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Oracle VirtualBox vs. VMware Workstation Player

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Oracle VirtualBox

154 Reviews and Ratings

VMware Workstation Player

31 Reviews and Ratings

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Oracle VirtualBox

    Score9.3 out of 10
    		N/AOracle 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

    VMware Workstation Player

    Score9.9 out of 10
    		N/AVMware Workstation 17 Player is a platform for running a single virtual machine on a Windows or Linux PC to deliver managed corporate desktops. Organizations can use Workstation Player to deliver managed corporate desktops, while students and educators use it for learning and training.N/A
    Pricing
    Oracle VirtualBoxVMware Workstation Player
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Oracle VirtualBoxVMware Workstation Player
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Oracle VirtualBoxVMware Workstation Player
    Considered Both Products
    Oracle
    Justin Bongard
    Senior IT Support Technician in Information Technology at Global Financial Credit, LLC (Financial Services, 51-200 employees)
    Chose Oracle VirtualBox
    It's much more useful than VMware Workstation Player because you can't edit anything at all with that free version of vmWare. This is just about as capable as VMware Fusion and Workstation until you pay even more to use vSphere, and then you start having enterprise features.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Oracle VirtualBox
    Oracle VirtualBox is the better choice due to its cost-effectiveness, ease of use and feature set. However VMware Workstation is more suitable due to its superior performance, better features and better integration with enterprise tools. VMware Workstation also provides a …
    Incentivized
    Dave King
    Director of IT in Information Technology at Preis PLC (Law Practice, 51-200 employees)
    Chose Oracle VirtualBox
    Oracle VM VirtualBox stacks up perfectly and it is Free
    Incentivized
    Aaron Pinsker
    Owner in Information Technology at Colorado Computer Care (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Oracle VirtualBox
    The main benefits of Oracle VM VirtualBox are its licensing terms (it is free), its open-source nature, and its active community. However, its various competitors do a much better job when it comes to both ease of use and, most importantly, speed. For example, Parallels Desktop …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Oracle VirtualBox
    As I mentioned earlier, Oracle VM VirtualBox and VMware Workstation offer roughly the same type of features. One of the main differences is that VMware Workstation is a commercial product while Oracle VM VirtualBox is open-source. Resource utilization and graphics support is …
    Incentivized
    Kenneth Hess
    Community Manager Enable SysAdmin in Marketing at Red Hat (Computer Software, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose Oracle VirtualBox
    VirtualBox is just as robust and as functional as the VMware desktop product. It actually has more features and in some ways is easier to work with. I've also found that VirtualBox supports newer operating systems better than VMware Workstation. There's also the cost advantage …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Oracle VirtualBox
    Personal experience - I find VMware Workstation has more features, but VB is cheaper and much easier to use for simple VM deployment. Ultimately the cost won out over the features. That is why we use VB.
    Incentivized
    Derek Ardolf
    Freelance Consultant and Educator in Information Technology at Halfway To Infinite (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Oracle VirtualBox
    Reasons why I prefer to use Oracle VM VirtualBox:
    • I've worked and taught in many environments where the OS used by others (or by me for employment reasons) is a mix of Windows and Mac OSX. Sometimes Linux is around if I can help it. Being familiar with VirtualBox means I won't …
    Incentivized
    Miguel Angel Merino Vega
    Analista de Sistemas in Information Technology at Consultor independiente de software (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Oracle VirtualBox
    VM VirtualBox is the best free option on the market. While VMware Workstation can offer better performance than VM Virtualbox, it has a price. The alternative that VMware offers for free virtualization is VMware Player, but offers many fewer features, and falls far short …
    Incentivized
    Ricardo Ontiveros Márquez
    Programmer in Information Technology at Datazone (Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees)
    Chose Oracle VirtualBox
    In the personal aspect, I choose VirtualBox because it is open source and powerfull at the same time, so it covers all my software implementation needs, for now.
    Incentivized
    VMware by Broadcom
    Verified User
    Chose VMware Workstation Player
    I haven't used VirtualBox a lot but I didn't find it as intuitive as VMware workstation. The later was much more simple for me to use. The Oracle tool is free however so it is definitely something to take into consideration.
    Also, VirtualBox needs you to get some additional …
    Incentivized
    Fareed Abolhassani
    Information Technology Manager in Information Technology at rit (Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees)
    Chose VMware Workstation Player
    Both free, VMware supports USB 3.0 while VirtualBox does not. VMware supports nested hardware-assisted virtualization while VirtualBox does not.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    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
    Oracle VirtualBoxVMware Workstation Player
    Server Virtualization
    Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Oracle VirtualBox and VMware Workstation Player
    Feature
    Oracle VirtualBox
    8.2
    50 Ratings
    VMware Workstation Player
    -
    Ratings
    Virtual machine automated provisioning8.036 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management console8.846 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live virtual machine backup8.236 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live virtual machine migration7.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Hypervisor-level security9.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Oracle VirtualBoxVMware Workstation Player
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (53 ratings)
    6.9
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)