We performed a comparison between IBM PowerVM and Oracle VM VirtualBox based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Server Virtualization Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the flexibility in terms of managing the hardware resources such as RAM, CPU, and the network."
"Technical support is great."
"IBM PowerVM's most valuable feature is stability."
"It is a complete solution."
"You can increase resources with it automatically."
"Managing other operating systems is also straightforward with IBM PowerVM."
"The feature that I like most is the versatility."
"PowerVM's most valuable features include swift optimisation and real-time migration."
"The solution has high performance and is easy to use."
"The installation is easy."
"I think VirtualBox has good stability because I use it in an environment with several resolutions."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the ability to manage multiple operating systems through one application."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to copy bidirectionally between the desktop and the virtual machine."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox has a platform where the support team responds to frequently asked questions by its users. Every time I have had issues with Oracle VM VirtualBox, I always get a solution from Oracle's online platform or GitHub."
"The scalability of the solution is very good."
"Technical support is good."
"The licensing could be better."
"A GUI version of VIOS would be a great plus for people moving from Intel-based hypervisors."
"The interface is not user-friendly in places, so it could use some improvement."
"IBM PowerVM does not integrate with Microsoft."
"IBM should review the price of this solution in my opinion; it is too high."
"If it could actually virtualize the entire platform it might be better. If you're having more than one virtualization technology, maybe there's a way to actually have less - one technology to run the data center and maybe one special virtualization for power. If it integrated with other platforms more effectively it might be better."
"The product's pricing could be less expensive compared to other competitors."
"The cost of this solution is high."
"The installation is difficult and could be improved."
"They could improve the graphics functionality of the product."
"The solution should work to simplify the system. However, it should be flexible enough to allow for special cases."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"We're working with them to be able to allow the local USB ports to be ported over to the remote desktop, running VirtualBox."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The solution is not flexible."
"The solution needs to improve its flexibility. It's not as flexible as VMware."
IBM PowerVM is ranked 9th in Server Virtualization Software with 25 reviews while Oracle VM VirtualBox is ranked 5th in Server Virtualization Software with 61 reviews. IBM PowerVM is rated 8.4, while Oracle VM VirtualBox is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM PowerVM writes "A stable system for high-end data processing with a great support structure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle VM VirtualBox writes "The solution is versatile, simple to use, and stable". IBM PowerVM is most compared with VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Oracle VM, whereas Oracle VM VirtualBox is most compared with Proxmox VE, KVM, Hyper-V, Oracle VM and OpenVZ. See our IBM PowerVM vs. Oracle VM VirtualBox report.
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