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."
"The onboarding process is pretty straightforward."
"The initial setup is easy."
"I find it very easy to manage and at a cost that small customers would never refuse (free)."
"What I like the most is the support of the GPU Graphics and the VM Live migration."
"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."
"Citrix is easy to use and is stable."
"We find there are good central maintenance and central management panels."
"It's very simple to use."
"The snapshot feature is very powerful; it protects us from disaster."
"Technical support is good."
"The solution is very convenient and easy to use."
"This is a highly scalable solution."
"The installation is easy."
"This product is extremely easy to install, use, has a great GUI and is incredibly stable."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to copy bidirectionally between the desktop and the virtual machine."
"The interface has to be updated."
"You need a licensed account to look up technical support."
"The manageability of the solution needs improvement. It's an extremely bad product to handle."
"The built-in networking features are a little limited."
"Assigning the order of virtual server startup is not very easy and this can be improved."
"The product could be faster and licensing options could be improved."
"There are several areas that need improvement including the stability of the networking stack and networking management."
"The solution should be more flexible and allow for greater customization."
"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."
"The solution needs to improve its flexibility. It's not as flexible as VMware."
"It could improve slightly with enhanced reporting capabilities that show the current status of the network."
"I think that this solution should be more user-friendly."
"The AI and the UI could be improved. The user interface is a little outdated and the AI is not very attractive."
"The communications setup lags. It does not connect properly so the batching and networking is a bit slow."
"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 should have more enterprise features, like migration, high availability storage, disaster recovery, and the ability to deploy to enterprise-scale usage. They should not just offer desktop usage."
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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