We compared Oracle VM and Proxmox VE based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
Oracle VM is praised for its performance, reliability, integration with Oracle products, robust security, and user-friendly interface. Users appreciate the efficient customer service, reasonable pricing, and positive ROI. However, there are concerns about the complex interface and performance issues. On the other hand, Proxmox VE stands out for its user-friendly interface, integration capabilities, performance, and management flexibility. Users commend the customer support, pricing structure, and positive ROI. Areas for improvement include interface simplicity, resource management, storage options, and support documentation.
Features: Oracle VM is valued for its strong performance, reliability, efficient resource management, seamless integration with Oracle products, and robust security. On the other hand, Proxmox VE is praised for its user-friendly interface, seamless integration with various virtualization technologies, excellent performance, and flexible management capabilities.
Pricing and ROI: The setup cost of Oracle VM is considered straightforward and not overly complex, while Proxmox VE's initial setup cost is described as straightforward and not overly complicated. Both products offer flexible licensing options to cater to different organizational needs., Oracle VM has received positive feedback regarding its cost savings, efficiency, flexibility, reliability, and performance. Similarly, Proxmox VE has also provided favorable ROI with its positive outcomes and benefits.
Room for Improvement: Oracle VM can be improved in terms of user-friendliness, navigation, performance, stability, software integration, and compatibility. On the other hand, Proxmox VE needs enhancement in user interface, resource management, storage options, and documentation and support materials.
Deployment and customer support: The user reviews suggest that Oracle VM users have experienced varying timeframes for deployment and setup, which should be evaluated separately. On the other hand, Proxmox VE users have reported a significant variation in the duration required, with some spending three months on deployment and others only needing a week for both deployment and setup., Oracle VM's customer service is highly praised by users. They appreciate the promptness, efficiency, and knowledge of the support team. Proxmox VE's customer service is also highly praised, with users reporting prompt and reliable assistance from a knowledgeable support team.
The summary above is based on 42 interviews we conducted recently with Oracle VM and Proxmox VE users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The virtualization product Oracle puts out just complements the performance of the database."
"The solution is very stable. I don't recall any bugs or glitches. It's reliable. It doesn't crash or freeze."
"Overall, the biggest performance is around virtualization and automation, you can build private clouds with Oracle VM using Enterprise Manager."
"The stability is rock solid."
"The Foundation is the most valuable feature of Oracle VM."
"It's a very flexible solution because you have all the commands that you can do yourself."
"The cloning is a great feature and live migration is very easy."
"The stability of the product is fine."
"We are happy with Proxmox VE. We use it as part of a cluster."
"The solution's maintenance part was very easy."
"The solution is extremely scalable."
"It is easy to deploy."
"The most valuable feature of Proxmox VE is the linked clone."
"Saves a lot of time compared to imaging physical desktops."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is migration."
"It is easier to balance loads across hypervisors if a given container or virtual machine uses more resources than its peers."
"Oracle VM needs to add a backup feature."
"The performance could be better because I need to purchase a lot of CPUs to perform in the workbench."
"If there are issues with the storage, then all the machines go down, even if I have a backup solution in place."
"There are issues with the solution's stability since it crashes."
"There are currently issues with centralized storage."
"Its database management features could be better."
"Integration with cloud products would be beneficial."
"The tool's price and stability could be better."
"Currently, there are several features inaccessible through the API, necessitating the use of either the WebUI or the command line interface."
"The documentation in Proxmox VE could improve."
"It is a good solution, but it is very complicated in some ways. It is not easy. You must have experience in the console mode to do some configurations. A lot of documentation and YouTube videos are available that you can use to learn about it."
"I can't speak to any improvements. It is not lacking features."
"It's one of those things for me to move things on to the cloud. It's not so easy. I am always on the laptop and have to monitor that because if you want to make strides; you need to stay online."
"Proxmox VE needs improvement in cloud computing."
"The facility of deployment is an area that needs to improve."
"My impression is that currently, this solution is not stable even after multiple versions of improvements."
Oracle VM is ranked 7th in Server Virtualization Software with 75 reviews while Proxmox VE is ranked 1st in Server Virtualization Software with 58 reviews. Oracle VM is rated 7.8, while Proxmox VE is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Oracle VM writes "A cheap option available for Linux environments which is useful for many workloads". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Proxmox VE writes "Easy to use and supports multi-monitors on multiple VMs in KVM". Oracle VM is most compared with VMware vSphere, KVM, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Hyper-V and RHEV, whereas Proxmox VE is most compared with VMware vSphere, Oracle VM VirtualBox, KVM, Hyper-V and RHEV. See our Oracle VM vs. Proxmox VE report.
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