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."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."
"Citrix Hypervisor is quick to deploy and easy to manage."
"The solution is extremely user friendly."
"This is a good product for virtualization and it is easy to use."
"The solution's security is its most valuable aspect."
"The solution is extremely stable."
"Citrix is easy to use and is stable."
"The onboarding process is pretty straightforward."
"The solution is very stable."
"The solution is very convenient and easy to use."
"It is a stable product."
"The scalability of the solution is very good."
"This solution can be used on many different platforms including Windows and Linux."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to copy bidirectionally between the desktop and the virtual machine."
"The cloning is a very useful tool."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox is easy to use."
"The solution needs better backup facilities that are available for virtual machines to create servers on."
"The licensing costs are too high on the solution. They should work to make the costs more reasonable."
"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."
"You need a licensed account to look up technical support."
"Network management needs improvement because it is not very stable."
"The graphics user interface is pretty bad."
"The solution would benefit from faster technical support."
"I would like the possibility of updating the hypervisor by applying security patches."
"This solution needs improvement with the business continuity planning, disaster and recovery management and using centralized data storage."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"The communications setup lags. It does not connect properly so the batching and networking is a bit slow."
"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."
"Basically, the GUI and command-line interface need improvement."
"The solution is not flexible."
"It should have the functionality where if I move the mouse away from one screen, the context changes automatically."
"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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