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."What I like the most is the support of the GPU Graphics and the VM Live migration."
"The most valuable features are being able to host many virtual machines and being able to patch machines."
"Citrix is easy to use and is stable."
"The solution is easy to deploy. It's very easy to understand problems and read logs."
"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 initial setup is easy."
"We find there are good central maintenance and central management panels."
"The solution integrates well with other solutions, which makes it really strong as a primary solution to deploy."
"The solution has high performance and is easy to use."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its stability."
"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."
"It's very simple to use."
"This solution creates a snapshot of virtual machines so you can create test environments."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that there is no cost because it is open source."
"The configuration and installation is pretty straightforward."
"The solution is very stable."
"The self-service user portal needs to be more granular and be more customizable."
"We'd like them to add more automation to the product."
"The solution would benefit from faster technical support."
"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."
"I would like the possibility of updating the hypervisor by applying security patches."
"The main problem with Citrix Hypervisor is getting readily available backup solutions for it. It would be wonderful if Hypervisor were better integrated with third-party backup solutions."
"You need a licensed account to look up technical support."
"The product could be faster and licensing options could be improved."
"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."
"We're working with them to be able to allow the local USB ports to be ported over to the remote desktop, running VirtualBox."
"Basically, the GUI and command-line interface need improvement."
"This should have better support for multiple network cards and some parts of the GUI should be improved."
"I find the solution to be incredibly unstable, constantly falling over and not working properly."
"We're working with them to be able to allow the local USB ports to be ported over to the remote desktop, running VirtualBox."
"It's not as robust as server platforms, nor does it need to be."
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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