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Open source, cross-platform, virtualization software that enables developers to deliver code faster by running multiple operating systems on a single device, used to deploy applications on-premises and to the cloud. Oracle VM VIrtualBox is Oracle's cross-platform virtualization offering, acquired with…
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What is Oracle VM VirtualBox?
Open source, cross-platform, virtualization software that enables developers to deliver code faster by running multiple operating systems on a single device, used to deploy applications on-premises and to the cloud. Oracle VM VIrtualBox is Oracle's cross-platform virtualization offering, acquired with Sun Microsystems in early 2010. The software was originally developed by Innotek GmbH.
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Open source, cross-platform, virtualization software that enables developers to deliver code faster by running multiple operating systems on a single device, used to deploy applications on-premises and to the cloud. Oracle VM VIrtualBox is Oracle's cross-platform virtualization offering, acquired with Sun Microsystems in early 2010. The software was originally developed by Innotek GmbH.
Hyper-V, Parallels Desktop, and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) are common alternatives for Oracle VM VirtualBox.
Reviewers rate Live virtual machine backup highest, with a score of 8.2.
The most common users of Oracle VM VirtualBox are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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May 10, 2023
Fantastic and Free
- Ability to easily share/access host resources; allows for development work on the host machine that can be easily transferred to the guest machines and vice versa.
- Advanced bootup/bios options allow for a custom deployment scenario, test platform.
- Full product and all options are free to use, unlimited.
- Very small installation footprint and memory use.
- Interface is clean, but could be more sleek.
- Guest systems need to be shutdown in order to make edit any resources. This can be a bit disruptive. Not ideal for Production environments.
- The add-on extensions can be a bit confusing and need to be updated separately. They should be bundled together with the main application to ease updates and keep current.
February 17, 2022
Oracle VM VirtualBox Review
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Virtualization
- Migration of VM
- Network configuration amongst VM
- I would like a better conversion tool from Vmware.
December 31, 2021
VirtualBox the best for virtualization!
- Allocating the memory you want for each machine.
- Allows you to put as many virtual machines as your device allows you.
- The changes you make to your virtual machine only affects your virtual machine, not your main device.
- It would be great if the window can become adjustable to full screen because right now you need to install another software to just make the window fullscreen.
- The responsiveness of the VMs is slow sometimes.
- It sometimes takes very long for a machine to boot.
August 10, 2021
Oracle at it again with good and powerful products
- Virtualization
- Testing of environments with any harm to production
- Compatibility with older OS
- User interface feels like I'm really using some 00's software
- VM configurations are clumsy and hard to follow if you don't have much experience
- Running multiple VM's on a simple laptop or desktop
- Making a backup of a VM to quickly roll back to a known good state
- Easy deployment of various operating system types and configurations
- Reporting is a little lacking
- Network settings for VM's can be hard to find or understand for the casual user
April 29, 2021
Multiples Operating Systems
- Easy set up
- Supports multiple operating systems
- Free software
- Nice interface
- A lot of control over the configuration of the virtual machine
- Coherence mode (like in Parallels)
April 13, 2021
Flexibility and productivity made simple
- Configuration is easy
- Compatibility with Open Standards for VMs
- Learning how to use it is very simple
- Great features for communication with the host system makes it easy to share resources
- Documentation about commonly used features should be more easily available
- Having more examples of what's possible with the software would be great, maybe showcasing peculiar implementations from others and the problems they were able to solve
- Maybe simplify common actions to be applied to multiple VMs at once
April 09, 2021
Oracle VM VirtualBox Review
- Customization and dynamic sizing
- Easy integration betweeen host and VM
- It supports virtuliazation on major operating systems
- Firstime setup will be challenging
- Needs improvement with user interface
- High resource utilization
- Easy integration between host machine and VM window (mouse and keyboard capture, file sharing, etc.).
- Support for many major operating systems.
- Dynamic sizing of virtual hard drive space.
- Easy integration of peripherals (USB, etc.).
- Dynamic display resizing with window size changes.
- The user interface feels a little dated.
- For open-source operating systems, it would be nice if the ISO download process was automated, rather than requiring users download and provide the ISO themselves.
- Installation of guest additions to the VM could be automated (or single-click opt-in).
March 17, 2021
Oracle VM VirtualBox is a great entry to virtualization
- It supports virtualization of many, many different operating systems, including Windows and a plethora of Linux variants
- It provides a large amount of customization to emulate different types of hardware
- Its licensing terms are very generous
- Its cost to entry is fantastic in that it is free
- While free, it is very unpolished with numerous interface quirks and general lack of user friendliness
- Oracle VM VirtualBox's virtualization technology is relatively slow compared to competitors (VMWare, Hyper-V, Parallels, etc.)
- Abysmal GPU performance under virtual machines
March 14, 2021
VirtualBox is great for testing
- Can test software in a virtual setting
- Storage can be changed dynamically
- USB ports and ethernet can be used
- Can be difficult to set up for first timers
- Can be slow at tiems
January 02, 2021
Extends life of software requiring legacy operating systems
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Interface to system ports (USB, ethernet, com)
- Ability to change storage dynamically
- Ability to set up a saved storage space to share files between virtual machine and host system
- Adding legacy ports such as LPT require a script that is run via a command prompt. It would be easier to have this enabled through main window interface.
July 23, 2020
Virtualization at its Best
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
- Optimal utilization of system resources, which in turn does not slow down your computer considerably.
- Immensely popular among developers and students since it is free.
- A well laid out user interface displaying all the VMs and giving details on each of them when selected.
