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 most valuable features are being able to host many virtual machines and being able to patch machines."
"The solution is extremely user friendly."
"We find there are good central maintenance and central management panels."
"The compatibility of the solution is its most valuable feature. It's compatible on almost every cloud these days."
"Ability to move your virtual machines from one host to another."
"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 onboarding process is pretty straightforward."
"The ability to move a virtual machine while it is running is a big advantage."
"The versatility, simplicity, and stability of the product are it's most valuable features."
"This solution can be used on many different platforms including Windows and Linux."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that there is no cost because it is open source."
"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."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox is easy to use."
"The installation is easy."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its stability."
"Oracle VM Virtualbox is easy to use and does not require much training."
"The solution needs better backup facilities that are available for virtual machines to create servers on."
"The built-in networking features are a little limited."
"The USB support for the virtual server needs improvement."
"We'd like them to add more automation to the product."
"Citrix Hypervisor is expensive if you get it as a stand-alone product, so this is one area for improvement. Its price could be cheaper. We also found other areas for improvement in Citrix Hypervisor, for example, we can't use SCIM provisioning, and there are limitations to the size of the HDD. Another area for improvement is the pass-through storage, in particular the removable storage, because that also has limitations where you can't connect to the drive if it is more than one TB."
"The interface has to be updated."
"The solution would benefit from faster technical support."
"The solution is only in English. It would be ideal if it was in Portuguese."
"The solution needs to improve the methods used for starting and stopping the machine."
"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."
"They could improve the graphics functionality of the product."
"We're working with them to be able to allow the local USB ports to be ported over to the remote desktop, running VirtualBox."
"We're working with them to be able to allow the local USB ports to be ported over to the remote desktop, running VirtualBox."
"It would be good if we could use Hyper-V Windows subsystems with Linux and VirtualBox on the same instance. Currently, to be able to use VirtualBox, we have to restart the machine into an instance of Windows where Hyper-V is disabled, which is understandably very inconvenient."
"There are a few bugs that need to be updated."
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, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, KVM and Nutanix AHV Virtualization, whereas Oracle VM VirtualBox is most compared with Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, KVM, Oracle VM and Nutanix AHV Virtualization. See our Citrix Hypervisor vs. Oracle VM VirtualBox report.
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