# Azure Virtual Machines vs Oracle VM Comparison

| | Azure Virtual Machines | Oracle VM | 
|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.4 out of 5 | 4.3 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 392 | 73 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Enterprise (35.0% of reviews) | Mid-Market (44.3% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | No pricing available | No pricing available | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### Azure Virtual Machines

Pros:
- Ease of Use (48 reviews)
- Scalability (30 reviews)

Cons:
- Complexity (26 reviews)
- Cost Issues (23 reviews)

### Oracle VM

Pros:
- Cost Efficiency (1 reviews)
- Integrations (1 reviews)

Cons:
- Limited Features (1 reviews)

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | Azure Virtual Machines | Oracle VM | 
|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 9.0 (338 reviews) | 8.9 (63 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 8.6 (338 reviews) | 8.8 (64 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 8.6 (205 reviews) | 8.8 (23 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 8.6 (192 reviews) | 8.4 (22 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 8.4 (325 reviews) | 8.7 (57 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.9 (184 reviews) | 8.7 (21 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 9.2 (326 reviews) | 8.9 (62 reviews) | 

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## Pricing

### Azure Virtual Machines

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

### Oracle VM

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Azure Virtual Machines** | 8.7/10 | 74 |
| **Oracle VM** | N/A | N/A |

#### Infrastructure Provision

| Feature | Azure Virtual Machines | Oracle VM | 
|---|---|---|
| **Public Cloud** | 9.0 (66 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Private Cloud** | 8.6 (55 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Hybrid Cloud** | 9.0 (53 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Bare Metal** | 7.2 (48 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **High-Performance Computing (HPC)** | 8.3 (54 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Virtual Machines (VMs)** | 9.3 (66 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Edge Computing** | 8.5 (49 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Virtual Networks** | 9.1 (59 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Management

| Feature | Azure Virtual Machines | Oracle VM | 
|---|---|---|
| **Pay by Usage** | 8.9 (61 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Usage Tracking** | 8.9 (55 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Performance Tracking** | 8.7 (55 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Functionality

| Feature | Azure Virtual Machines | Oracle VM | 
|---|---|---|
| **Resource Auto-Scaling** | 8.9 (57 reviews) | Not enough data | 

### Server Virtualization

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Azure Virtual Machines** | 8.7/10 | 35 |
| **Oracle VM** | 9.1/10 | 19 |

#### Performance

| Feature | Azure Virtual Machines | Oracle VM | 
|---|---|---|
| **Scalability** | 8.5 (28 reviews) | 9.1 (16 reviews) | 
| **Portability** | 8.3 (26 reviews) | 8.9 (16 reviews) | 
| **Data Recovery** | 8.9 (27 reviews) | 9.0 (16 reviews) | 

#### Functionality

| Feature | Azure Virtual Machines | Oracle VM | 
|---|---|---|
| **OS Integration** | 9.0 (31 reviews) | 9.3 (14 reviews) | 
| **Resource Saving** | 8.5 (30 reviews) | 9.5 (16 reviews) | 
| **Performance Management** | 8.7 (29 reviews) | 8.8 (15 reviews) | 
| **Security** | 9.3 (30 reviews) | 9.1 (15 reviews) | 

#### Agentic AI - Server Virtualization

| Feature | Azure Virtual Machines | Oracle VM | 
|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Adaptive Learning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Proactive Assistance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Decision Making** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

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## Categories
**Shared Categories (1):** [Server Virtualization Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/server-virtualization)

**Unique to Azure Virtual Machines (1):** [Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/infrastructure-as-a-service-iaas)



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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | Azure Virtual Machines | Oracle VM | 
|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 31.8% | 21.4% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 33.2% | 44.3% | 
| **Enterprise** | 35.0% | 34.3% | 

### By Industry

#### Azure Virtual Machines

- **Information Technology and Services:** 30.1%
- **Computer Software:** 17.6%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 7.5%
- **Accounting:** 4.3%
- **Information Services:** 2.4%
- **Financial Services:** 2.1%
- **Banking:** 1.9%
- **Higher Education:** 1.9%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 1.6%
- **Computer Networking:** 1.6%
- **Other:** 29.1%

