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 solution is very convenient and easy to use."
"The cloning is a very useful tool."
"The product gives us the flexibility to try different machines."
"I like that it has a snapshot feature."
"Technical support is good."
"The versatility, simplicity, and stability of the product are it's most valuable features."
"This product is extremely easy to install, use, has a great GUI and is incredibly stable."
"The scalability of the solution is very good."
"It's easy to use, and it is flexible."
"As an end-user, I would say it has allowed us to have the flexibility of moving around our workloads on different machines, and not having to worry if anything is down."
"The technical support is good and they are available over the internet."
"Also, the automated builds are being done through it, and we don't have to manually do it anymore. All of my AIS platforms are completely automated now with the VM suite."
"The performance is efficient."
"We have seen an improvement in uptime. The whole hardware lifecycle process is easier."
"We find the solution simple and efficient to manage."
"I find that the Virtual Center Management, iSCSI support, and VMotion hot migration are very beneficial."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox is not flexible, It's not like VMware."
"Having live migrations to move a running server to other hardware would be great."
"The solution needs to improve its flexibility. It's not as flexible as VMware."
"The installation is difficult and could be improved."
"It would be good if we could use Hyper-V Windows subsystems with Linux and VirtualBox on the same instance. Currently, to be able to use VirtualBox, we have to restart the machine into an instance of Windows where Hyper-V is disabled, which is understandably very inconvenient."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The communications setup lags. It does not connect properly so the batching and networking is a bit slow."
"I find the solution to be incredibly unstable, constantly falling over and not working properly."
"Archiving, exporting, and backing up need to be improved for this solution, because they're slower than expected."
"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."
"It could use a smaller learning curve."
"In addition, I think they should come up with a backup feature which is more product enrichment-based. It should be a full-fledged backup solution. It just is not there right now."
"VMware has amped up how frequently they release new versions and that adds instability to a stable environment."
"I would like to see improvements in simplifying automation, cloud native deployment, administration, and fault resolution."
"On the older version of VMware vSphere, possibly version four, we had a feature that allowed us to backup Ziploc machines. It has not been available in the newer version such as six or seven. I have been looking for another solution to accomplish the backups but they should bring back this plugin-type tool to allow older backup capabilities."
"Here in Egypt, we would like everything free. So if you give us the license for free, we would be thrilled."
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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