Virtualization products range in price from free to thousands of dollars. You would have to check each manufacturer’s website to verify the current prices as prices could change. However, based on today’s pricing, here are current prices for virtualization products:
- VMware ESX Server – range in price from $500 to $6000 depending on the number of features and the level of service/support you choose
- Microsoft Hyper-V – $999 for Windows Server 2008 Standard with Hyper-V
- Citrix/Xen Server – $780 for XensServer Standard
- VMware Server – FREE
- Microsoft Virtual Server – FREE
- VMware Workstation – $189
- Microsoft Virtual PC – FREE