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."Technical support is good."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its stability."
"I think VirtualBox has good stability because I use it in an environment with several resolutions."
"This solution can be used on many different platforms including Windows and Linux."
"It's a pretty good product in terms of monitoring."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the ability to manage multiple operating systems through one application."
"Oracle VM Virtualbox is easy to use and does not require much training."
"The solution is very convenient and easy to use."
"We have seen a performance boost because we have been able to more dynamically allocate either memory or processors."
"The scalability is good."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"The easy of use with reduced space provides a better use of infrastructure"
"The initial setup is very easy and takes half an hour to complete."
"It's easy to use, and it is flexible."
"I like stability and the organization of the different functions into the I#M feature which is also quite useful, quite stable."
"VMware vSphere is the best private-cloud solution."
"Having live migrations to move a running server to other hardware would be great."
"The installation is difficult and could be improved."
"It should have the functionality where if I move the mouse away from one screen, the context changes automatically."
"This should have better support for multiple network cards and some parts of the GUI should be improved."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"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."
"The solution lacks some open source remote administration tools. The reload of individual virtual machine definitions through the vboxweb service (via its API) without restarting it and the access to shared storage (to use teleport functions) need to be improved."
"As far as the web client goes, one of the frustrating things is that it's dependent on different browsers. One day it may work with only a given browser or there may be issues with Flash. So I look forward to being able to use the HTML 5 client."
"The biggest room for improvement would be just simplicity. It is very intuitive, but it needs somebody with a lot of IT background."
"I would like to see the UI incorporating all of the functionality that the thick client had."
"I would like to see VMware vSphere provide a centralized patch service on the VMware level, regardless of your operating systems."
"They can maybe review its price. They can also consider offering a free public version for development for a certain number of users."
"The setup is easy. However, the configuration expansion can be difficult. The full implementation took three to four days. This included the move from physical servers to virtual ones."
"When we talk about the overall private cloud stack, I would prefer for it be a lot more seamless."
"There could be an inbuilt dashboard for reporting purposes."
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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