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 solution is very convenient and easy to use."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox has a platform where the support team responds to frequently asked questions by its users. Every time I have had issues with Oracle VM VirtualBox, I always get a solution from Oracle's online platform or GitHub."
"The pause feature is valuable. I can pause, which is something that not all hypervisors allow. The snapshot feature is also valuable."
"I think VirtualBox has good stability because I use it in an environment with several resolutions."
"It's very simple to use."
"It is easy to use and does not require complex knowledge."
"The solution is very stable."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the overall good ease of use and the good interface which makes it very easy to migrate from one bare metal to another. These are the two things which I like about it."
"Security-Features; vSphere does offer quite a bit of security stuff built-in. It is nice to know that we can have the virtual machines encrypted, so that if somebody were to get a hold of any of those files, we don't have to worry about them actually being used. Since we do have so many different departments and areas with a lot of people that need access into the solution, we can use the role-based access controls to really restrict and control who can do what, so everybody can do what they need to do, but they can't do anything else past that."
"VMware vSphere helps us in not wasting resources like we did when we were using physical servers. It changed our whole environment."
"It is easy to use."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"We don't have any downtime because it was built right."
"The most valuable features are the resilience of the solution and vMotion."
"The web console is the most valuable feature for me. Because no matter what happens with the server, I can still get to it with the web console."
"I find the solution to be incredibly unstable, constantly falling over and not working properly."
"The memory and hardware usage could be a little bit lighter. Right now, it's quite heavy on the usage. The CPU usage should be lower."
"The AI and the UI could be improved. The user interface is a little outdated and the AI is not very attractive."
"It could improve slightly with enhanced reporting capabilities that show the current status of the network."
"It should have the functionality where if I move the mouse away from one screen, the context changes automatically."
"This solution needs improvement with the business continuity planning, disaster and recovery management and using centralized data storage."
"When I select the Ubuntu operating system from within the virtual machine, it sometimes hangs."
"It's not as robust as server platforms, nor does it need to be."
"When I use VMware and Citrix there are conflicts."
"The UI of VMware could use some improvements, especially in dark mode."
"Archiving, exporting, and backing up need to be improved for this solution, because they're slower than expected."
"Stability-wise, there are some minor issues."
"Its price should be better. Their support should also be more customer-friendly, and they should train people like us so that we know more about the latest technologies and features. If there is some program and drive from their side to teach us, it is definitely going to help us. Pricing and support are the most important features for mid-level companies. We are not implementing this solution for big tech companies."
"The solution could be cheaper and less expensive."
"I would like to see DRS for the GPU machines."
"It would be highly beneficial for VMware to collaborate with local hosts and partners in countries like those in Africa to establish specific pricing that would align with the economic conditions of countries in Africa, ensuring suitability and compatibility with our consumption capabilities."
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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