We performed a comparison between Oracle VM VirtualBox and VMware Workstation based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Proxmox, VMware, Microsoft and others in Server Virtualization Software."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."
"The cloning is a very useful tool."
"The product gives us the flexibility to try different machines."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to copy bidirectionally between the desktop and the virtual machine."
"I think VirtualBox has good stability because I use it in an environment with several resolutions."
"The good thing is that it is multi-platform. Once you create a virtual machine in one particular environment, you can switch over to see if you can run it in other environments. For example, if you are on Windows and you create this virtual machine, you can actually go ahead and change the operating system. You can switch it over to Linux or Mac OS and see if you can run the VirtualBox on those particular machines. It even runs on some of the commercial operating systems that are not mainstream, such as Solaris and BSD. These kinds of operating systems are also supported by VirtualBox. The other thing that is good about VirtualBox is that it is open source. So, if you need to do any modifications for your own purposes, you can just download the source, modify it, and deploy it in your environment. It is pretty good and very versatile. You can create and manipulate virtual machines from the command line, which is also very important. It's something that some other products on the desktop side do not have. VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop don't have a good command-line interface to create and manipulate virtual machines, whereas VirtualBox has it out of the box, which is pretty good."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that there is no cost because it is open source."
"The flexibility and the closed platform, so it allows you to run in multiple platforms, Windows, Linux, Macintosh."
"VMware Workstation allows you to run a virtual machine."
"VMware Workstation’s most valuable features are backup and data transfer from one server to another."
"I like that it's easy to use. It's easy to deploy virtual machines. You have to insert your ISO and the image of your OS and configure it. They provide a step-by-step guide, and you have to follow it. In the end, you have to start the machine, and that's all you have to do. I liked that they synchronized the mouse, keyboard, and everything. When you finish the installation, it directly links to your laptop. This makes copying and pasting things from my laptop inside the virtual machine easy."
"The product is stable, very easy to deploy, easy to use, easy to configure, and easy to set up."
"I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"VMware Workstation is easy to manage and understand."
"The platform’s most valuable feature is snapshot."
"Great at solving connection problems."
"We're working with them to be able to allow the local USB ports to be ported over to the remote desktop, running VirtualBox."
"It should have the functionality where if I move the mouse away from one screen, the context changes automatically."
"Having live migrations to move a running server to other hardware would be great."
"The technical support needs to improve."
"It could improve slightly with enhanced reporting capabilities that show the current status of the network."
"The AI and the UI could be improved. The user interface is a little outdated and the AI is not very attractive."
"Basically, the GUI and command-line interface need improvement."
"The solution has to do a better job of promoting the product and its licensing capabilities."
"Installing VMware Workstation isn't so easy. It's highly complex compared to Windows. I rate it four out of 10 for ease of installation. Setting up a remote desktop only takes a minute or so, but the Workstation itself takes some time."
"There could be more integration with different tools."
"The support can be improved."
"They could include official support for macOS virtualization within VMware Workstation."
"Performance could be improved, it's somewhat clunky."
"VMware Workstation could improve the export and import of virtual machines."
"The solution freezes sometimes."
"The product's integration capabilities are an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
Oracle VM VirtualBox is ranked 6th in Server Virtualization Software with 62 reviews while VMware Workstation is ranked 2nd in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 42 reviews. Oracle VM VirtualBox is rated 8.2, while VMware Workstation is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Oracle VM VirtualBox writes "The solution is versatile, simple to use, and stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware Workstation writes "An easy-to-manage solution that has really good customer support compared to other market players". Oracle VM VirtualBox is most compared with Proxmox VE, KVM, Hyper-V, Oracle VM and VMware vSphere, whereas VMware Workstation is most compared with Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, VMware Fusion, KVM and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services.
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