VirtualBox
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Nhat N.
Verified UserEducation Management · 5001-10000 employees
VirtualBox Review
My overall experience with VirtualBox is good because I have used it for a long time and have found many ways around some technical challenges.
- This software allows me to easily setup a virtual machine, run a test on a software before I want to install it on a production machine
- The best part is I can easily download it on the Oracle website and use it without worrying about licensing
Configuring network is quite difficult on VirtualBox versus doing it on other similar software
Switched From
I switched software because VirtualBox is free to use and I can download it at anytime without worrying about licensing while the other software like VMware and Hypervisor I have to buy the license to use them for each computer.
Why they chose it
"I chose VirtualBox because it is free to use and I can easily deploy it on several workstation to teach or test new software and technology. VirtualBox has all of the basic features one would need to setup a virtual environment include networking and hardware configuration."
Hung V.
Verified UserComputer Software · 1001-5000 employees
VirtualBox for quickly initial new environment for testing
I use VirtualBox to initial my testing environment for my shell script function which needs to run in Centos, RedHat, Debian and Ubuntu, I download the virtual OS and add into VirtualBox which alow me quickly verify my script and when I work with Kubernetes, it already support installation environment as Virtual OS and we use VirtualBox to host it.
- With VirtualBox, I easily create a test and dev environment for different OS, it supports all type of OS from Window, Ubuntu, Centos
- VirtualBox Guest system is quickly created and start and I could share data between Host OS and Guest OS including copy/paste, disk sharing and drag-drop
- VirtualBox consume very little resource and is able to host multiple Guest OS at same time, it is an excellent feature when we want to test our script in different OS
Using VirtualBox is quite complex to setup Guest OS, special to enable access to Host OS hardware such as Printer, switch between Host OS and Guest OS have delayed time
Why they chose it
"We choose VirtualBox because it is free compared to other tools like VMware, it is more complex but has the good document for learning, it is quick and free compare with creating multiple VMs in Cloud for testing."
Verified Professional
Education Management · 501-1000 employees
Great Virtual environment
Education Management
- This is a great product for making a virtual backup of my physical machine
- I can use my computer virtually if it crashes until the hardware is repaired
- I had some trouble with the virtual machine format
Harshit B.
Verified UserTelecommunications · 11-50 employees
VirtualBox, The little brother to the Workstation.
The ability to spin up and test instances of our application and also new flavours is the primary business purpose and virtual box ticks all thos boxes is a great asset to have to meet the business goals.
Have been using VirtualBox to spam new distributions of linux and other open source operating systems and also use Virtual box to deploy our application as well and we use it as a benchmarking mechanism tool
The least thing we like about this is the amount of compute it takes to run the application on the slight less specked machine and it does a take on the battery life, otherwise the application is good
Why they chose it
"The ability to use Virtual on OS-X is a primary factor to select Virtualbox as the images can be shared with multiple folks within the organisation."
Nicolas R.
Verified UserComputer Software · 11-50 employees
Great choice for VMs in Mac
I use Virtualbox to setup environments. I'm Mac user and I use daily vm to configure and deploy mainly linux distributions.
- When I started using Mac it was a problem for me, but when I started using VirtualBoxVM everything became easier
- Easy Setup, Easy VM setup and administration, Easy everything
- Runs fast
- Even if I keep some VMs open
- I don't find any cons at all
- Maybe the resource consumption, but that's really not on VirtualBoxVM, is cause of VMs assigned resources
Switched From
Tryed parallels, but princing and performance made me decide for VirtualBoxVM
Verified Professional
Information Technology and Services · 10000+ employees
Best virtalization tool by oracle
Mainly we use it to test on all major Operating systems as its portable to any System structure form UNIX to Windows
Due to its open source nature and ease to use this is a best tool for any one from business to normal users allows use of any OS inside Windows (mainly) which makes testing easy on other OS like Linux (all flavors)
Not much any cons about this tool but it could be built more ease to use though its good but can be improved and all connections should be automatically detected inside virtual machine such though they work doesn't feel like real OS can adopt "NEW DESKTOP"like tech and improve it
Switched From
Virtual machine is complicated and takes lot of time and system memory.
Verified Professional
Government Administration · 10000+ employees
VirtualBox as a tool to model configurations on virtual servers
Virtualbox allows us to simulate environments using virtualization in a practical way, accelerating implementations and configurations in services
It is cross-platform, which allows easy installation on different operating systems
- In some occasions it is necessary to have hardware that supports virtualization
Why they chose it
"The economic cost was higher, which does not allow all team members to use it"
Richard S.
Verified UserMachinery · 2-10 employees
Excellent alternative for virtual machines
I am somewhat experienced with VMWare Workstation, so I wasn't sure about switching to VirtualBox. Although it did require a little bit of getting used to, after learning the ropes I found that all of the features I knew and used were available to me, and for a significantly cheaper price.
- One important distinction between VirtualBox and its more well-known counterpart, VMWare Workstation, is the noticeably lower price-tag on the former
- VirtualBox does not share the almost absurd price of VMWare, yet possesses most, if not all, of the same features
- It is slightly less intuitive than VM Workstation, leading to a steeper learning curve for those who are less familiar with virtual machine programs
- It's not severe, but it is worth mentioning
Switched From
The price difference was undeniable and necessary
Verified Professional
Telecommunications · 10000+ employees
VirtualBox review
I am satisfied with VirtualBox, as it has proven itself more than reliable, especially during the long sessions of troubleshooting on my Virtual Machine.
Sometimes I tend to use VirtualBox for my Lab in order to replicate some issue reported by the Customer or to check certain settings in the Software which I support, because VirtualBox has proven itself as good and reliable in this field
I don't like the amount of space which normal lab requires for daily use, especially because I need sometimes to switch between a couple of Virtual Machines on my company's laptop, which lacks disc space
Switched From
I was using VMware Workstation for some of my own projects, but after I started using VirtualBox on work, I completely switched to that Software instead.
Abdul Rahman M.
Verified UserComputer Software · Self-Employed
Oracle virtual box
Verified reviewer
- It’s great we have many OS versions to install on the machine
- It’s a bit slow and bot too fast
- And sone problems occurs
Switched From
I expected it be better byt at the end I moved again to vmware
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