We performed a comparison between Oracle VM VirtualBox and VMware vSphere 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."VirtualBox provides an isolated, consistent environment"
"This solution can be used on many different platforms including Windows and Linux."
"The flexibility and the closed platform, so it allows you to run in multiple platforms, Windows, Linux, Macintosh."
"The flexibility and the closed platform, so it allows you to run in multiple platforms, Windows, Linux, Macintosh."
"It is easy to use and does not require complex knowledge."
"Oracle VM Virtualbox is easy to use and does not require much training."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that there is no cost because it is open source."
"The solution is very stable."
"The most valuable features are the seamless HA with vMotion and being able to run vCenters in HA mode."
"I like the standard features."
"The web console is the most valuable feature for me. Because no matter what happens with the server, I can still get to it with the web console."
"The most valuable features are the virtualization and the performance on the virtualization platform."
"VMware vSphere helps us in not wasting resources like we did when we were using physical servers. It changed our whole environment."
"An important vSphere feature from a security perspective is VM encryption. As is the right thing to do in this day and age, security needs to be the number one concern for any IT operator. While there are security solutions which can be delivered at the physical, hardware layer, they don't necessarily address all of the requirements from an encryption perspective. Being able to have VM-centric, VM-level encryption is a great feature of vSphere."
"The ability of a running VM to be quickly relocated to another hypervisor or launched at another site via replicated storage greatly reduces downtime."
"It is fairly easy to use and has enhanced security."
"The AI and the UI could be improved. The user interface is a little outdated and the AI is not very attractive."
"I think that this solution should be more user-friendly."
"The solution is a bit less stable than I would like."
"This should have better support for multiple network cards and some parts of the GUI should be improved."
"It should have the functionality where if I move the mouse away from one screen, the context changes automatically."
"This solution needs improvement with the business continuity planning, disaster and recovery management and using centralized data storage."
"Basically, the GUI and command-line interface need improvement."
"One valuable feature would be for it to work right the first time but it doesn't necessarily do that."
"It could be more composable. At present, a fluid pool is not available to us. It would be great to have the flexibility."
"The management could be simplified for base-level customers, but of course, it would be difficult to match all customer needs."
"The biggest room for improvement would be just simplicity. It is very intuitive, but it needs somebody with a lot of IT background."
"Its price should be better. Their support should also be more customer-friendly, and they should train people like us so that we know more about the latest technologies and features. If there is some program and drive from their side to teach us, it is definitely going to help us. Pricing and support are the most important features for mid-level companies. We are not implementing this solution for big tech companies."
"Both the price and the licensing fee are expensive, especially for our clients with a smaller workload."
"I would like having something that works on a smaller screen, so we can get to it on our iPads and have it more touch-centric versus having to sit at a laptop."
"If they improve on the knowledge base and documentation, it would be extremely helpful."
"Its cost needs to be improved. It is very expensive as compared to other solutions."
Oracle VM VirtualBox is ranked 5th in Server Virtualization Software with 61 reviews while VMware vSphere is ranked 2nd in Server Virtualization Software with 446 reviews. Oracle VM VirtualBox is rated 8.2, while VMware vSphere is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Oracle VM VirtualBox writes "The solution is versatile, simple to use, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware vSphere writes "Offers good performance and is useful for banking systems". Oracle VM VirtualBox is most compared with Proxmox VE, KVM, Hyper-V, Oracle VM and Citrix Hypervisor, whereas VMware vSphere is most compared with Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, VMware Workstation, Oracle VM and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI). See our Oracle VM VirtualBox vs. VMware vSphere report.
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