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."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."
"It is a stable product."
"This product is very user-friendly and easy to use."
"Technical support is good."
"The snapshot feature is very powerful; it protects us from disaster."
"I like that it has a snapshot feature."
"The versatility, simplicity, and stability of the product are it's most valuable features."
"Has many good features, and is stable and reliable."
"It's extremely simple. Installing the ESXi is a piece of cake and then putting servers on there is really simple and having HA and building a cluster for our VM servers. It's very easy."
"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."
"Also, the automated builds are being done through it, and we don't have to manually do it anymore. All of my AIS platforms are completely automated now with the VM suite."
"Its stability and manageability are valuable."
"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."
"One of the most valuable features that vSphere has is its HA and DRS protection, where it can simply make sure that all the machines are always where they need to be and how they need to be taken care of. We have a lot of servers and services for emergency services for police, fire, and the like. We have the ability to use DRS as Anti-Affinity Rules to make sure that those redundant server pairs always stay away from each other. But then, if anything would happen to one of them, we have HA to be able to come up and bring it right up and going again."
"It affords us different views of the VMs created by vSphere so we can control them better."
"The solution should work to simplify the system. However, it should be flexible enough to allow for special cases."
"The product lacks scalability since it is for desktops and not for servers."
"Basically, the GUI and command-line interface need improvement."
"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."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox doesn't work properly with an antivirus tool."
"The communications setup lags. It does not connect properly so the batching and networking is a bit slow."
"The installation is difficult and could be improved."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"It is not easy to upgrade VMware vSphere from an old version to a new version."
"Here in Egypt, we would like everything free. So if you give us the license for free, we would be thrilled."
"The implementation of VMware vSphere is easy. For integration companies, it's easy, the final client cannot do it alone but for an implementor it's easy."
"The reporting could be improved."
"The solution's technical team is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"vSphere could perhaps be improved by more integration or better security."
"The UI of VMware could use some improvements, especially in dark mode."
"The one area where I would love to see an improvement is the HTML5 client. It's great, but it could get 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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