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."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"
"Scripting can automate procedures."
"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 ability to move a virtual machine while it is running is a big advantage."
"This is a good product for virtualization and it is easy to use."
"The most valuable features are being able to host many virtual machines and being able to patch machines."
"Citrix Hypervisor is simple to use."
"This product is very user-friendly and easy to use."
"The product gives us the flexibility to try different machines."
"The solution is very stable."
"Oracle VM Virtualbox is easy to use and does not require much training."
"I think VirtualBox has good stability because I use it in an environment with several resolutions."
"This is a good and easy solution for running virtual environments."
"It's very simple to use."
"The flexibility and the closed platform, so it allows you to run in multiple platforms, Windows, Linux, Macintosh."
"I think the technical support could be better."
"The solution needs better backup facilities that are available for virtual machines to create servers on."
"Assigning the order of virtual server startup is not very easy and this can be improved."
"The USB support for the virtual server needs improvement."
"It needs improvement with the security features."
"The solution would benefit from faster technical support."
"It can be useful to have a web management program because we have to install our client-server. We have to properly manage the host, if we had administration tools through a web interface it would be a benefit."
"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."
"The solution is a bit less stable than I would like."
"Having live migrations to move a running server to other hardware would be great."
"When I select the Ubuntu operating system from within the virtual machine, it sometimes hangs."
"It's not as robust as server platforms, nor does it need to be."
"The memory and hardware usage could be a little bit lighter. Right now, it's quite heavy on the usage. The CPU usage should be lower."
"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."
"The solution needs to improve the methods used for starting and stopping the machine."
Citrix Hypervisor is ranked 8th in Server Virtualization Software with 8 reviews while Oracle VM VirtualBox is ranked 5th in Server Virtualization Software with 10 reviews. Citrix Hypervisor is rated 8.2, while Oracle VM VirtualBox is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Citrix Hypervisor writes "An easy-to-use solution with virtualization features that helped during lockdown". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle VM VirtualBox writes "Simple to use, easy to configure, and reliable". Citrix Hypervisor is most compared with Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, KVM and Nutanix AHV Virtualization, whereas Oracle VM VirtualBox is most compared with Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, KVM, Oracle VM and Nutanix AHV Virtualization. See our Citrix Hypervisor vs. Oracle VM VirtualBox report.
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