| Hypervisor | Cloud |
| Hypervisor is a technology which used for create virtualization | Cloud is a methodology which ussed to access resources over internet |
| Create multiple simulated environments from 1 physical hardware system | Pool and automate virtual resources for on-demand use |
| Deliver packaged resources to specific users for a specific purpose | Deliver variable resources to groups of users for a variety of purposes |
| It is based on Image based | It is on Template Based |
| It is low scalable and support scale up | Cloud computing is high scalable and support sale out |
| It relies on single peripheral device | Cloud relies on multiple machines so its helpful in disaster recovery. |
| the workload is stateful. | the workload is stateless. |
| Cost is very low as compared to cloud | Cost is higher |