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've found the following features to be the most valuable: user personalization layer, app layering, provisioning, and notification services for integration between different domains."
"Ability to move your virtual machines from one host to another."
"The compatibility of the solution is its most valuable feature. It's compatible on almost every cloud these days."
"The solution is extremely user friendly."
"We find there are good central maintenance and central management panels."
"The most valuable features are being able to host many virtual machines and being able to patch machines."
"The ability to move a virtual machine while it is running is a big advantage."
"Scripting can automate procedures."
"The snapshot feature is very powerful; it protects us from disaster."
"This is a good and easy solution for running virtual environments."
"I like that it has a snapshot feature."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that there is no cost because it is open source."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox is easy to use."
"The most valuable aspects of the solution were the support and performance of the product and the flexibility it gives you to work."
"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."
"I find that the features in Citrix Hypervisor are not as rich as with VMware. It would be a benefit if they had some of the other features VMware has, such as the ability to expand a drive on the fly. You do not have to take down the machine to do it but in Citrix you do."
"The solution needs better backup facilities that are available for virtual machines to create servers on."
"Overall, I can't think of a feature that is lacking. We've been pretty satisfied overall."
"Assigning the order of virtual server startup is not very easy and this can be improved."
"Network management needs improvement because it is not very stable."
"It can be useful to have a web management program because we have to install our client-server. We have to properly manage the host, if we had administration tools through a web interface it would be a benefit."
"Citrix is not investing in the virtual surroundings."
"The graphics user interface is pretty bad."
"This solution needs improvement with the business continuity planning, disaster and recovery management and using centralized data storage."
"The solution is not flexible."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"The memory and hardware usage could be a little bit lighter. Right now, it's quite heavy on the usage. The CPU usage should be lower."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The solution needs to improve its flexibility. It's not as flexible as VMware."
"The product lacks scalability since it is for desktops and not for servers."
"The solution has to do a better job of promoting the product and its licensing capabilities."
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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