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 snapshot feature is very powerful; it protects us from disaster."
"This solution creates a snapshot of virtual machines so you can create test environments."
"I think VirtualBox has good stability because I use it in an environment with several resolutions."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"This is a good and easy solution for running virtual environments."
"I like that it has a snapshot feature."
"Oracle VM Virtualbox is easy to use and does not require much training."
"We can slide in new resources without any impact. We can do maintenance on our clusters without any impact to applications, and we have the flexibility of migrating those workloads to other data centers, when required, in the case of data center downtime."
"It is very easy to use and very stable."
"Performance; We have seen a performance boost because we have been able to more dynamically allocate either memory or processors."
"Visibility: We can easily pull reports and give access to other people to look at specs or performance metrics."
"Their command-line tools integrate well with other Microsoft products like PowerShell, so I can manipulate VMs using it."
"VMware vSphere has helped us create our infrastructures and provide services for our customers."
"We saved a lot of time and hardware with this solution. It also prevents fewer incidents."
"The solution has many valuable features. Virtualization is flexible and it has simple clustering. However, the most important feature is the ability to move between VMs. The vMotion features are very good."
"Basically, the GUI and command-line interface need improvement."
"It's not as robust as server platforms, nor does it need to be."
"The solution should have more enterprise features, like migration, high availability storage, disaster recovery, and the ability to deploy to enterprise-scale usage. They should not just offer desktop usage."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox doesn't work properly with an antivirus tool."
"When I select the Ubuntu operating system from within the virtual machine, it sometimes hangs."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox is not flexible, It's not like VMware."
"The solution is not flexible."
"The solution should work to simplify the system. However, it should be flexible enough to allow for special cases."
"The technical support is poor. We are in Australia, but we do not have the same level of support as the US and Europe."
"Not having to buy something from a third-party to scan the actual hardware components, like the hard drives and the port containers and fan speeds; not having to bolt something on and go through another vendor, would be helpful."
"I would like to start to using NSX in the next release."
"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."
"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."
"The biggest pain point is probably the firmware management of the underlying hardware. It could be a lot better."
"I would like to see VMware head towards a more GPU friendly environment."
"The solution is stable. It has some small bugs which are not influencing the main functions but every software has some bugs."
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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