We compared Oracle VM and Proxmox VE based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
Oracle VM is praised for its performance, reliability, integration with Oracle products, robust security, and user-friendly interface. Users appreciate the efficient customer service, reasonable pricing, and positive ROI. However, there are concerns about the complex interface and performance issues. On the other hand, Proxmox VE stands out for its user-friendly interface, integration capabilities, performance, and management flexibility. Users commend the customer support, pricing structure, and positive ROI. Areas for improvement include interface simplicity, resource management, storage options, and support documentation.
Features: Oracle VM is valued for its strong performance, reliability, efficient resource management, seamless integration with Oracle products, and robust security. On the other hand, Proxmox VE is praised for its user-friendly interface, seamless integration with various virtualization technologies, excellent performance, and flexible management capabilities.
Pricing and ROI: The setup cost of Oracle VM is considered straightforward and not overly complex, while Proxmox VE's initial setup cost is described as straightforward and not overly complicated. Both products offer flexible licensing options to cater to different organizational needs., Oracle VM has received positive feedback regarding its cost savings, efficiency, flexibility, reliability, and performance. Similarly, Proxmox VE has also provided favorable ROI with its positive outcomes and benefits.
Room for Improvement: Oracle VM can be improved in terms of user-friendliness, navigation, performance, stability, software integration, and compatibility. On the other hand, Proxmox VE needs enhancement in user interface, resource management, storage options, and documentation and support materials.
Deployment and customer support: The user reviews suggest that Oracle VM users have experienced varying timeframes for deployment and setup, which should be evaluated separately. On the other hand, Proxmox VE users have reported a significant variation in the duration required, with some spending three months on deployment and others only needing a week for both deployment and setup., Oracle VM's customer service is highly praised by users. They appreciate the promptness, efficiency, and knowledge of the support team. Proxmox VE's customer service is also highly praised, with users reporting prompt and reliable assistance from a knowledgeable support team.
The summary above is based on 42 interviews we conducted recently with Oracle VM and Proxmox VE users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"I don't need to create a repository to allocate storage to my virtual machine, rather I can just use store locally."
"The virtualization product Oracle puts out just complements the performance of the database."
"It provides enhancements for network and storage configuration, policy-based management for delivering application resource flexibility, and a GUI."
"I like Oracle VM's vMotion and cloning features."
"The product's initial setup phase was simple."
"Because of the virtualization for Linux, I use just Linux basically in all VMs, a few with Windows."
"It is a stable product."
"VMware is user-friendly, with clear integration and detailed migration."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is that its storage container, LVM, and everything else work out of the box."
"Saves a lot of time compared to imaging physical desktops."
"The solution is open source and free to use."
"That the product is free and still has all the features you expect is a huge benefit."
"The affordability of the solution is the product's most valuable aspect."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of deployment."
"We are happy with Proxmox VE. We use it as part of a cluster."
"Oracle VM could provide integration with backup solutions."
"The only improvement needed for Oracle VM is the look and feel of the interface."
"The pricing could be cheaper. It is very pricey."
"An expanded data transfer option is one of the features I would like to have added."
"If there are issues with the storage, then all the machines go down, even if I have a backup solution in place."
"One is the hypervisor. Right now, it’s all using Xen. What would be really helpful is to have some choice, and the underlying hypervisor technology use KVM which is very popular with certain workloads."
"Oracle VM should be promoted more as an open-source and stable software."
"The documentation for implementation could be improved because we were not able to find an easy way to implement our company's features due to a lack of understanding."
"Proxmox needs to improve the integration of its network, machines, and virtual machines."
"I can't speak to any improvements. It is not lacking features."
"Its performance and support can be improved. Currently, there is a cost for support."
"If this solution could import directly from OVS format then it would make migration much easier."
"Separate physical network for Corosync/Heartbeat should be emphasized in the Quick Start or Getting Started documentation."
"There are some things that need to be done using the command-line interface, and these should be moved into the web-based interface."
"We find it difficult to find the root cause of the issues."
"The solution needs to improve its stability."
Oracle VM is ranked 7th in Server Virtualization Software with 78 reviews while Proxmox VE is ranked 1st in Server Virtualization Software with 58 reviews. Oracle VM is rated 8.0, while Proxmox VE is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Oracle VM writes "A cheap option available for Linux environments which is useful for many workloads". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Proxmox VE writes "Easy to use and supports multi-monitors on multiple VMs in KVM". Oracle VM is most compared with VMware vSphere, KVM, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Hyper-V and RHEV, whereas Proxmox VE is most compared with VMware vSphere, Oracle VM VirtualBox, KVM, Nutanix AHV Virtualization and RHEV. See our Oracle VM vs. Proxmox VE report.
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