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 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 dashboard of the solution is one of its strongest points."
"The most valuable feature is manageability."
"It's user-friendly."
"You don't need any other instruments for control, AHV. You only need to look at the prism to control all infrastructure."
"With AHV, you can run micro-segmentation, which is, on the network security level, to have network virtualization across clouds."
"The initial setup of Nutanix AHV Virtualization is straightforward."
"The entirety of the infrastructure resides in the same product, which makes it easy to troubleshoot and investigate problems."
"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 most valuable feature of the solution is that there is no cost because it is open source."
"The cloning is a very useful tool."
"The pause feature is valuable. I can pause, which is something that not all hypervisors allow. The snapshot feature is also valuable."
"The solution is very stable."
"This product is very user-friendly and easy to use."
"It's a pretty good product in terms of monitoring."
"I like that it is free and runs on Linux/Ubuntu - I wouldn't use any other solution. I am able to perform small developing tests."
"There are times when consultants, construction, or building firms need to use Beam but it can be difficult."
"I haven't come across any limitations. Nutanix doesn't support externally attached storage through Fibre Channel. However, Nutanix doesn't support Fibre Channel connectivity. This, in my opinion, is a weakness of Nutanix. For instance, it does not support Cyber Talent. To clarify, you cannot connect external Fibre Channel storage or NAS storage resources with Nutanix. However, VMware vSAN supports such solutions."
"Honestly, there's a lot to work on the product, especially for someone like me who has worked on VMware. VMware offers a significant level of customization when configuring virtual machines, and that level of detail is not as pronounced on Nutanix AHV Virtualization."
"It would be better if the solution's replication to another site could be efficiently optimized."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see support for containerization."
"The solution could improve the call logging system to HPE, it is a bit tedious."
"When we need to share, publish, or encrypt something, we still need to perform it using the command line."
"The licensing costs are a little bit expensive."
"The solution needs to improve the methods used for starting and stopping the machine."
"This should have better support for multiple network cards and some parts of the GUI should be improved."
"It should have the functionality where if I move the mouse away from one screen, the context changes automatically."
"The solution is not flexible."
"It would be good if we could use Hyper-V Windows subsystems with Linux and VirtualBox on the same instance. Currently, to be able to use VirtualBox, we have to restart the machine into an instance of Windows where Hyper-V is disabled, which is understandably very inconvenient."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The solution has to do a better job of promoting the product and its licensing capabilities."
"Basically, the GUI and command-line interface need improvement."
Nutanix AHV Virtualization is ranked 6th in Server Virtualization Software with 48 reviews while Oracle VM VirtualBox is ranked 5th in Server Virtualization Software with 62 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, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, KVM and Oracle VM, 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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