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 most valuable feature is the ability to copy bidirectionally between the desktop and the virtual machine."
"Technical support is good."
"The configuration and installation is pretty straightforward."
"I like that it is free and runs on Linux/Ubuntu - I wouldn't use any other solution. I am able to perform small developing tests."
"The flexibility and the closed platform, so it allows you to run in multiple platforms, Windows, Linux, Macintosh."
"The pause feature is valuable. I can pause, which is something that not all hypervisors allow. The snapshot feature is also valuable."
"This product is extremely easy to install, use, has a great GUI and is incredibly stable."
"The solution is very stable."
"Tech support is very knowledgeable."
"The fact that we have the ability to easily scale out, and the ability to do maintenance on the underlying hardware without impacting our business applications, are important aspects."
"I have found the solution to be flexible, and the vCenter and vMotion useful."
"We have the possibility to move workloads to different locations."
"Once you have everything configured, it is relatively straightforward."
"I use customization to prevent any network and DNS collisions to the router."
"It is fairly easy to use and has enhanced security."
"There are no issues with the level of scalability you can achieve."
"This should have better support for multiple network cards and some parts of the GUI should be improved."
"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 product lacks scalability since it is for desktops and not for servers."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"Basically, the GUI and command-line interface need improvement."
"The communications setup lags. It does not connect properly so the batching and networking is a bit slow."
"The solution should offer more integration capabilities."
"It lacks a snapshot feature."
"The hardware cost is high."
"These days we have an environment where we are often using clouds as well. A solution that would be a little more cloud-aware would be really helpful. I know there is a product from VMware that is more specifically for the cloud, but it would be nice if VMware Cloud Manager would be cloud-aware. It would simplify certain processes."
"One problem that needs fixing is when we run the backup for the servers, the servers become inaccessible to everybody on-site while it is creating a snapshot."
"I can't speak to any missing features. It has everything I need."
"Stability and manageability need improvement."
"VMware vSphere does not permit hard partitioning."
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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