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 snapshot feature is very powerful; it protects us from disaster."
"This product is extremely easy to install, use, has a great GUI and is incredibly stable."
"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."
"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 solution's most valuable feature is its stability."
"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 solution has high performance and is easy to use."
"It is easy to use and does not require complex knowledge."
"It helps us with TCO."
"The most valuable feature of VMware vSphere is the ability to work in a big system infrastructure."
"Technical support is very good. They are very helpful."
"It is highly scalable. We can add new hardware and expand the infrastructure easily."
"The solution is user-friendly. It is easy to convert, create, and manage systems."
"VMotion is the biggest feature. It gives us the ability to move things on the fly."
"We've found the High Availability and flexibility to be important."
"The solution is very straightforward to implement."
"We're working with them to be able to allow the local USB ports to be ported over to the remote desktop, running VirtualBox."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"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."
"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."
"The AI and the UI could be improved. The user interface is a little outdated and the AI is not very attractive."
"The solution should have more enterprise features, like migration, high availability storage, disaster recovery, and the ability to deploy to enterprise-scale usage. They should not just offer desktop usage."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The solution is a bit less stable than I would like."
"Get the HTML5 client to 100% parity to replace the Flash client."
"The one area where I would love to see an improvement is the HTML5 client. It's great, but it could get better."
"The integration capabilities of the solution have certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."
"It's inherently complex. Operating a large virtual infrastructure is not an easy task for anyone."
"The documentation could be improved. It does not help me to show the client the value of going with VMware vSphere rather than an open source or cheaper solution."
"There is room for improvement in Google Cloud. The reason thing there was, like, when I type something in the terminal and then immediately, I need to go to edit the certain like file for Node.js, for the server, or for Kubernetes. So I have to do it from the terminal to the editor."
"It could be more scalable."
"The biggest pain point is probably the firmware management of the underlying hardware. It could be a lot better."
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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