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Oracle VirtualBox

Score8.5 out of 10

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Oracle VirtualBox Pricing Plan Options

Oracle VirtualBox does not currently have any pricing plans listed at this time. For the latest pricing information, visit the product's homepage. Available deployment types include on-premise. A free version is available for Oracle VirtualBox.

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What customers say about Oracle VirtualBox pricing

Real feedback from verified users about Oracle VirtualBox's pricing and value

Rating: 10 out of 10

“One positive impact it has had is cost savings, as there is no cost for running the software. … A big disadvantage to one of the other virtualization software packages that is used in our environment in a few instances has been the ongoing subscription/licensing renewal cost, which is done...”

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Rating: 10 out of 10

“The license requirements for the latter was the issue as we needed this for dev/test environments as well as to show POC on virtualization without necessarily incurring a cost at the outset. … It is a free software, incredibly reliable, the ROI can only be positive.”

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Rating: 9 out of 10

“Oracle VM VirtualBox is open-source and free to use.

  • If evaluating VirtualBox in a business that is dependent on the VirtualBox Extension Pack, one would need to evaluate whether they are in... … Hyper-V is limited to Windows, and VMware Workstation requires a license (VMware Player is free, but is not open-source and is more limited in comparison to VirtualBox).”

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    Derek Ardolf
    Freelance Consultant and Educator in Information Technology at Halfway To Infinite (1-10 employees, 4 years experience)
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    Rating: 9 out of 10

    “With use of the software, we are able to use virtual machines and use different operating systems, like for example mac OS, for design without buying the expensive hardware The overall investment...”

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    Benard Mutua
    Operations manager in Engineering at Rescom Ventures Limited (51-200 employees, 4 years experience)
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    Rating: 9 out of 10

    “Since it is free to download and use.

  • Universities use the platform to educate students on the basics of virtualization as well as for assignments.
  • Organizations that have a low...”

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    Verified User
    Rating: 9 out of 10

    “Oracle VM VirtualBox is free, so it had no impact on our company's budget.”

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    Verified User
    Rating: 9 out of 10

    “Thankfully Oracle seems to see the value in keeping VirtualBox free.”

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    Rating: 8 out of 10

    “Free of any fees or subscriptions and very cost effective to manage and handle. … Very cost-effective (no fees or monthly subscriptions).”

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    Rating: 10 out of 10

    “Direct cost savings - it enables me to do the work I need to do without purchasing additional physical computers Time savings - it allows me to perform testing and reversion that would take much...”

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    David Currier
    Senior Communications Engineer in Information Technology at CPI (51-200 employees, 6 years experience)
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    Rating: 8 out of 10

    “The added features within Fusion are nowhere near important or useful enough to justify spending budget money on it. … + Allowed for cost saving solutions to software testing and environment creation.”

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    Rating: 7 out of 10

    “While VMware Workstation can offer better performance than VM Virtualbox, it has a price.”

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    Miguel Angel Merino Vega
    Analista de Sistemas in Information Technology at Consultor independiente de software (1-10 employees, 4 years experience)
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    Rating: 10 out of 10

    “Reduced cost of creating servers as I don't need to purchase hardware. … It is cost-effective, allowing the business to spend elsewhere.”

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