We performed a comparison between Citrix Hypervisor and Oracle VM VirtualBox 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."I find it very easy to manage and at a cost that small customers would never refuse (free)."
"Ability to move your virtual machines from one host to another."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is very fast. It also works very well for physically small servers."
"The price is the solution's most valuable feature."
"We can easily migrate VMs from one host to another."
"Citrix is easy to use and is stable."
"The solution integrates well with other solutions, which makes it really strong as a primary solution to deploy."
"The ability to move a virtual machine while it is running is a big advantage."
"The solution has high performance and is easy to use."
"This is a highly scalable solution."
"Oracle VM Virtualbox is easy to use and does not require much training."
"The snapshot feature is very powerful; it protects us from disaster."
"I like that it has a snapshot feature."
"It's a pretty good product in terms of monitoring."
"The installation is easy."
"This is a good and easy solution for running virtual environments."
"Live migration is something that can be improved."
"Assigning the order of virtual server startup is not very easy and this can be improved."
"The USB support for the virtual server needs improvement."
"The main problem with Citrix Hypervisor is getting readily available backup solutions for it. It would be wonderful if Hypervisor were better integrated with third-party backup solutions."
"The solution is only in English. It would be ideal if it was in Portuguese."
"I think the technical support could be better."
"You need a licensed account to look up technical support."
"The solution should be more flexible and allow for greater customization."
"We're working with them to be able to allow the local USB ports to be ported over to the remote desktop, running VirtualBox."
"When I select the Ubuntu operating system from within the virtual machine, it sometimes hangs."
"Having live migrations to move a running server to other hardware would be great."
"They could improve the graphics functionality of the product."
"The solution is a bit less stable than I would like."
"There are a few bugs that need to be updated."
"We're working with them to be able to allow the local USB ports to be ported over to the remote desktop, running VirtualBox."
"It should have the functionality where if I move the mouse away from one screen, the context changes automatically."
Citrix Hypervisor is ranked 8th in Server Virtualization Software with 45 reviews while Oracle VM VirtualBox is ranked 5th in Server Virtualization Software with 61 reviews. Citrix Hypervisor is rated 8.2, while Oracle VM VirtualBox is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Citrix Hypervisor writes "Good features, fair pricing, and excellent reliability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle VM VirtualBox writes "The solution is versatile, simple to use, and stable". Citrix Hypervisor is most compared with Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, KVM and Nutanix AHV Virtualization, whereas Oracle VM VirtualBox is most compared with Proxmox VE, KVM, Hyper-V, Oracle VM and Nutanix AHV Virtualization. See our Citrix Hypervisor vs. Oracle VM VirtualBox report.
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