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 compatibility of the solution is its most valuable feature. It's compatible on almost every cloud these days."
"The solution integrates well with other solutions, which makes it really strong as a primary solution to deploy."
"The onboarding process is pretty straightforward."
"What I like the most is the support of the GPU Graphics and the VM Live migration."
"Scripting can automate procedures."
"The initial setup is easy."
"We can easily migrate VMs from one host to another."
"The continued uptime of our virtual machines is good."
"The solution is very stable."
"VirtualBox provides an isolated, consistent environment"
"It's very simple to use."
"The solution has high performance and is easy to use."
"It is a stable product."
"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 product is extremely easy to install, use, has a great GUI and is incredibly stable."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to copy bidirectionally between the desktop and the virtual machine."
"The solution would benefit from faster technical support."
"Citrix is not investing in the virtual surroundings."
"I would like the possibility of updating the hypervisor by applying security patches."
"Network management needs improvement because it is not very stable."
"The self-service user portal needs to be more granular and be more customizable."
"You need a licensed account to look up technical support."
"There are several areas that need improvement including the stability of the networking stack and networking management."
"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 is a bit less stable than I would like."
"This solution needs improvement with the business continuity planning, disaster and recovery management and using centralized data storage."
"The solution needs to improve the methods used for starting and stopping the machine."
"The communications setup lags. It does not connect properly so the batching and networking is a bit slow."
"There are a few bugs that need to be updated."
"Basically, the GUI and command-line interface need improvement."
"The solution has to do a better job of promoting the product and its licensing capabilities."
"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."
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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