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 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."
"I find it very easy to manage and at a cost that small customers would never refuse (free)."
"The feature I find most valuable, is its performance"
"The continued uptime of our virtual machines is good."
"What I find most valuable in Citrix Hypervisor is its licensing policy, because you'll get it for free if you buy a Citrix XenDesktop license. You don't need to spend additional money on the Citrix Hypervisor because you can manage both the Citrix XenDesktop and the Citrix Hypervisor with just one license, so you can save on cost. I also like that the solution is good support-wise. Hardware support is also faster compared to other solutions."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is very fast. It also works very well for physically small servers."
"The ability to move a virtual machine while it is running is a big advantage."
"The solution integrates well with other solutions, which makes it really strong as a primary solution to deploy."
"VirtualBox provides an isolated, consistent environment"
"This product is extremely easy to install, use, has a great GUI and is incredibly stable."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox has a platform where the support team responds to frequently asked questions by its users. Every time I have had issues with Oracle VM VirtualBox, I always get a solution from Oracle's online platform or GitHub."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to copy bidirectionally between the desktop and the virtual machine."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that there is no cost because it is open source."
"The solution is very convenient and easy to use."
"Oracle VM Virtualbox is easy to use and does not require much training."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox is easy to use."
"The solution should be more flexible and allow for greater customization."
"The graphics user interface is pretty bad."
"Assigning the order of virtual server startup is not very easy and this can be improved."
"Citrix is not investing in the virtual surroundings."
"You need a licensed account to look up technical support."
"The licensing costs are too high on the solution. They should work to make the costs more reasonable."
"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."
"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 is a bit less stable than I would like."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox is not flexible, It's not like VMware."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"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."
"We're working with them to be able to allow the local USB ports to be ported over to the remote desktop, running VirtualBox."
"The solution has to do a better job of promoting the product and its licensing capabilities."
"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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