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."Oracle VM VirtualBox is easy to use."
"This is a good and easy solution for running virtual environments."
"It is a stable product."
"This solution creates a snapshot of virtual machines so you can create test environments."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the ability to manage multiple operating systems through one application."
"This is a highly scalable solution."
"The configuration and installation is pretty straightforward."
"The flexibility and the closed platform, so it allows you to run in multiple platforms, Windows, Linux, Macintosh."
"The stability of VMware vSphere is very good. It has high resiliency, it is one of the best solutions on the market."
"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."
"VMware vSphere allows you to run multiple virtual machines."
"Vmware vSphere is the benchmark of the visualization market."
"The virtualization this solution offer is very complete for the infrastructure."
"The ease of movement of these machines is the most valuable. It is very easy to move these machines between physical hosts. The fast deployment of services is another valuable feature."
"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."
"We have seen a performance boost because we have been able to more dynamically allocate either memory or processors."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"The installation is difficult and could be improved."
"It should have the functionality where if I move the mouse away from one screen, the context changes automatically."
"It would be good if we could use Hyper-V Windows subsystems with Linux and VirtualBox on the same instance. Currently, to be able to use VirtualBox, we have to restart the machine into an instance of Windows where Hyper-V is disabled, which is understandably very inconvenient."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"One valuable feature would be for it to work right the first time but it doesn't necessarily do that."
"The product lacks scalability since it is for desktops and not for servers."
"Oracle VMs don't have a solid web interface of their own. This is an area where Oracle is lagging behind. Now, we use headless servers, install Oracle VMs, and manage them remotely. We could use phpVirtual Box, but it is a third-party solution. A lot of people contribute to it, and it's not authenticated by Oracle. As a result, I don't find it to be a good option. Therefore, I would like to see Oracle offer an extension pack or a licensed version that fixes this problem."
"Without a lot of physical RAM on the hardware, it's not very effective. The stability could be improved in cases like this."
"Reducing the cost of vSphere would be an improvement."
"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."
"We have had some problems setting up the monitoring with vSphere. The process could be simplified."
"The only improvement that is needed that come to mind are improvements in the vRealize Automation and vRealize Operations management simplicity."
"There are some challenges around ESXi hosts — converting them into VMs."
"The technical support is poor. We are in Australia, but we do not have the same level of support as the US and Europe."
"The integration capabilities of the solution have certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."
Oracle VM VirtualBox is ranked 5th in Server Virtualization Software with 61 reviews while VMware vSphere is ranked 2nd in Server Virtualization Software with 442 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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