Audience

Enterprises and companies interested in a high-performance virtualization solution

About VirtualBox

VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. 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. See "About VirtualBox" for an introduction. 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. 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. VirtualBox is a community effort backed by a dedicated company.

Pricing

Free Version:
Free Version available.

Integrations

Ratings/Reviews - 5 User Reviews

Overall 4.6 / 5
ease 4.8 / 5
features 4.8 / 5
design 4.6 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Company Information

Oracle
Founded: 1977
United States
www.virtualbox.org

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Product Details

Platforms Supported
Windows
Mac
Linux
Training
Documentation
Support
Phone Support
Online

VirtualBox Frequently Asked Questions

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VirtualBox Product Features

Server Virtualization

Audit Management
Health Monitoring
Live Machine Migration
Multi-OS Virtual Machines
Patching / Backup
Performance Log
Performance Optimization
Rapid Provisioning
Security Management
Type 1 / Type 2 Hypervisor

Virtual Desktop (VDI)

Desktop-as-a-Service
Multi-Device Support
Load Balancing
Multi-Factor Authentication
Permissions / Access Controls
Self Service Portal
Third Party Integration

Virtual Machine

Graphical User Interface
Remote Control
VDI
Backup Management
Virtual Machine Encryption
Virtual Machine Migration
Virtual Machine Monitoring
Virtual Server

VirtualBox Verified User Reviews

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  • Aman V.
    Technical Lead
    Used the software for: 1-2 Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 20,000 or More
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Best Free virtualization software "

    Posted 2022-04-09

    Pros: Free & Open Source.
    Easy to setup & use.
    Great for using different Operating Systems on a single hardware simultaneously.

    Cons: For a free software there is no con - but Vmware probably has more ease of access.

    Overall: VirtualBox is a great FOSS virtualization solution. We use it at work for testing a software compatibility to different environments.

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  • A VirtualBox User
    Student
    Used the software for: 2+ Years
    Frequency of Use: Weekly
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1 - 25
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Free Virtualization tool"

    Posted 2022-02-26

    Pros: VirtualBox has updates often, supports a multitude of platforms (Windows, mac, Linux, Solaris...), and has a great documentation.

    Cons: The hiccup for me is sometimes the VirtualBox Guest Additions, which on some Linux distros, I have to manually download every time I want to use it.

    Overall: Overall, VirtualBox is a free and excellent choice for virtualization software, that you should try.

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  • Nicolas L.
    Assistant Professor
    Used the software for: 2+ Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1,000 - 4,999
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Very good virtualization tool"

    Posted 2020-06-18

    Pros: VirtualBox is available on pretty much all the majors platforms including Windows, Mac, and Linux. I'm using the later and you can run pretty much all type of systems on it (DOS, Windows, Mac, Solaris, and Linux).
    It's super easy to configure and use.
    I haven't experienced any major issue so far in the years I'm been using it.
    The bi-directional handling of the files and shared folders between host and guest machines is very easy and smooth.
    It is also fairly easy to expand the disk capacity of a virtual system. I had done that a few time as Windows keep swelling on my guest machine.

    Cons: One of the majors cons I have with VirtualBox (on Linux) is the handling of the VM VirtualBox Extension Pack. Everytime I have an update of VirtualBox (which I don't usually notice at first), it will require you to go on the VM website, download the new Extension Pack and install it before you can actually start you VirtualBox session. It doesn't take long but it's annoying and I don't understand why the Extension Pack is not included in the mainstream update anyway.

    Overall: Overall, VirtualBox is a great tool for virtualization. It's free and works very smoothly. It's available on all major platform and support all sorts of OS. It's easy to configure and easy to use. I had used VMware in the past (which is a paid software) and VirtualBox is, to me superior on any aspect and it's free.

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  • A VirtualBox User
    Software Developer
    Used the software for: 2+ Years
    Frequency of Use: Weekly
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 100 - 499
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "A great Virtualization tool"

    Posted 2020-06-03

    Pros: Open Source & Free to use.
    Easy to install & configure.
    Lots of customization options.
    Good documentation.
    Great community & regular updates.

    Cons: Interface has become outdated.
    Less beginner friendly than competitors.

    Overall: VirtualBox is a great virtualization tool which helps us launch any number of virtual machines over our Operating system. Although it may be daunting for beginners to grasp its multiple features, it is the best open source & free Virtualization tool with a great community support.

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  • A VirtualBox User
    Administrator
    Used the software for: 2+ Years
    Frequency of Use: Weekly
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1 - 25
    Design
    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
    Support
    Probability You Would Recommend?
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Great Virtualization Software"

    Posted 2020-05-25

    Pros: It can virtualize a lot of operation systems including Windows, Mac, Linux and even Android.
    There are many configurable options available including amount of memory, video memory, storage and more.
    The virtualization works extremely well with no issues.

    Cons: It's difficult to set the resolution to HD widescreen.
    GPU passthrough is not supported, so it's not good for virtualization of tasks that need a GPU.

    Overall: VirtualBox is the perfect solution to virtualizing old and new operating systems. Definitely recommend this to people who want to use an operating system without going through the hassle of installing it on actual hardware.

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