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 is easy to use and is stable."
"I've found the following features to be the most valuable: user personalization layer, app layering, provisioning, and notification services for integration between different domains."
"What I find most valuable in Citrix Hypervisor is its licensing policy, because you'll get it for free if you buy a Citrix XenDesktop license. You don't need to spend additional money on the Citrix Hypervisor because you can manage both the Citrix XenDesktop and the Citrix Hypervisor with just one license, so you can save on cost. I also like that the solution is good support-wise. Hardware support is also faster compared to other solutions."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is very fast. It also works very well for physically small servers."
"Citrix Hypervisor is quick to deploy and easy to manage."
"Scripting can automate procedures."
"The most valuable features are being able to host many virtual machines and being able to patch machines."
"The solution is extremely user friendly."
"The versatility, simplicity, and stability of the product are it's most valuable features."
"The pause feature is valuable. I can pause, which is something that not all hypervisors allow. The snapshot feature is also valuable."
"This solution can be used on many different platforms including Windows and Linux."
"This product is very user-friendly and easy to use."
"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."
"It's very simple to use."
"It is a stable product."
"The snapshot feature is very powerful; it protects us from disaster."
"The solution would benefit from faster technical support."
"Integration with other vendors and other applications could be improved."
"The product could be faster and licensing options could be improved."
"There are several areas that need improvement including the stability of the networking stack and networking management."
"I would like the possibility of updating the hypervisor by applying security patches."
"I find that the features in Citrix Hypervisor are not as rich as with VMware. It would be a benefit if they had some of the other features VMware has, such as the ability to expand a drive on the fly. You do not have to take down the machine to do it but in Citrix you do."
"The graphics user interface is pretty bad."
"The manageability of the solution needs improvement. It's an extremely bad product to handle."
"The communications setup lags. It does not connect properly so the batching and networking is a bit slow."
"The solution needs to improve the methods used for starting and stopping the machine."
"Oracle needs to improve its hot virtual machine migration. It didn't work as intended. It should allow us to migrate between virtual machines, without stopping the database."
"It should have the functionality where if I move the mouse away from one screen, the context changes automatically."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox doesn't work properly with an antivirus tool."
"The solution has to do a better job of promoting the product and its licensing capabilities."
"The technical support needs to improve."
"The solution is not flexible."
Citrix Hypervisor is ranked 8th in Server Virtualization Software with 46 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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