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."Ability to move your virtual machines from one host to another."
"We find there are good central maintenance and central management panels."
"The ability to move a virtual machine while it is running is a big advantage."
"The solution is extremely user friendly."
"The feature I find most valuable, is its performance"
"We can easily migrate VMs from one host to another."
"I find it very easy to manage and at a cost that small customers would never refuse (free)."
"The solution integrates well with other solutions, which makes it really strong as a primary solution to deploy."
"The solution is very convenient and easy to use."
"The flexibility and the closed platform, so it allows you to run in multiple platforms, Windows, Linux, Macintosh."
"It's very simple to use."
"This solution creates a snapshot of virtual machines so you can create test environments."
"This is a highly scalable solution."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its stability."
"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."
"This product is extremely easy to install, use, has a great GUI and is incredibly stable."
"Overall, I can't think of a feature that is lacking. We've been pretty satisfied overall."
"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 main problem with Citrix Hypervisor is getting readily available backup solutions for it. It would be wonderful if Hypervisor were better integrated with third-party backup solutions."
"The USB support for the virtual server needs improvement."
"We'd like them to add more automation to the product."
"It needs to have a more robust backup solution."
"Citrix is not investing in the virtual surroundings."
"The solution should be more flexible and allow for greater customization."
"The solution is a bit less stable than I would like."
"It's not as robust as server platforms, nor does it need to be."
"Having live migrations to move a running server to other hardware would be great."
"The installation is difficult and could be improved."
"I find the solution to be incredibly unstable, constantly falling over and not working properly."
"The solution has to do a better job of promoting the product and its licensing capabilities."
"It could improve slightly with enhanced reporting capabilities that show the current status of the network."
"The technical support needs to improve."
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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