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 flexibility and the closed platform, so it allows you to run in multiple platforms, Windows, Linux, Macintosh."
"It's very simple to use."
"This is a highly scalable solution."
"This is a good and easy solution for running virtual environments."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the ability to manage multiple operating systems through one application."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its stability."
"The solution is very stable."
"It is very versatile. All features are beneficial and very good, especially DRS and resource pooling."
"The most valuable features for me are a very easily scalable infrastructure. I can have a couple of hosts to do basic workloads. I can have a lot of hosts to do a lot of workloads. vSAN integrates my storage so I don't need an external storage SAN. I love having everything integrated in the same UI. The new HTML5 interface doesn't require any plugins anymore and it's super-fast."
"We have seen an improvement in uptime. The whole hardware lifecycle process is easier."
"The most important feature is the ability to balance the servers with Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS). It is a very useful feature and should be mandatory for vSphere to have but it is only available in the enterprise edition. It should be available in all versions."
"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."
"The solution is scalable."
"The documentation is very good."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox is not flexible, It's not like VMware."
"There are a few bugs that need to be updated."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"Oracle needs to improve its hot virtual machine migration. It didn't work as intended. It should allow us to migrate between virtual machines, without stopping the database."
"They could improve the graphics functionality of the product."
"The AI and the UI could be improved. The user interface is a little outdated and the AI is not very attractive."
"It's not as robust as server platforms, nor does it need to be."
"The solution needs to improve its flexibility. It's not as flexible as VMware."
"If they improve on the knowledge base and documentation, it would be extremely helpful."
"The solution’s pricing is too high and could be improved."
"The initial setup is quite complex."
"Reporting on vCenter needs to be improved."
"The pipeline feature can be improved, as it doesn't allow for specific situations."
"There should be more stability in the updates. They had an issue with the last release."
"The solution needs to improve its stability."
"Two improvements that I would like to see are higher resolution console modes for guests and easier switching between consoles."
Oracle VM VirtualBox is ranked 5th in Server Virtualization Software with 61 reviews while VMware vSphere is ranked 2nd in Server Virtualization Software with 443 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 "Allows for easy management of snapshots for virtual machines and good web console ". 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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