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."The most valuable features are being able to host many virtual machines and being able to patch machines."
"The solution is easy to deploy. It's very easy to understand problems and read logs."
"We find there are good central maintenance and central management panels."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is very fast. It also works very well for physically small servers."
"Ability to move your virtual machines from one host to another."
"Installing Hypervisor is really simple. It's the simplest setup I've ever done before. We used a team to deploy it, and it doesn't take much time, like two or three hours tops."
"We can easily migrate VMs from one host to another."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The flexibility as well as performance wise and as well as data volume, we have huge volume stored."
"This is a highly scalable solution."
"The installation is easy."
"The product gives us the flexibility to try different machines."
"It is a stable product."
"This product is extremely easy to install, use, has a great GUI and is incredibly stable."
"The solution is very stable."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Citrix could provide more tools to help the client manage the solution because we need to build our own tools in some cases. Everything is available through PowerShell, but then you need to build your own scripts to do the more advanced work."
"The manageability of the solution needs improvement. It's an extremely bad product to handle."
"I think the technical support could be better."
"I would like the possibility of updating the hypervisor by applying security patches."
"Citrix is not investing in the virtual surroundings."
"It needs improvement with the security features."
"The built-in networking features are a little limited."
"The graphics user interface is pretty bad."
"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."
"There are a few bugs that need to be updated."
"The AI and the UI could be improved. The user interface is a little outdated and the AI is not very attractive."
"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 solution has to do a better job of promoting the product and its licensing capabilities."
"The solution should work to simplify the system. However, it should be flexible enough to allow for special cases."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox doesn't work properly with an antivirus tool."
"They could improve the graphics functionality of the product."
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, Hyper-V, KVM, Oracle VM and Nutanix AHV Virtualization. See our Citrix Hypervisor vs. Oracle VM VirtualBox report.
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