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've found the following features to be the most valuable: user personalization layer, app layering, provisioning, and notification services for integration between different domains."
"The compatibility of the solution is its most valuable feature. It's compatible on almost every cloud these days."
"The most valuable features are being able to host many virtual machines and being able to patch machines."
"The core function enables multiple virtual machines to run on a single physical server. This maximizes hardware utilization and efficiency."
"Citrix Hypervisor is quick to deploy and easy to manage."
"The onboarding process is pretty straightforward."
"Citrix Hypervisor is simple to use."
"The solution is easy to deploy. It's very easy to understand problems and read logs."
"Oracle VM Virtualbox is easy to use and does not require much training."
"I like that Oracle VM is safe and stable. It is also very easy to administer. For example, opening a VM or adding a host adapter is extremely easy."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its stability."
"This is a good and easy solution for running virtual environments."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to copy bidirectionally between the desktop and the virtual machine."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the ability to manage multiple operating systems through one application."
"Technical support is good."
"The installation is easy."
"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."
"Live migration is something that can be improved."
"There are several areas that need improvement including the stability of the networking stack and networking management."
"The manageability of the solution needs improvement. It's an extremely bad product to handle."
"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."
"The solution would benefit from faster technical support."
"The graphics user interface is pretty bad."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The solution is not flexible."
"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."
"This should have better support for multiple network cards and some parts of the GUI should be improved."
"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 AI and the UI could be improved. The user interface is a little outdated and the AI is not very attractive."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"The product lacks scalability since it is for desktops and not for servers."
Citrix Hypervisor is ranked 8th in Server Virtualization Software with 46 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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