#### Oracle VM

- **Information Technology and Services:** 43.7%
- **Computer Software:** 7.0%
- **Financial Services:** 5.6%
- **Telecommunications:** 4.2%
- **Research:** 4.2%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 2.8%
- **Insurance:** 2.8%
- **Information Services:** 2.8%
- **Animation:** 1.4%
- **Automotive:** 1.4%
- **Other:** 23.9%

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## Alternatives

### Alternatives to Azure Virtual Machines

- [Google Compute Engine](https://www.g2.com/products/google-compute-engine/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (952 reviews)
- [Amazon EC2](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-ec2/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (1193 reviews)
- [VMware vSphere](https://www.g2.com/products/vmware-vsphere/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (761 reviews)
- [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/products/digitalocean/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (746 reviews)
- [Akamai Cloud Computing](https://www.g2.com/products/akamai-cloud-computing/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (406 reviews)
- [Vultr](https://www.g2.com/products/vultr/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (286 reviews)
- [Proxmox VE](https://www.g2.com/products/proxmox-ve/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (36 reviews)
- [VirtualBox](https://www.g2.com/products/virtualbox/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (292 reviews)
- [Hostwinds](https://www.g2.com/products/hostwinds/reviews) — 4.9/5 stars (438 reviews)
- [VMware Cloud Director](https://www.g2.com/products/vmware-cloud-director/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (17 reviews)

### Alternatives to Oracle VM

- [VMware vSphere](https://www.g2.com/products/vmware-vsphere/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (761 reviews)
- [XenServer](https://www.g2.com/products/xenserver/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (49 reviews)
- [Proxmox VE](https://www.g2.com/products/proxmox-ve/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (36 reviews)
- [Red Hat Virtualization](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-virtualization/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (15 reviews)
- [Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)](https://www.g2.com/products/nutanix-cloud-infrastructure-nci/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (324 reviews)
- [Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-enterprise-linux/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (974 reviews)
- [Google Compute Engine](https://www.g2.com/products/google-compute-engine/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (952 reviews)
- [Ubuntu](https://www.g2.com/products/ubuntu/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (2385 reviews)
- [VMware ESXi](https://www.g2.com/products/vmware-esxi/reviews) — 4.7/5 stars (21 reviews)
- [Red Hat OpenShift](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-red-hat-openshift/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (303 reviews)

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## Top Discussions

### Azure Virtual Machines

- Title: [What is Azure Virtual Machines used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-azure-virtual-machines-used-for) — 2 comments
  > **Top comment:** "Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) are used to run applications and workloads on virtualized server environments in the cloud. They allow you to deploy and manage..."
- Title: [What operating systems does an Azure virtual machine support?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-operating-systems-does-an-azure-virtual-machine-support) — 2 comments
  > **Top comment:** "2012 and above"
- Title: [What are Azure virtual machines used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-azure-virtual-machines-used-for) — 2 comments
  > **Top comment:** "Mission critical workloads"
- Title: [What is virtual machine in Azure portal?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-virtual-machine-in-azure-portal) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "It is a computer file that behaves like a computer,it has computing environment that offers to run different operating system "
- Title: [Azure VM](https://www.g2.com/discussions/36714-azure-vm) — 1 comment, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "Most powerful VM machine"

### Oracle VM

- Title: [Why in some computers you have to enable virtualization?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/12167-why-in-some-computers-you-have-to-enable-virtualization) — 2 comments, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "On Windows 10 machine, the OS uses the same virtual connection as a VM, so in order to use Virtual box or other VM manager you have to disable the OS from..."
- Title: [Any advices with OVF/OVA images?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/12381-any-advices-with-ovf-ova-images) — 1 comment, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "As long as the VM was built correctly, everything should work when you import the appliance in Virtual Box"

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**Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/azure-virtual-machines-vs-oracle-vm)