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."The flexibility as well as performance wise and as well as data volume, we have huge volume stored."
"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 scalability of the solution is very good."
"The configuration and installation is pretty straightforward."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox is easy to use."
"I think VirtualBox has good stability because I use it in an environment with several resolutions."
"The cloning is a very useful tool."
"The product gives us the flexibility to try different machines."
"Great at solving connection problems."
"The most valuable features of VMware Workstation are the DirectX support, you can run Microsoft Hyper-V in virtual environments which is good for me to test different installations. Additionally, you can set up different VLANs, and overall it is a complete solution."
"It is much more mature compared to Nutanix or SimpliVity when it's cross-platform based."
"VMware Workstation’s most valuable feature is virtualization technology."
"I haven't faced any inconveniences working with this solution. It is very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is an easy-to-use product."
"Because the setup is so easy, this is a solution that can be used at a moment's notice."
"VMware Workstation is easy to manage and understand."
"One valuable feature would be for it to work right the first time but it doesn't necessarily do that."
"The product lacks scalability since it is for desktops and not for servers."
"The solution should have more enterprise features, like migration, high availability storage, disaster recovery, and the ability to deploy to enterprise-scale usage. They should not just offer desktop usage."
"This should have better support for multiple network cards and some parts of the GUI should be improved."
"Oracle VMs don't have a solid web interface of their own. This is an area where Oracle is lagging behind. Now, we use headless servers, install Oracle VMs, and manage them remotely. We could use phpVirtual Box, but it is a third-party solution. A lot of people contribute to it, and it's not authenticated by Oracle. As a result, I don't find it to be a good option. Therefore, I would like to see Oracle offer an extension pack or a licensed version that fixes this problem."
"They could improve the graphics functionality of the product."
"It has some issues when you have some weird device drivers. For instance, when you have a weird sound driver working on your machine, and the VirtualBox needs to output the sound of the virtual machine into the sound driver of the physical machine, the bare metal, it doesn't work too well. If you tweak lots of drivers and play around with the different kinds of drivers and machines, you will probably break something. I have not played with it too much and maybe it already supports it, but it would probably be good to have the ability to use a container from the virtual machine environment instead of spinning off a complete virtual machine. There are other tools for that. On Linux, you have a DXE, LXC framework, and you have Docker as well. Docker is good because it is multi-platform, and you can run Docker on pretty much anything, even different processors, but it would be good if we had a VirtualBox running on it while spinning off containers instead of full virtual machines. The other thing that will become important, and I'm pretty sure that they are thinking about it as well is that there's this new hardware platform that Apple is releasing, which is an ARM-based new chip. So, VirtualBox will probably have to work on ARM-based CPUs as well."
"Basically, the GUI and command-line interface need improvement."
"The dashboard can be improved."
"They could include official support for macOS virtualization within VMware Workstation."
"It would be better if software updates occur automatically."
"The support can be improved."
"I have had issues with the virtual network adapters in the past that has taken some time to troubleshoot."
"They could add more integration between them, and compatibility with the standard virtualization format."
"I would like to see more detailed reporting capabilities, particularly around snapshot activity. It would be helpful to have a summary of changes made prior to deploying an application, allowing us to provide comprehensive reports to our management on a regular basis."
"The product’s virtual machine data backup feature needs upgrading."
Oracle VM VirtualBox is ranked 5th in Server Virtualization Software with 61 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, KVM, VMware Fusion and VMware Player.
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