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."Citrix Hypervisor is quick to deploy and easy to manage."
"This is a good product for virtualization and it is easy to use."
"The most valuable features are being able to host many virtual machines and being able to patch machines."
"The ability to move a virtual machine while it is running is a big advantage."
"I find it very easy to manage and at a cost that small customers would never refuse (free)."
"The initial setup is easy."
"We find there are good central maintenance and central management panels."
"The solution is extremely user friendly."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to copy bidirectionally between the desktop and the virtual machine."
"The pause feature is valuable. I can pause, which is something that not all hypervisors allow. The snapshot feature is also valuable."
"This product is extremely easy to install, use, has a great GUI and is incredibly stable."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its stability."
"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."
"This is a good and easy solution for running virtual environments."
"This solution creates a snapshot of virtual machines so you can create test environments."
"The versatility, simplicity, and stability of the product are it's most valuable features."
"Citrix is not investing in the virtual surroundings."
"The licensing costs are too high on the solution. They should work to make the costs more reasonable."
"The self-service user portal needs to be more granular and be more customizable."
"The solution should be more flexible and allow for greater customization."
"Network management needs improvement because it is not very stable."
"I would like the possibility of updating the hypervisor by applying security patches."
"The solution is too expensive and people are kind of moving away from Citrix. It's starting to become a problem. It is a primary reason that while we are rebuilding we're going to seek out open-source solutions."
"The solution would benefit from faster technical support."
"Having live migrations to move a running server to other hardware would be great."
"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."
"The installation is difficult and could be improved."
"The solution has to do a better job of promoting the product and its licensing capabilities."
"I think that this solution should be more user-friendly."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"It's not as robust as server platforms, nor does it need to be."
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, VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, 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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