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."Citrix Hypervisor is quick to deploy and easy to manage."
"This is a dependable solution for virtualization with a good community for product support."
"Installing Hypervisor is really simple. It's the simplest setup I've ever done before. We used a team to deploy it, and it doesn't take much time, like two or three hours tops."
"The solution is easy to deploy. It's very easy to understand problems and read logs."
"What I like the most is the support of the GPU Graphics and the VM Live migration."
"The solution's security is its most valuable aspect."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"The installation is easy."
"It's a pretty good product in terms of monitoring."
"The scalability of the solution is very good."
"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."
"I like that it has a snapshot feature."
"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."
"Assigning the order of virtual server startup is not very easy and this can be improved."
"You need a licensed account to look up technical support."
"The built-in networking features are a little limited."
"The solution needs better backup facilities that are available for virtual machines to create servers on."
"The manageability of the solution needs improvement. It's an extremely bad product to handle."
"The graphics user interface is pretty bad."
"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."
"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 could be more user-friendly."
"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 is not flexible."
"The solution is a bit less stable than I would like."
"Oracle’s support team should improve its response time."
"The communications setup lags. It does not connect properly so the batching and networking is a bit slow."
"The installation is difficult and could be improved."
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 "Allows us to allocate CPU, memory, storage, and network resources across VMs and minimizes downtime in case of hardware failure or maintenance". 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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