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."Scripting can automate procedures."
"Citrix Hypervisor does a great job overall, such as the virtualization of the host. It's very easy to manage the virtual machine, to create, and configure high availability."
"The solution is extremely stable."
"The continued uptime of our virtual machines is good."
"The solution is easy to deploy. It's very easy to understand problems and read logs."
"The feature I find most valuable, is its performance"
"The solution's security is its most valuable aspect."
"This solution allows the end users to clone, start, stop, or remotely control their VMs."
"Technical support is good."
"Oracle VM Virtualbox is easy to use and does not require much training."
"It's a pretty good product in terms of monitoring."
"The configuration and installation is pretty straightforward."
"The product gives us the flexibility to try different machines."
"This solution creates a snapshot of virtual machines so you can create test environments."
"The solution is very convenient and easy to use."
"I like that it has a snapshot feature."
"The licensing costs are too high on the solution. They should work to make the costs more reasonable."
"Network management needs improvement because it is not very stable."
"The manageability of the solution needs improvement. It's an extremely bad product to handle."
"We'd like them to add more automation to the product."
"You need a licensed account to look up technical support."
"Citrix is not investing in the virtual surroundings."
"I would like the possibility of updating the hypervisor by applying security patches."
"The product could be faster and licensing options could be improved."
"The solution has to do a better job of promoting the product and its licensing capabilities."
"Oracle’s support team should improve its response time."
"I think that this solution should be more user-friendly."
"The solution needs to improve its flexibility. It's not as flexible as VMware."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"When I select the Ubuntu operating system from within the virtual machine, it sometimes hangs."
"Basically, the GUI and command-line interface need improvement."
"It should have the functionality where if I move the mouse away from one screen, the context changes automatically."
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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