VirtualBox

VirtualBox

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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.

About

Virtuozzo, is a global leader in alternative cloud enablement, providing unique, purpose-built software which enables infrastructure and platform solutions to over 600 service providers around the world. Performance, flexibility, and ease of use define the product line up. Our partners can quickly, cost effectively and profitably create alternative private, public, hybrid or multi-clouds, rivalling those from major cloud providers, but with greater ROI, and customization. Service providers and enterprises can choose between various products and capabilities, using software defined networking, storage and powerful compute management and monitoring. Virtuozzo’s primary products allow for the rapid construction of virtual private servers (VPS), IaaS, PaaS, Storage-as-a-Service, Kubernetes-as-a-Service, WordPress-as-a-Service and Anything-as-a-Service (XaaS).

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

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Enterprises and companies interested in a high-performance virtualization solution

Audience

IT professionals and businesses

Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Supported
Online Not Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.6 / 5
ease 4.8 / 5
features 4.8 / 5
design 4.6 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 4.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

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.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Provisioning is blazingly fast, so I can replicate as many environments as it is needed for each project. The best thing here is the scalability - every stack in a separate isolated container scales vertically based on the load, in addition we activated horizontal scaling for app servers. The database replication is available out-of-box, so we didn’t bother ourselves with reinventing the wheel and just enabled it from a wizard (very intuitive UI). Our Jelastic service provider has data centers in two countries, so we create environments in several regions for low latency when targeting people from different locations. Also, some of the clusters are synced to get cross-datacenters high availability.

Cons

  • So far, I’m fully satisfied. No real problems experienced at the time of use.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Supported

Company Information

Oracle
Founded: 1977
United States
www.virtualbox.org

Company Information

Virtuozzo
Schaffhausen
virtuozzo.com

Alternatives

Alternatives

DesktopReady

DesktopReady

Anunta DesktopReady
Oracle VM

Oracle VM

Oracle
Nfina Hybrid Cloud

Nfina Hybrid Cloud

Nfina Technologies

Categories

Hypervisors Supported
Sandbox Supported
Virtual Machine Supported

Categories

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

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

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

CDN Features

Content Acceleration Not Supported
DDoS Protection Not Supported
Load Balancing Not Supported
Managed CDN Supported
Multi-CDN Switching Not Supported
Reporting/Analytics Not Supported
Software Downloads Not Supported
Transparent Caching Not Supported
Video Streaming Not Supported
Web Application Firewalls (WAF) Not Supported

Container Management Features

Access Control Supported
Application Development Supported
Automatic Scaling Supported
Build Automation Supported
Container Health Management Supported
Container Storage Supported
Deployment Automation Supported
File Isolation Supported
Hybrid Deployments Supported
Network Isolation Supported
Orchestration Supported
Shared File Systems Supported
Version Control Supported
Virtualization Supported

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Features

Analytics / Reporting Not Supported
Configuration Management Supported
Data Migration Not Supported
Data Security Supported
Load Balancing Supported
Log Access Not Supported
Network Monitoring Supported
Performance Monitoring Supported
SLA Monitoring Not Supported

MSP Features

Backup Management Supported
Billing & Invoicing Not Supported
CRM Not Supported
Dashboard Supported
Help Desk Not Supported
Issue Management Not Supported
Live Chat Not Supported
Patch Management Not Supported
Privileged Access Management (PAM) Not Supported
Project Management Not Supported
Remote Access Not Supported
Remote Systems Monitoring Not Supported
Scheduling Not Supported

Virtualization Features

Archiving & Retention Not Supported
Capacity Monitoring Not Supported
Data Mobility Not Supported
Desktop Virtualization Not Supported
Disaster Recovery Supported
Namespace Management Not Supported
Performance Management Not Supported
Version Control Supported
Virtual Machine Monitoring Supported

Integrations

Axigen Supported
BitNinja Not Supported
CacheGuard Supported
Clarive Supported
Dradis Supported
Forensic Explorer Supported
Huawei Anti-DDoS Supported
Huawei Blockchain Service Supported
Huawei Database Security Service (DBSS) Supported
Huawei RDS Supported
Kubernetes Not Supported
Leostream Not Supported
OpenVZ Not Supported
QANplatform Supported
Solus Supported
SolusVM Not Supported
StorPool Storage Supported
VMware vCenter Not Supported
WordPress Not Supported
miniSipServer Supported

Integrations

Axigen Not Supported
BitNinja Supported
CacheGuard Not Supported
Clarive Not Supported
Dradis Not Supported
Forensic Explorer Not Supported
Huawei Anti-DDoS Not Supported
Huawei Blockchain Service Not Supported
Huawei Database Security Service (DBSS) Not Supported
Huawei RDS Not Supported
Kubernetes Supported
Leostream Supported
OpenVZ Supported
QANplatform Not Supported
Solus Not Supported
SolusVM Supported
StorPool Storage Not Supported
VMware vCenter Supported
WordPress Supported
miniSipServer Not Supported
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