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."I find it very easy to manage and at a cost that small customers would never refuse (free)."
"The initial setup is easy."
"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."
"We can easily migrate VMs from one host to another."
"The most valuable features are being able to host many virtual machines and being able to patch machines."
"The continued uptime of our virtual machines is good."
"The solution's security is its most valuable aspect."
"Citrix Hypervisor does a great job overall, such as the virtualization of the host. It's very easy to manage the virtual machine, to create, and configure high availability."
"It's a pretty good product in terms of monitoring."
"It's very simple to use."
"The snapshot feature is very powerful; it protects us from disaster."
"The versatility, simplicity, and stability of the product are it's most valuable features."
"The solution has high performance and is easy to use."
"The installation is easy."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its stability."
"The cloning is a very useful tool."
"You need a licensed account to look up technical support."
"The licensing costs are too high on the solution. They should work to make the costs more reasonable."
"We'd like them to add more automation to the product."
"Citrix is not investing in the virtual surroundings."
"I think the technical support could be better."
"The solution should be more flexible and allow for greater customization."
"It needs improvement with the security features."
"Assigning the order of virtual server startup is not very easy and this can be improved."
"Having live migrations to move a running server to other hardware would be great."
"It's not as robust as server platforms, nor does it need to be."
"This should have better support for multiple network cards and some parts of the GUI should be improved."
"The technical support needs to improve."
"The solution has to do a better job of promoting the product and its licensing capabilities."
"Basically, the GUI and command-line interface need improvement."
"We're working with them to be able to allow the local USB ports to be ported over to the remote desktop, running VirtualBox."
"The product lacks scalability since it is for desktops and not for servers."
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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