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."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."
"I think VirtualBox has good stability because I use it in an environment with several resolutions."
"It is easy to use and does not require complex knowledge."
"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."
"This solution creates a snapshot of virtual machines so you can create test environments."
"This solution can be used on many different platforms including Windows and Linux."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to copy bidirectionally between the desktop and the virtual machine."
"It helps us with TCO."
"It's extremely simple. Installing the ESXi is a piece of cake and then putting servers on there is really simple and having HA and building a cluster for our VM servers. It's very easy."
"You don't need too many people to manage the solution once it's up and running."
"The most valuable features are that it's stable, easy to use, and it's flexible."
"VMware's high availability which supports our SLA, VMware on the fly features like LUN expansion, P2V and API integrations are the most valuable features."
"vMotion is one of the most useful features, which helps to provide both flexibility and High Availability. With new versions of vSphere and vCenter, it is still improving (e.g., vMotion across vCenter Servers and virtual switches)."
"VMotion is the biggest feature. It gives us the ability to move things on the fly."
"Since it is riding inside of a multi-hardware environment, downtime is virtually nothing."
"It's not as robust as server platforms, nor does it need to be."
"The solution is a bit less stable than I would like."
"We're working with them to be able to allow the local USB ports to be ported over to the remote desktop, running VirtualBox."
"One valuable feature would be for it to work right the first time but it doesn't necessarily do that."
"The solution needs to improve its flexibility. It's not as flexible as VMware."
"Oracle’s support team should improve its response time."
"The technical support needs to improve."
"Having live migrations to move a running server to other hardware would be great."
"It lacks a snapshot feature."
"I would like to see better fault and performance reporting in the GUI."
"The solution could be more stable."
"They should improve their storage management part. vSphere has its own file system type, called VMSS, and that file system doesn't report on proper data usage or things like that. There are certain loopholes wherein it sometimes shows you erroneous data. Again, their VMSS file system, their data storage management system, and its reporting must be improved a lot."
"The biggest pain point is probably the firmware management of the underlying hardware. It could be a lot better."
"When it comes to cross-regional (e.g., someone in the US managing the China vSphere implementations), it can be a somewhat slow. I would recommend increasing the speed. While there has already been improvement there, I would like to see more."
"The solution could improve by having more integration."
"It could be more scalable."
Oracle VM VirtualBox is ranked 5th in Server Virtualization Software with 10 reviews while VMware vSphere is ranked 2nd in Server Virtualization Software with 14 reviews. Oracle VM VirtualBox is rated 8.2, while VMware vSphere is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Oracle VM VirtualBox writes "Simple to use, easy to configure, and reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware vSphere writes "Offers a suite of software components for virtualization including ESXi, vCenter Server, and other software". Oracle VM VirtualBox is most compared with Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, KVM, 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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