We performed a comparison between Nutanix AHV Virtualization 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."The most valuable feature of the solution is the built-in data protection, that helps with backup in a matter of minutes."
"The most valuable feature is manageability."
"The solution is stable."
"The dashboard of the solution is one of its strongest points."
"The solution is user-friendly and provides good virtual machine backups. The user interface gets updated when there is a new release."
"The feature that has had the most impact is data locality. That is a feature that makes Nutanix different from other hypervisors. It helps us to get application performance that is probably double what we got with the legacy, three-tier architecture."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix AHV is that it can be managed through Hyper-V, which is Microsoft's hypervisor, VMware, and Citrix XenServer."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix AHV is the prism, it is a beneficial central management console."
"The product gives us the flexibility to try different machines."
"This solution can be used on many different platforms including Windows and Linux."
"Oracle VM Virtualbox is easy to use and does not require much training."
"The scalability of the solution is very good."
"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."
"This solution creates a snapshot of virtual machines so you can create test environments."
"Technical support is good."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Lacks integration with the cloud or other solutions."
"The solution could improve the call logging system to HPE, it is a bit tedious."
"The licensing costs are a little bit expensive."
"The software based controller has high consumption. This could be improved."
"There are some issues with the interface and integration."
"The initial installation is complex. It took approximately four days."
"If we have to opt for a high level of capacity planning and need more analytics—like deciding on new purchases or budgeting, or if we need additional resources in the near future—we need to pay for Prism Central. I would suggest that Nutanix improve a bit on the analytics part of Prism Element so we can calculate those kinds of things within that flavor."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see support for containerization."
"The installation is difficult and could be improved."
"The product lacks scalability since it is for desktops and not for servers."
"The solution needs to improve the methods used for starting and stopping the machine."
"The solution needs to improve its flexibility. It's not as flexible as VMware."
"The technical support needs to improve."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox is not flexible, It's not like VMware."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
Nutanix AHV Virtualization is ranked 6th in Server Virtualization Software with 44 reviews while Oracle VM VirtualBox is ranked 5th in Server Virtualization Software with 61 reviews. Nutanix AHV Virtualization is rated 8.6, while Oracle VM VirtualBox is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Nutanix AHV Virtualization writes "Lightweight, integrates well, and the technical support is responsive". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle VM VirtualBox writes "The solution is versatile, simple to use, and stable". Nutanix AHV Virtualization is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM and Odin Virtuozzo Containers, whereas Oracle VM VirtualBox is most compared with Proxmox VE, KVM, Hyper-V, Oracle VM and IBM PowerVM. See our Nutanix AHV Virtualization vs. Oracle VM VirtualBox report.
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