We performed a comparison between Oracle VM, Oracle VM VirtualBox, and VMware vSphere based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Proxmox, VMware, Microsoft and others in Server Virtualization Software."The Foundation is the most valuable feature of Oracle VM."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It is simple and straightforward, and it will only require you one system integrator to do the job."
"The product is simple and easy to use."
"There's a lot of space to customize the solution if you need to."
"The solution is very stable. I don't recall any bugs or glitches. It's reliable. It doesn't crash or freeze."
"It is a scalable solution."
"I rate Oracle VM's scalability a ten out of ten."
"The solution is very stable."
"Technical support is good."
"The flexibility and the closed platform, so it allows you to run in multiple platforms, Windows, Linux, Macintosh."
"The snapshot feature is very powerful; it protects us from disaster."
"The configuration and installation is pretty straightforward."
"This solution can be used on many different platforms including Windows and Linux."
"It is a stable product."
"I like that Oracle VM is safe and stable. It is also very easy to administer. For example, opening a VM or adding a host adapter is extremely easy."
"vSphere brings the features required for an enterprise class system with a lot of supporting components: An intuitive user experience that simplifies and helps operational management."
"One of the things I like with the web client, versus the thick client, is that we're able to access all the vCenters that we manage. With the thick client, you have to log in to one vCenter at a time."
"The free ESXi hypervisor was a great way to get started, as it allowed us to introduce virtual machines so that users could start to experience the advantages."
"We find the solution simple and efficient to manage."
"I like the standard features."
"We use it for our VDI infrastructure and managing virtual machines."
"The most valuable features are stability and support."
"Good virtualization and ability to optimize and deliver an automated and orchestrated cloud platform on-prem."
"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."
"There are issues with the solution's stability since it crashes."
"It was a complex setup. It was very difficult for me."
"We do have a little trepidation with systemd, as it does have a learning curve."
"The solution is an outdated Xen-based application."
"The configuration can be more flexible. It is a necessity."
"There are currently issues with centralized storage."
"There have been some security issues in the past."
"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."
"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."
"It would be good if we could use Hyper-V Windows subsystems with Linux and VirtualBox on the same instance. Currently, to be able to use VirtualBox, we have to restart the machine into an instance of Windows where Hyper-V is disabled, which is understandably very inconvenient."
"I find the solution to be incredibly unstable, constantly falling over and not working properly."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox is not flexible, It's not like VMware."
"They could improve the graphics functionality of the product."
"Given that I've been using version seven, it seems that some of the bugs I faced during that version have already been addressed in subsequent updates. Although I haven't personally tested them yet, it appears that these issues have been resolved. In version seven, there was a problem with the network interface not responding due to certain configurations not being properly filtered. However, in version eight, this requirement has been minimized, so the mentioned bug is less likely to occur. Instead of solely addressing these fixes in newer versions, it might be beneficial for them to consider applying these improvements to the older versions as well. This approach could prevent users from feeling compelled to upgrade to version eight solely to avoid encountering the issue, and instead provide updates for version seven users."
"NSX is a product of VMware vSphere and it would be nice to see the solution have full integration capabilities with it."
"We would like to see the container-based operating system launched soon for this solution."
"Sentencing has changed a lot."
"There is definitely room for improvement and that improvement should be in the licensing and the simplicity of procuring additional licenses or additional VMware products. Right now, it's very complex."
"They have multiple components required for the setup. It would be better to integrate it into one solution, especially for small business companies."
"We are provided with a mini dashboard that has been improved in the latest version but it still could be better. The monitoring is now available on the vCenter dashboard and the vROps has been added to the basic version that had to be purchased separately before. A complete dashboard has always been provided with some competitors, such as Nutanix."
"The biggest pain point is probably the firmware management of the underlying hardware. It could be a lot better."
