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 solution's security is its most valuable aspect."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is very fast. It also works very well for physically small servers."
"Scripting can automate procedures."
"Ability to move your virtual machines from one host to another."
"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 price is the solution's most valuable feature."
"Citrix Hypervisor integrates easily and I can manage the infrastructure better. If I need to take a machine down to expand the hard drive, I do not have to physically be here. I do not need to order new equipment or new hard drives. I can shut it down, increase the drive space and bring it back up."
"The solution is easy to deploy. It's very easy to understand problems and read logs."
"The solution is very convenient and easy to use."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox has a platform where the support team responds to frequently asked questions by its users. Every time I have had issues with Oracle VM VirtualBox, I always get a solution from Oracle's online platform or GitHub."
"VirtualBox provides an isolated, consistent environment"
"The configuration and installation is pretty straightforward."
"This is a good and easy solution for running virtual environments."
"Technical support is good."
"The pause feature is valuable. I can pause, which is something that not all hypervisors allow. The snapshot feature is also valuable."
"The cloning is a very useful tool."
"I would like the possibility of updating the hypervisor by applying security patches."
"The self-service user portal needs to be more granular and be more customizable."
"We'd like them to add more automation to the product."
"The graphics user interface is pretty bad."
"Integration with other vendors and other applications could be improved."
"The manageability of the solution needs improvement. It's an extremely bad product to handle."
"Overall, I can't think of a feature that is lacking. We've been pretty satisfied overall."
"The solution needs better backup facilities that are available for virtual machines to create servers on."
"The solution is not flexible."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"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."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox is not flexible, It's not like VMware."
"The communications setup lags. It does not connect properly so the batching and networking is a bit slow."
"The solution is a bit less stable than I would like."
"The solution needs to improve the methods used for starting and stopping the machine."
"They could improve the graphics functionality of the product."
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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