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."
"The continued uptime of our virtual machines is good."
"I find it very easy to manage and at a cost that small customers would never refuse (free)."
"The compatibility of the solution is its most valuable feature. It's compatible on almost every cloud these days."
"What I like the most is the support of the GPU Graphics and the VM Live migration."
"The support for this solution is phenomenal."
"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 flexibility as well as performance wise and as well as data volume, we have huge volume stored."
"It's very simple to use."
"VirtualBox provides an isolated, consistent environment"
"The configuration and installation is pretty straightforward."
"The flexibility and the closed platform, so it allows you to run in multiple platforms, Windows, Linux, Macintosh."
"It's a pretty good product in terms of monitoring."
"The versatility, simplicity, and stability of the product are it's most valuable features."
"This product is very user-friendly and easy to use."
"The self-service user portal needs to be more granular and be more customizable."
"The interface has to be updated."
"It needs improvement with the security features."
"The manageability of the solution needs improvement. It's an extremely bad product to handle."
"The USB support for the virtual server needs improvement."
"The solution needs better backup facilities that are available for virtual machines to create servers on."
"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."
"Network management needs improvement because it is not very stable."
"This solution needs improvement with the business continuity planning, disaster and recovery management and using centralized data storage."
"The solution lacks some open source remote administration tools. The reload of individual virtual machine definitions through the vboxweb service (via its API) without restarting it and the access to shared storage (to use teleport functions) need to be improved."
"Oracle needs to improve its hot virtual machine migration. It didn't work as intended. It should allow us to migrate between virtual machines, without stopping the database."
"The communications setup lags. It does not connect properly so the batching and networking is a bit slow."
"The product lacks scalability since it is for desktops and not for servers."
"Oracle VMs don't have a solid web interface of their own. This is an area where Oracle is lagging behind. Now, we use headless servers, install Oracle VMs, and manage them remotely. We could use phpVirtual Box, but it is a third-party solution. A lot of people contribute to it, and it's not authenticated by Oracle. As a result, I don't find it to be a good option. Therefore, I would like to see Oracle offer an extension pack or a licensed version that fixes this problem."
"When I select the Ubuntu operating system from within the virtual machine, it sometimes hangs."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
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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