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."The scalability of the solution is very good."
"The snapshot feature is very powerful; it protects us from disaster."
"Oracle VM Virtualbox is easy to use and does not require much training."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its stability."
"The installation is easy."
"I like that Oracle VM is safe and stable. It is also very easy to administer. For example, opening a VM or adding a host adapter is extremely easy."
"It is easy to use and does not require complex knowledge."
"This is a good and easy solution for running virtual environments."
"The stability of VMware vSphere is very good. It has high resiliency, it is one of the best solutions on the market."
"There is the simplicity of management, accessibility, and availability."
"We could easily move workloads from on-premises to the cloud and vice versa if we were running on-premises and cloud, which is one of the most important points in the new releases, in particular."
"It is a very stable solution. Integration with other environments was simple to achieve."
"The features in VMware vSphere data recovery are excellent. Sometimes I've deleted an entire server before and was able to recover the deleted VM. I just used some command line tools and I was able to restore the deleted VM."
"Ease of support is one of the main features that we have with it. We're able to take Snapshots before doing updates to make it easy to roll back if something does happen to go wrong."
"The solution has high availability."
"Their command-line tools integrate well with other Microsoft products like PowerShell, so I can manipulate VMs using it."
"It should have the functionality where if I move the mouse away from one screen, the context changes automatically."
"The solution has to do a better job of promoting the product and its licensing capabilities."
"The product lacks scalability since it is for desktops and not for servers."
"This solution needs improvement with the business continuity planning, disaster and recovery management and using centralized data storage."
"There are a few bugs that need to be updated."
"They could improve the graphics functionality of the product."
"The memory and hardware usage could be a little bit lighter. Right now, it's quite heavy on the usage. The CPU usage should be lower."
"I think that this solution should be more user-friendly."
"In addition, I think some of the backup features or the prediction features can be improved."
"The only way for it to be a complete product is if you integrate all the functionalities. Then you don't need any backup solution anymore and you can do it by yourself. Integration needs improvement. They should improve a lot of the functionality because normally it's half of a product. You're only protecting yourself against technical failures but not against any cyber threats or any other stuff."
"I would like to start to using NSX in the next release."
"I would like to see the configuration simplified."
"The solution is stable. However, it could improve by being more secure."
"We'd always like to see the price drop, but I realize that may not be realistic."
"It would be ideal if they could integrate billing software so that clients can customize it directly on the virtual machine."
"The UI of VMware could use some improvements, especially in dark mode."
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, Oracle VM, VMware Workstation and IBM PowerVM. See our Oracle VM VirtualBox vs. VMware vSphere report.
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