Oracle VM vs XCP-ng virtualization platform comparison

Oracle and Vates are both solutions in the Server Virtualization Software category. Oracle is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.4, while Vates is ranked #16. Additionally, 83% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution.

Oracle VM

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle VM

Ranking in Server Virtualization Software

7th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

XCP-ng virtualization platform

Ranking in Server Virtualization Software

16th

Average Rating

0.0

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Featured Reviews

Felipe Domingos

Head of IT and Senior Site Reliability Engineer and IT Ops Engineer at Padrão do Fonseca

May 25, 2023

Straightforward to set up, stable, and has no cost

We are using Oracle VM for containers, developing testing, and Kubernetes Oracle VM helps us with the development of proposals. The Foundation is the most valuable feature of Oracle VM. The documentation for implementation could be improved because we were not able to find an easy way to…

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"Oracle VM is not expensive. I rate its pricing a three out of ten."

"I have heard from my colleague that it comes with a high price tag."

"The price of the license is expensive."

"I recommend this for any customer wanting to reduce their licensing costs for packaged applications."

"We were able to deploy our solution at near zero cost compared to other vendors since the licenses come with our Oracle hardware."

"Licensing costs are less for Oracle Linux and for clients moving to the Oracle Cloud, as it is included in the price of the subscription."

"There is no need to make any payments to use the solution. You can just download the product and use it for free."

"Oracle's VM VirtualBox is a powerful, free, and open-source virtualization tool."

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Educational Organization

47%

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Questions from the Community

Which is better - Oracle VM or KVM?

I would prefer if KVM was easier to scale and not so limited. Overall the product has been helpful. It is easy to use, and was quite straight-forward to set up. Since I have been using KVM, I have ...

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Which is better - Oracle VM or VMware VSphere?

Oracle VM seems to me to be kind of outdated. Nevertheless, it is fairly straightforward to use and maintain. The solution can just be set and you can forget about it, and the scalability is consid...

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What do you like most about Oracle VM?

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 n...

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Comparisons

VMware vSphere vs Oracle VM

Compared 38% of the time

KVM vs Oracle VM

Compared 17% of the time

Proxmox VE vs Oracle VM

Compared 17% of the time

Oracle VM VirtualBox vs Oracle VM

Compared 14% of the time

IBM PowerVM vs Oracle VM

Compared 0% of the time

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Nutanix AHV Virtualization vs XCP-ng virtualization platform

Compared 34% of the time

Hyper-V vs XCP-ng virtualization platform

Compared 17% of the time

Proxmox VE vs XCP-ng virtualization platform

Compared 17% of the time

oVirt vs XCP-ng virtualization platform

Compared 16% of the time

KVM vs XCP-ng virtualization platform

Compared 5% of the time

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Overview

Oracle VM for x86

Oracle VM for x86 is a Xen based server virtualization platform for public and private cloud and traditional on premise deployment. Oracle VM offers full lifecycle and application deployment from disk to cloud.

Designed and optimized for security, efficiency and performance Oracle VM supports major hardware vendors x86 and storage platforms and can run workloads on Linux, Windows and Oracle Solaris. Uniquely for our virtualization platform it offers live patching via Ksplice enhancing security and minimizing service disruption. Oracle VM supports hard partitioning which can significantly reduce software applications licensing costs.

Oracle VM for SPARC

Oracle VM for SPARC is a firmware based virtualization platform for Oracle and Fujitsu SPARC based servers running Solaris. Oracle VM supports hard partitioning which can significantly reduce software applications licensing costs.

XCP-ng is an open-source virtualization platform acclaimed for its versatility in supporting critical business applications, development environments, and disaster recovery. It's celebrated for ease of scalability, compatibility across operating systems, and strong community support, making it a cost-effective option for deploying virtual servers, facilitating remote desktops, and enhancing organizational efficiency. Users value its role in streamlining project management, improving time management, and aiding strategic decisions, all without licensing fees.

Sample Customers

Ambulance Victoria, Australian Finance Group (AFG), Avnet Technology Solutions, CERN, cloudKleyer, Danish Tax Authority (SKAT), Data Intensity, Dubai World, Engineers Australia, Enkitec, Groupe FLO, Guerra S.A. Implemento, s Rodovišrios, Interactive One, IT Convergence, Jesta Digital, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, KT, Kyoto Prefecture, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / National Ignition Facility, Multinet Pakistan, National Australia Bank (NAB), Navis LLC, Overhead Door, Overstock.com, Paragon Data, Parks Victoria, Pella, Sunway Shared Services, St. Louis Metro, Terminales Ro de la Plata S.A., University of Massachusetts, Versace,

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