Oracle VM VirtualBox Primary Use Case
Oracle VM VirtualBox is used to test applications and operating systems.
It should be for everyday use because when I want to test any operating system or servers that need to be tested, I test them on Oracle VM VirtualBox.
I am not sure about extensive usage as I did not scale that much. I use it only for my home labs, so I did not need to scale significantly.
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David Plazer
Chief Executive Officer at Kipustec
I use Oracle VM VirtualBox primarily for quality assurance in an educational environment.
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I use VirtualBox in almost all environments. I use it in testing, developing, and production, with very good results.
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June 2025

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We use Oracle VM VirtualBox to run Linux operating systems in our environment.
View full review »I have mounted it with GlusterFS and I use it along with three on-prem physical nodes with Arch Linux's operating system and 12 VLANs to support around 50 VMs in different environments (TESTS, DEMOS, PRODUCTION).
View full review »We can use the solution to implement VMs.
View full review »I'm a teacher and I use the solution for teaching and testing.
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Satishbabu Gunukula, Oracle ACE
Sr. Tech Systems Architect at Intuitive
The primary use case of the solution is to develop, test, and deploy solutions on multi-software platforms so that users can use solutions on different platforms such as Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Macintosh. This also will help users and groups to use the devices they are comfortable with and not depend on a specific platform. Users no need to wait for very powerful machines instead they can use their laptops or desktop to test or solve to see whether it really works or meet their needs.
View full review »I primarily use the solution for testing purposes. Oracle VM VirtualBox is used majorly for creating virtual machine servers, Windows servers, specifically for Windows 10 or 11 clients. The solution is further used to configure multi-directories and implement the testing process.
View full review »I use Oracle Virtualbox to create different virtual operating systems, including Ubuntu, Kali Linux, Windows, and Metasploit.
View full review »I use it because my desktop is on Linux, and sometimes I need to open Microsoft Office or some VPN, which cannot use Linux. I start my VM Windows just to connect to some VPNs or to launch Microsoft Office.
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Shaerul Haque-Joarder
Managing Director
I use Oracle VM VirtualBox to provide my clients with performance, security, and scalability enhancements.
View full review »I use the solution for personal use and in a professional environment. We use a couple of them. We use it to prepare environments to deploy them on another VM environment like VMware. We need to prepare the machine for the quality and we use this.
View full review »I primarily use the solution to build a machine and transfer it to vCenter. I also occasionally use it to transform from a VirtualBox machine to an ESXi machine.
View full review »I use this for development tests only on my personal laptop.
View full review »We use this solution to quickly set up and test our new software releases on different operating system versions.
We used this for onboarding applications running on smaller equipment, as we noticed that it uses less resouces compared to other hypervisor systems.
This helped our passengers to get better services while travelling, such as entertainment, movies, games, details about the trip, et cetera.
The images used can easily be shipped with the onboard hardware.
We can also port or convert other types of images too.
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Lourens Steenkamp
Manager at Private Individual
My primary use of the solution is for testing distributions and installations.
View full review »My personal one is to create virtual machines to do different things within the house. I have a few servers in the house, and the servers themselves run lots of the services that we need, but sometimes you need to have a service that is run on a kind of a "dedicated machine." So, instead of having a physical machine to run those services, we just create a virtual one. It just spins off like a virtual machine, and everything works okay. Some of the machines that are for more home automation and other such things don't need very powerful processes or much memory. They are very suitable to be run on virtual machines. They can have their own IP addresses and can be reached from the outside of the home.
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Werner-Schonborn
Product Specialist at Schoemans Technologies
We use VirtualBox for running our ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and a host of websites. The underlying operating system is Solaris, which we run on VirtualBox virtualized, and it is running exceptionally well. Then I run VirtualBox as a hypervisor and use Windows (when necessary) and Linux. I run a whole host of websites on Linux virtualized using VirtualBox and we also run our ERP — Xpert ERP — on VirtualBox.
The primary use case is creation and management of virtual machines in small network environments.
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Emmanuel FOMUDE
Senior Oracle Database Administrator at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
We are using Oracle VM VirtualBox to virtualize servers.
View full review »We use Oracle VM VirtualBox for testing.
Oracle VM VirtualBox is like a virtual machine.
it helps to run multiple operating systems.
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Vincent Cheng
Sr. Director at LogiCorner Info Tech.
We use Oracle VM VirtualBox in combination with Oracle Database. We also run Tomcat inside VirtualBox.
Within our organization, there are five people using this solution.
View full review »I use it for experimenting with different operating systems in user environments. I also use it to have a backup to the Windows so that I can access Windows, and it is up and running. I don't have to worry about building a system from scratch.
View full review »We use VirtualBox for client purposes. It's a legacy software.
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EdwardNjari
IT Manager at a non-tech company with 51-200 employees
My main purpose in using this solution is to run Windows machines on top of my Linux servers. I am running a Windows server on top of a Linux machine and then another four machines just to create an environment for our clients so that people can log in. Because they don't find Linux easy to use, I give them windows on top which they find more familiar.
We primarily use the solution to test our virtual infrastructure.
View full review »I use this solution for experiments with virtualization in Linux, mostly.
We have an on-premises deployment.
View full review »We use this solution for virtualization.
This is a private cloud deployment model.
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StefanoPastore
Systems Engineering at Atlantica Digital
I use Oracle VM VirtualBox mainly for testing guest environments and to test beta machines before they go in production environment. I also simulate configuration before the production environment to test some optionality.
View full review »We have two primary use cases. We have one or two data bases. We were using it for our hospitality system and also for testing.
View full review »We primarily use the solution for virtual machines for Oracle databases.
View full review »We primarily use the solution across all of our systems.
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Gene May
student with 11-50 employees
I am running Linux on this solution under Windows.
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Ignacio Salom
Senior Principal Consultant at CCE
I use it to test new technologies on my desktop. I also teach virtual machines, so I give demos or training programs. I can show people how servers work. So I use it for training purposes.
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Ofrates Siringan
IT Infrastructure and Security Specialist
For enterprise deployment, IT infrastructure, data center and server virtualization infrastructure.
View full review »Oracle VM VirtualBox allows me to extend my existing computer to run multiple operating systems.
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Oracle VM VirtualBox
June 2025

Learn what your peers think about Oracle VM VirtualBox. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: June 2025.
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