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About Proxmox VE is a complete open-source platform for all-inclusive enterprise virtualization that tightly integrates KVM hypervisor and LXC containers, software-defined storage and networking functionality on a single platform, and easily manages high availability clusters and disaster recovery tools with the built-in web management interface.	About VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. See "About VirtualBox" for an introduction. Presently, VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Solaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems including but not limited to Windows (NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10), DOS/Windows 3.x, Linux (2.4, 2.6, 3.x and 4.x), Solaris and OpenSolaris, OS/2, and OpenBSD. VirtualBox is being actively developed with frequent releases and has an ever growing list of features, supported guest operating systems and platforms it runs on. VirtualBox is a community effort backed by a dedicated company.
Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Not Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported	Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Supported Linux Supported Cloud Not Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience IT professionals and businesses	Audience Enterprises and companies interested in a high-performance virtualization solution
Support Phone Support Not Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Not Supported	Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported
API Offers API Not Supported	API Offers API Not Supported
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Reviews/Ratings Overall 0.0 / 5 ease 0.0 / 5 features 0.0 / 5 design 0.0 / 5 support 0.0 / 5 This software hasn't been reviewed yet. Be the first to provide a review: Review this Software	Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.6 / 5 ease 4.8 / 5 features 4.8 / 5 design 4.6 / 5 support 5.0 / 5 Read all reviews
	Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros Free & Open Source. Easy to setup & use. Great for using different Operating Systems on a single hardware simultaneously. VirtualBox has updates often, supports a multitude of platforms (Windows, mac, Linux, Solaris...), and has a great documentation. VirtualBox is available on pretty much all the majors platforms including Windows, Mac, and Linux. I'm using the later and you can run pretty much all type of systems on it (DOS, Windows, Mac, Solaris, and Linux). It's super easy to configure and use. I haven't experienced any major issue so far in the years I'm been using it. The bi-directional handling of the files and shared folders between host and guest machines is very easy and smooth. It is also fairly easy to expand the disk capacity of a virtual system. I had done that a few time as Windows keep swelling on my guest machine. Open Source & Free to use. Easy to install & configure. Lots of customization options. Good documentation. Great community & regular updates. It can virtualize a lot of operation systems including Windows, Mac, Linux and even Android. There are many configurable options available including amount of memory, video memory, storage and more. The virtualization works extremely well with no issues. Cons For a free software there is no con - but Vmware probably has more ease of access. The hiccup for me is sometimes the VirtualBox Guest Additions, which on some Linux distros, I have to manually download every time I want to use it. One of the majors cons I have with VirtualBox (on Linux) is the handling of the VM VirtualBox Extension Pack. Everytime I have an update of VirtualBox (which I don't usually notice at first), it will require you to go on the VM website, download the new Extension Pack and install it before you can actually start you VirtualBox session. It doesn't take long but it's annoying and I don't understand why the Extension Pack is not included in the mainstream update anyway. Interface has become outdated. Less beginner friendly than competitors. It's difficult to set the resolution to HD widescreen. GPU passthrough is not supported, so it's not good for virtualization of tasks that need a GPU.
Training Documentation Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported	Training Documentation Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported
Company Information Proxmox Server Solutions Founded: 2005 Austria www.proxmox.com/en/	Company Information Oracle Founded: 1977 United States www.virtualbox.org
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Categories Cluster Management Supported High Availability Cluster Supported Hypervisors Supported Server Virtualization Supported	Categories Hypervisors Supported Sandbox Supported Server Virtualization Supported Virtual Desktop (VDI) Supported Virtual Machine Supported
Server Virtualization Features Audit Management Supported Health Monitoring Supported Live Machine Migration Supported Multi-OS Virtual Machines Supported Patching / Backup Supported Performance Log Supported Performance Optimization Supported Rapid Provisioning Supported Security Management Supported Type 1 / Type 2 Hypervisor Supported	Server Virtualization Features Audit Management Supported Health Monitoring Supported Live Machine Migration Supported Multi-OS Virtual Machines Supported Patching / Backup Supported Performance Log Supported Performance Optimization Supported Rapid Provisioning Supported Security Management Supported Type 1 / Type 2 Hypervisor Supported Show More Features Virtual Desktop (VDI) Features Desktop-as-a-Service Supported Load Balancing Not Supported Multi-Device Support Supported Multi-Factor Authentication Not Supported Permissions / Access Controls Not Supported Self Service Portal Not Supported Third Party Integration Not Supported Virtual Machine Features Backup Management Not Supported Graphical User Interface Supported Remote Control Supported VDI Supported Virtual Machine Encryption Not Supported Virtual Machine Migration Not Supported Virtual Machine Monitoring Not Supported Virtual Server Not Supported
Integrations CacheGuard Supported StorPool Storage Supported BuyVPS.us Supported CLOUD HIVE DC Supported Centreon Supported Clarive Not Supported DCXV Supported Deep.BI Supported Dradis Not Supported FluxBilling Supported Huawei Anti-DDoS Not Supported Huawei Blockchain Service Not Supported Huawei Database Security Service (DBSS) Not Supported Huawei RDS Not Supported IP HOST Supported MasterDC Supported Netdata Supported Solus Not Supported Unihost Supported WHMDC Supported Show More Integrations View All 30 Integrations	Integrations CacheGuard Supported StorPool Storage Supported BuyVPS.us Not Supported CLOUD HIVE DC Not Supported Centreon Not Supported Clarive Supported DCXV Not Supported Deep.BI Not Supported Dradis Supported FluxBilling Not Supported Huawei Anti-DDoS Supported Huawei Blockchain Service Supported Huawei Database Security Service (DBSS) Supported Huawei RDS Supported IP HOST Not Supported MasterDC Not Supported Netdata Not Supported Solus Supported Unihost Not Supported WHMDC Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 18 Integrations
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