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."Citrix Hypervisor is quick to deploy and easy to manage."
"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."
"The most valuable features are being able to host many virtual machines and being able to patch machines."
"It is quite flexible and rugged. It is also easy to understand and user-friendly. It is not as complicated as some of the other solutions. It has its technicalities, but it is easy to understand. You can easily pick up in a short period of time and understand how to manage the infrastructure."
"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."
"The ability to move a virtual machine while it is running is a big advantage."
"Citrix is easy to use and is stable."
"I find it very easy to manage and at a cost that small customers would never refuse (free)."
"Oracle VM Virtualbox is easy to use and does not require much training."
"This product is extremely easy to install, use, has a great GUI and is incredibly stable."
"This is a highly scalable solution."
"The scalability of the solution is very good."
"The flexibility and the closed platform, so it allows you to run in multiple platforms, Windows, Linux, Macintosh."
"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 product gives us the flexibility to try different machines."
"It's very simple to use."
"The graphics user interface is pretty bad."
"We'd like them to add more automation to the product."
"I think the technical support could be better."
"The licensing costs are too high on the solution. They should work to make the costs more reasonable."
"Live migration is something that can be improved."
"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."
"It needs improvement with the security features."
"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."
"The solution has to do a better job of promoting the product and its licensing capabilities."
"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."
"Having live migrations to move a running server to other hardware would be great."
"The solution is a bit less stable than I would like."
"This solution needs improvement with the business continuity planning, disaster and recovery management and using centralized data storage."
"The product lacks scalability since it is for desktops and not for servers."
"It could improve slightly with enhanced reporting capabilities that show the current status of the network."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox doesn't work properly with an antivirus tool."
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, KVM, Hyper-V, Oracle VM and Nutanix AHV Virtualization. See our Citrix Hypervisor vs. Oracle VM VirtualBox report.
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