#VIRTUALBOX OR VMWARE PRO#
#VIRTUALBOX OR VMWARE SOFTWARE#

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.

The clear winner, in terms of pricing, is VirtualBox. The free version is known as VMware Workstation Player and it is pretty limited in functionality, with many of the features locked out of it.

#VIRTUALBOX OR VMWARE PRO#

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. VMwareвЂ™s paid version is called VMware Workstation Pro for Windows and Linux host systems, whereas, for macOS it is marketed as VMware fusion. See ' About VirtualBox' for an introduction.

#VIRTUALBOX OR VMWARE SOFTWARE#

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. Winner: If you focus on running software at multiple servers, running a high number of VMs, so on, select VMware vSphere dependent on ESXi with vCenter. Accessibility: VMware fits more ease of access than VirtualBox. VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Besides, Virtualbox allows easy exchange of files and folders between Host and Guest OS. Oracle today released a 5.2 maintenance release which improves stability and fixes regressions. One of the areas less understood by people learning to use virtualization software such as VMware, VirtualBox, etc., is that of virtualized networking. Oracle today released a 6.0 maintenance release which improves stability and fixes regressions.

Oracle today released a 6.1 maintenance release which improves stability and fixes regressions. Looking for a new challenge? We're hiring a VirtualBox senior developer in 3D area (Europe/Russia/India).

Virtualbox or vmware