktops to our users over a secure channel to enable them to work from home. Due to the nature of VDI, it must be very high performing to meet the work from home requirements for end users.

We decided to implement Citrix Hypervisor in our environment because of its features to improve performance of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops. Two such features are MCS Read cache that caches virtualized desktop and application workloads in host RAM, providing fast, scalable access and dramatically reducing off-host IOPS thus increasing the performance.

Another one is PVS Accelerator that integrates with Citrix Provisioning Services (PVS) to cache the streamed vDisk locally on Hypervisor to dramatically reduce network traffic, enabling fewer PVS servers to handle the same volume of VMs. This is a great feature if your VDI are managed by the PVS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Muneer Ahmed K.

Dy. General Manager - IT

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/21/2021

"Citrix Hypervisor"

4.5/5

What do you like best about XenServer?

Citrix Hypervisor is secure and not easy to get compromised, maintenance-free, and comes free if you have XenApp licenses Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about XenServer?

Customization is not feasible, complete command-based Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Emaduddin A.

Senior Server Administrator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/1/2021

"best and easy hypervisor"

5/5

What do you like best about XenServer?

Citrix hypervisor (XenServer) is a great and best hypervisor. Hardware requirements are less and compatible with any devices, Laptop, etc. Interface is easy to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about XenServer?

The software needs upgrade, sometimes it's slow and take more time than expected to complete a task. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nebojsa P.

Network Coordinator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/21/2020

"Citrix as a hypervisor"

5/5

What do you like best about XenServer?

The best part of Citrix Hypervisor is that its is easy to manage and relatively cheap in exploration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about XenServer?

The main problem is the lack of solution of automatic backup of the vms, either local or cloud. The pools are allowed only between similar hardware which is not always handy during the vms motion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering XenServer:

The Citrix Hypervisor is a great solution for entry level for its easy initial setup and use. Realtively cheap soltutio that can do a lot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is XenServer solving and how is that benefiting you?

This hypervisor can handle large amount of vms and it is not much hardware demanding. This can help you organize your systems and save you time, money and effort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

David S.

Senior IT Specialist

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/16/2020

"Citrix Hypervisor is a very reliable and stable alternative to other expensive hypervisors"

5/5

What do you like best about XenServer?

Citrix Hypervisor (formally called XenServer) is very stable and is my Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp hypervisor platform for my hospital and does everything extremely well. I do not need all the extra bells and whistles to establish a very sound hypervisor platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about XenServer?

My current version did not allow for the XenMotion to migrate a VM with a vGPU attached (similar to vMotion in VMWare) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering XenServer:

This is a very mature and stable alternative to VMWare with a very good track record. I have been running production Citrix on XenServer (Hypervisor) for over 10 years Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is XenServer solving and how is that benefiting you?

Needed a very reliable and stable hypervisor platform to run a 24x7 Citrix environment, both applications via Xenapp, VDA and VDI with XenDesktop. Since Xenapp 6.5, I have migrated to XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR and everything works extremely well together with ONE vendor supporting it all Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MOHAMMAD R.

Freelance IT Support & Technician

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/5/2021

"CTX Hyper V"

5/5

What do you like best about XenServer?

User Friendly, Easy to Install and Manage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about XenServer?

There is Nothing like this to dislike this product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nitin S.

Assistant Manager

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/22/2020

"Citrix Hypervisor: The must have tool"

4.5/5

What do you like best about XenServer?

To access the tool from anywhere with the minimum system and hardware requirements Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about XenServer?

As it is virtual, slow down on server can badly impact the workflows Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering XenServer:

It is the must have tool for all types of works. You can improve your skills with better results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is XenServer solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps to manage your workload evenly, you can do 2 to 3 assignments simultaneously with the help of Citrix, files can be accessed and shared with the speed of light. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/29/2019

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"Citrix Hypervisor formerly Xenserver"

4/5

What do you like best about XenServer?

Ease of access, Simple to use & a light weight bare metal hypervisor Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about XenServer?

Not as robust as VMWare ESXi however suitable for small environments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering XenServer:

Best suited for small and medium scale deployments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is XenServer solving and how is that benefiting you?

A nice server virtualization platform for small and medium scale business requirements, GPU virtualization can be achieved easily using Citrix Hypervisor as compared other hypervisor platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alex B.

Patient Advocate/Certified Pharmacy Technician

Hospital & Health Care

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/22/2018

"Makes remote access a breeze."

5/5

What do you like best about XenServer?

Logging in and connecting to remote applications is very simple and easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about XenServer?

I don't like that I lose my login after about 5-10 minutes. In reality, this is a security issue and not so much an issue with Citrix itself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering XenServer:

Based on my experience, end-users of XenServer will have a fairly easy time getting connected from Windows XP/7/10. I use the product on a weekly basis and have no complaints. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is XenServer solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm able to work from multiple locations with ease. As far as benefit, I've been able to complete tasks remotely that would've otherwise been impossible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.