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 most valuable feature of the solution is that it is very fast. It also works very well for physically small servers."
"Citrix is easy to use and is stable."
"The support for this solution is phenomenal."
"The solution is extremely stable."
"I find it very easy to manage and at a cost that small customers would never refuse (free)."
"The solution's security is its most valuable aspect."
"The onboarding process is pretty straightforward."
"The flexibility and the closed platform, so it allows you to run in multiple platforms, Windows, Linux, Macintosh."
"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."
"Technical support is good."
"VirtualBox provides an isolated, consistent environment"
"The versatility, simplicity, and stability of the product are it's most valuable features."
"The solution has high performance and is easy to use."
"Oracle VM Virtualbox is easy to use and does not require much training."
"The solution should be more flexible and allow for greater customization."
"Overall, I can't think of a feature that is lacking. We've been pretty satisfied overall."
"I would like the possibility of updating the hypervisor by applying security patches."
"It needs improvement with the security features."
"Citrix is not investing in the virtual surroundings."
"It can be useful to have a web management program because we have to install our client-server. We have to properly manage the host, if we had administration tools through a web interface it would be a benefit."
"The USB support for the virtual server needs improvement."
"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."
"Oracle’s support team should improve its response time."
"I think that this solution should be more user-friendly."
"It's not as robust as server platforms, nor does it need to be."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"We're working with them to be able to allow the local USB ports to be ported over to the remote desktop, running VirtualBox."
"This solution needs improvement with the business continuity planning, disaster and recovery management and using centralized data storage."
"The technical support needs to improve."
"The solution should work to simplify the system. However, it should be flexible enough to allow for special cases."
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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