We performed a comparison between Oracle VM and Oracle VM VirtualBox based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Oracle VM has a slight edge in the comparison. It is a mature, stable, and flexible solution. One area where Oracle VM VirtualBox did come out on top, however, was in the ease of deployment category.
"It's easy to adjust the size up and down."
"The solution is very stable. I don't recall any bugs or glitches. It's reliable. It doesn't crash or freeze."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the resource management from the OVM Manager."
"It's a very mature product."
"If you want to access the VM from anywhere over the Internet, you put it in a public subnet. So, VMs are linked to that. The subnets are linked to it. So, it's perfectly secured if it's a private network. The security is set."
"I like Oracle VM's vMotion and cloning features."
"VMware is user-friendly, with clear integration and detailed migration."
"Because of the virtualization for Linux, I use just Linux basically in all VMs, a few with Windows."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"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 product gives us the flexibility to try different machines."
"The configuration and installation is pretty straightforward."
"The most valuable aspects of the solution were the support and performance of the product and the flexibility it gives you to work."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to copy bidirectionally between the desktop and the virtual machine."
"The pause feature is valuable. I can pause, which is something that not all hypervisors allow. The snapshot feature is also valuable."
"This is a highly scalable solution."
"I would say third-party plugins to other storage vendors. There are a lot of converged infrastructure setups; one that we have, multiple different hardware vendors. So that would be something we could definitely be looking for."
"The solution is at its end of life and is about to be discontinued."
"The automatic start of the product to work as a background process has shortcomings and needs improvement."
"The documentation for implementation could be improved because we were not able to find an easy way to implement our company's features due to a lack of understanding."
"The configuration can be more flexible. It is a necessity."
"Its database management features could be better."
"If there are issues with the storage, then all the machines go down, even if I have a backup solution in place."
"The usage could be easier, and more user-friendly."
"This solution needs improvement with the business continuity planning, disaster and recovery management and using centralized data storage."
"The product lacks scalability since it is for desktops and not for servers."
"They could improve the graphics functionality of the product."
"The solution is a bit less stable than I would like."
"The solution is not flexible."
"When I select the Ubuntu operating system from within the virtual machine, it sometimes hangs."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox is not flexible, It's not like VMware."
"The interface should be easier to comprehend"
Oracle VM is ranked 7th in Server Virtualization Software with 78 reviews while Oracle VM VirtualBox is ranked 5th in Server Virtualization Software with 62 reviews. Oracle VM is rated 8.0, while Oracle VM VirtualBox is rated 8.2. 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 Oracle VM VirtualBox writes "The solution is versatile, simple to use, and stable". Oracle VM is most compared with VMware vSphere, KVM, Proxmox VE, Hyper-V and RHEV, whereas Oracle VM VirtualBox is most compared with Proxmox VE, KVM, Hyper-V, VMware Workstation and VMware vSphere. See our Oracle VM vs. Oracle VM VirtualBox report.
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