"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."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox is easy to use."
"Oracle VM Virtualbox is easy to use and does not require much training."
"It's a pretty good product in terms of monitoring."
"The snapshot feature is very powerful; it protects us from disaster."
"The installation is easy."
"It is easy to use and does not require complex knowledge."
"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 user-friendly and easy to manage."
"The scalability has been good."
"Stable and secure management console for virtual environments, with a diligent technical support team."
"It is very stable and scalable, and implementation is straightforward as well."
"This solution is very stable. It's scalable and simple to set up."
"It cuts down on hardware costs by being able to virtualize multiple hardware and multiple machines on a single piece of hardware."
"We could easily move workloads from on-premises to the cloud and vice versa if we were running on-premises and cloud, which is one of the most important points in the new releases, in particular."
"I have found the Storage vMotion feature to be the most valuable."
"There are a few bugs that need to be updated."
"The memory and hardware usage could be a little bit lighter. Right now, it's quite heavy on the usage. The CPU usage should be lower."
"Having live migrations to move a running server to other hardware would be great."
"Basically, the GUI and command-line interface need improvement."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The solution needs to improve the methods used for starting and stopping the machine."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox is not flexible, It's not like VMware."
"I find the solution to be incredibly unstable, constantly falling over and not working properly."
"They have multiple components required for the setup. It would be better to integrate it into one solution, especially for small business companies."
"The solution should be more secure."
"The way that vSphere manages the alerts on the data machine is not easy to configure."
"The price could be better. The licensing is definitely expensive and tech support is sometimes frustrating."
"I can't speak to any missing features. It has everything I need."
"The licensing costs for the solution are quite high."
"The user interface could use some improvement."
"The support for VMware vSphere can be fast or it can be slow. Recently it has been slow, they need to decrease the wait time and quality of their support."
Oracle VM VirtualBox is ranked 5th in Server Virtualization Software with 14 reviews while VMware vSphere is ranked 1st in Server Virtualization Software with 134 reviews. Oracle VM VirtualBox is rated 7.8, while VMware vSphere is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Oracle VM VirtualBox writes "A free and versatile open-source solution that supports multiple platforms and is easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware vSphere writes "An easy way of providing near-zero downtime services". Oracle VM VirtualBox is most compared with KVM, Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, Oracle VM and VMware Workstation, whereas VMware vSphere is most compared with Hyper-V, Proxmox VE, VMware Workstation, KVM and Oracle VM. See our Oracle VM VirtualBox vs. VMware vSphere report.
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