- For first timers it can be challenging.
- Lacks in documentation because of it being open-source.
- Redundant configuration for new VMs could be reduced by providing a universal configuration tool.
March 06, 2020
VirtualBox Goes to School
- Easy to use virtualization.
- Nice tool for teaching.
- Easy updates.
- Wide range of client operating systems.
- Occasional slow performance (but not very often).
- There's always room for a more friendly user experience.
February 26, 2020
A no-cost and really good virtualization software platform.
- One thing it does really well is the actual interface (home screen) of the management console. It is well laid out as far as showing you the VM's you have installed and giving information on each of those VM's (such as General information, System Information, etc.).
- Another good feature of VirtualBox is it generally doesn't use a whole lot of system resources for the most part, and generally won't slow down a computer too much while it is in use.
- One thing that could be worked on is improving how the program affects system resources when running multiple VM's at the same time. For the most part, running just 1 VM doesn't tax system resources too much, but if you run multiple VM's, you may experience system slowdowns or other performance issues.
- Another improvement can be made in how VirtualBox detects the host system to determine whether the host is 32-bit or 64-bit. My experience was that the application came back saying my system didn't have a 64-bit processor, but in fact it did, and it was running the 64-bit OS.
January 20, 2020
VirtualBox is a great VM option for use with Vagrant
- Works well with Vagrant.
- Runs other operating systems as a virtual machine, like Windows or Linux.
- Not the best user interface.
- Not the best at running Windows in a VM.
December 09, 2019
The best friend of any cybersecurity professional!
- Easy to use
- Easy to customize the VMs
- Low resource consumption
- Better support for GPU intensive VMs
November 22, 2019
Love at first install
- I did not have to install the operating systems to evaluate them
- I could run two or more instances of these operating systems concurrently
- Oracle made it simple to start and stop the virtual machines and also save the state so as to continue where I left off
- Oracle should find a way to put sound on these operating systems without having to download guest OS add-ons
- When putting a flash, Oracle should pick that the flash has been inserted to the new OS and not have to go back and add it to the filters
October 22, 2019
Oracle VM VirtualBox: Great product!
- Cross-platform functionality
- Utilize multiple VMs on a host-only network
- Very user-friendly
- When setting up an environment with different OSs for testing cross-OSs testing, this software was utilized.
- When multiple guests were utilizing it, it was easy to set up.
- everyone can run the same build scripts when an environment changes.
October 11, 2019
Open-Source, but Enterprise-Level Performance.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Shared Clipboard between host and virtualized OS. Not only can you copy/paste text, but you can also drag-and-drop files between OS.
- Great Support for USB Devices. Unlike many other alternatives out there, none of them rival VirtualBox in the amount of supported USB Devices.
- Unlimited Number of Snapshots. From my own experience, VirtualBox is the only virtualization solution that supports an unlimited number of saved snapshots.
- High CPU and Memory Utilization. Even when running on more than capable hardware, Oracle VM VirtualBox uses and excessive amount of resources, slowing the host OS down.
- Poor 3D Graphics Support. The amount of settings and features related to enhancing graphics in general is fairly limited for VirtualBox.
- PCIe Passthrough functionality is quite buggy. Many other alternatives have fully implemented this, but VirtualBox has yet to do so.
October 09, 2019
Simplified Virtualization
- Compatibility with various operating systems. I can create VMs with different systems.
- In our case, we work a lot of equipment operating systems like routers and switches, without any problem.
- The merge, we set up scenarios with different systems and we get connectivity, all talking to simulate different situations.
- The robustness of the system allows us to work with great scenarios.
- It is not about where to improve in the solution, it is robust and if the user does not have reasonable hardware, you will not be able to work much on it. So it's more about the user side, the VMs weight.
October 04, 2019
Oracle VM VirtualBox gives you the best of all virtual worlds
- It runs a variety of operating systems and versions of operating systems.
- It has no fees, subscriptions, or other costs associated with it.
- One can quickly build, pause, or remove a virtual machine within minutes for testing.
- It allows you to access the Internet and other network equipment without fear of direct attacks by using NAT.
- I'd prefer an easier, background upgrade process without the nag dialog window.
- I'd like to be able to set global settings so that I don't have to configure them each time I install a new VM.
October 04, 2019
Best Option for the Cost
- Cost
- Ease of use
- Ease of deployment
- Innovation
- Enterprise use in production environments
- Support
- Training
October 03, 2019
VirtualBox is a gift!
- Very simple and easy to understand. I'm able to pass this application on to my students and colleagues and they have no trouble getting their bearings and setting up VMs.
- Quick to launch VMs and the UI (both the app and the overlay when working in a VM) are simple and make it easy to get things done while also staying out of my way.
- It feels like a product that should cost a lot. It works well and is maintained. I've never had any problems with it.
- The downside to the simple design is that some people are turned off by this and assume it's not a good application.
October 03, 2019
A very good choice for virtualization
- Easy zero to hero configuration.
- Excellent backup (snapshot) functionality, which one can take advantage of at a few clicks in order to restore an old snapshot.
- Scripting functionalities, which we use in our dev and testing servers to bring different machines up, during services bootstrapping.
- Memory and processing segmentation. Differently from technologies such as Docker (in Linux), one must segment the overall RAM and Processor usage in order to spare it to the virtual machine being created.
- Faulty recovery when virtual machines improperly shutdown. As one needs to bring the faulted machine up again, there is a sequence of clean up that must take place before the given virtual machine can be brought back to life.