IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions vs. Oracle VirtualBox

Oracle VirtualBox

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions	Score7 out of 10	Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)	IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions is designed to make cloud adoption easier, allowing the user to optimize the value of existing on-premises infrastructure, while leveraging the same tools, technologies and skills in the cloud. The solution provides rapid scalability, deployment in 35+ global data centers and access to disaster recovery, backup, security and compliance solutions from an array of ecosystem partners. To address varying workload needs, IBM Cloud…	$0 IBM Cloud Object Storage Cross-Regional Smart Tier 1 GB (hourly)
Oracle VirtualBox	Score9.3 out of 10	N/A	Oracle VirtualBox is an open source, cross-platform, virtualization software, enables developers to deliver code faster by running multiple operating systems on a single device.	$0 per month

Pricing

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions

Oracle VirtualBox

Add-on: $0
IBM Cloud Object Storage Cross-Regional Smart Tier 1 GB (hourly)
On-demand: $0
0.25 IOPs 1 GB
Reserved (monthly or 730 hours): $0
0.25 IOPs 1 GB (Per gigabyte of storage (hourly))
Add-on: $0
IBM Cloud Block Storage 1 GB (hourly)
On-demand: $0.01
Per vCPU (hourly)
On-demand: $0.09
Per gigabyte of network and bandwidth egress (monthly)
Reserved (monthly or 730 hours): $0.09
Per gigabyte of network and bandwidth egress (monthly)
Reserved (monthly or 730 hours): $12.80
Microsoft license (monthly) per 1 vCPU²
Add-on: $13
Veeam backup license

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Pricing Offerings
IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions	Oracle VirtualBox
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	No

Optional

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions	Oracle VirtualBox
Considered Both Products	IBM Verified User Chose IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions We believe IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions really stood out from Nutanix and Oracle VM VirtualBox. We really liked that the solution was a one-stop shop where IBM could provide all the required elements. We also trust IBM to provide the best-in-class solution to our problems … Incentivized Helpful?	Oracle No answer on this topic
	Would buy again
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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Features

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions

Oracle VirtualBox

Comparison of Server Virtualization features of IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions and Oracle VirtualBox
Feature	IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions 7.7 24 Ratings	Oracle VirtualBox 8.2 50 Ratings
Virtual machine automated provisioning	5.324 Ratings	8.036 Ratings
Management console	8.024 Ratings	8.846 Ratings
Live virtual machine backup	8.923 Ratings	8.236 Ratings
Live virtual machine migration	8.022 Ratings	7.033 Ratings
Hypervisor-level security	8.024 Ratings	9.029 Ratings

User Ratings
	IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions	Oracle VirtualBox
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (24 ratings)	9.7 (53 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (4 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (3 ratings)	10.0 (7 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (5 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.0 (1 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	8.0 (1 ratings)