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 is extremely stable."
"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."
"Ability to move your virtual machines from one host to another."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is very fast. It also works very well for physically small servers."
"The onboarding process is pretty straightforward."
"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."
"I find it very easy to manage and at a cost that small customers would never refuse (free)."
"The continued uptime of our virtual machines is good."
"The solution is very convenient and easy to use."
"Technical support is good."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the ability to manage multiple operating systems through one application."
"The solution has high performance and is easy to use."
"I like that it is free and runs on Linux/Ubuntu - I wouldn't use any other solution. I am able to perform small developing tests."
"It is a stable product."
"It's very simple to use."
"The flexibility and the closed platform, so it allows you to run in multiple platforms, Windows, Linux, Macintosh."
"I would like the possibility of updating the hypervisor by applying security patches."
"The licensing costs are too high on the solution. They should work to make the costs more reasonable."
"The solution should be more flexible and allow for greater customization."
"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 product could be faster and licensing options could be improved."
"It needs to have a more robust backup solution."
"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."
"The solution needs to improve the methods used for starting and stopping the machine."
"The solution is not flexible."
"When I select the Ubuntu operating system from within the virtual machine, it sometimes hangs."
"The product lacks scalability since it is for desktops and not for servers."
"They could improve the graphics functionality of the product."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox doesn't work properly with an antivirus tool."
"One valuable feature would be for it to work right the first time but it doesn't necessarily do that."
"I think that this solution should be more user-friendly."
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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