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."It is quite flexible and rugged. It is also easy to understand and user-friendly. It is not as complicated as some of the other solutions. It has its technicalities, but it is easy to understand. You can easily pick up in a short period of time and understand how to manage the infrastructure."
"Citrix is easy to use and is stable."
"The ability to move a virtual machine while it is running is a big advantage."
"The solution is extremely stable."
"We can easily migrate VMs 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."
"The solution's security is its most valuable aspect."
"Citrix Hypervisor is quick to deploy and easy to manage."
"I think VirtualBox has good stability because I use it in an environment with several resolutions."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"This is a highly scalable solution."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its stability."
"The solution is very stable."
"The flexibility and the closed platform, so it allows you to run in multiple platforms, Windows, Linux, Macintosh."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to copy bidirectionally between the desktop and the virtual machine."
"The product gives us the flexibility to try different machines."
"You need a licensed account to look up technical support."
"The interface has to be updated."
"The solution needs better backup facilities that are available for virtual machines to create servers on."
"We'd like them to add more automation to the product."
"Citrix is not investing in the virtual surroundings."
"There are several areas that need improvement including the stability of the networking stack and networking management."
"Network management needs improvement because it is not very stable."
"Integration with other vendors and other applications could be improved."
"They could improve the graphics functionality of the product."
"I find the solution to be incredibly unstable, constantly falling over and not working properly."
"The solution is a bit less stable than I would like."
"The solution should have more enterprise features, like migration, high availability storage, disaster recovery, and the ability to deploy to enterprise-scale usage. They should not just offer desktop usage."
"The solution should work to simplify the system. However, it should be flexible enough to allow for special cases."
"Oracle’s support team should improve its response time."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The solution needs to improve its flexibility. It's not as flexible as VMware."
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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