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 continued uptime of our virtual machines is good."
"Scripting can automate procedures."
"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 extremely stable."
"This is a dependable solution for virtualization with a good community for product support."
"The solution is easy to deploy. It's very easy to understand problems and read logs."
"I find it very easy to manage and at a cost that small customers would never refuse (free)."
"The pause feature is valuable. I can pause, which is something that not all hypervisors allow. The snapshot feature is also valuable."
"The installation is easy."
"The product gives us the flexibility to try different machines."
"This product is very user-friendly and easy to use."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to copy bidirectionally between the desktop and the virtual machine."
"It's very simple to use."
"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."
"Integration with other vendors and other applications could be improved."
"I think the technical support could be better."
"The solution is only in English. It would be ideal if it was in Portuguese."
"The solution should be more flexible and allow for greater customization."
"Citrix could provide more tools to help the client manage the solution because we need to build our own tools in some cases. Everything is available through PowerShell, but then you need to build your own scripts to do the more advanced work."
"The solution would benefit from faster technical support."
"Network management needs improvement because it is not very stable."
"The solution is a bit less stable than I would like."
"I think that this solution should be more user-friendly."
"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."
"It could improve slightly with enhanced reporting capabilities that show the current status of the network."
"It's not as robust as server platforms, nor does it need to be."
"Oracle’s support team should improve its response time."
"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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