--- title: VirtualBox Reviews meta\_title: 'VirtualBox Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 294 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how VirtualBox works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 294 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: IT Infrastructure url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-infrastructure --- # VirtualBox Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by VirtualBox but has limited features. Are you part of the VirtualBox team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Oracle VM VirtualBox is a free, open-source, cross-platform virtualization software that enables users to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single device. Designed for IT professionals and developers, VirtualBox supports Windows, macOS, Linux, and Oracle Solaris as host operating systems, making it ideal for testing, development, demonstration, and deployment across diverse platforms. Key Features and Functionality: - Cross-Platform Compatibility: VirtualBox runs on various host operating systems, including Windows, macOS, Linux, and Oracle Solaris, and supports a wide range of guest operating systems. - High Performance: The software leverages the latest in chip-level support for virtualization, including support for AMD, Intel, and Apple silicon processors, to provide faster execution times for guest operating systems. - 3D Graphics Support: VirtualBox includes VBoxSVGA and VMSVGA interfaces to improve 3D graphics performance. - USB Device Support: It implements a virtual USB controller, allowing users to connect arbitrary USB devices to virtual machines without installing device-specific drivers on the host. - Disk Image Encryption: VirtualBox supports 128 or 256-bit data encryption keys, enabling transparent encryption of data stored in hard disk images using the AES algorithm. - Remote Machine Display: The VirtualBox Remote Desktop Extension (VRDE) enables high-performance remote access to running virtual machines, supporting the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) with additional features like full client USB support. Primary Value and Solutions Provided: VirtualBox addresses several key challenges for its users: - Cost Reduction: By allowing multiple operating systems to run on a single device, VirtualBox reduces the need for multiple physical machines, thereby lowering hardware and operational costs. - Development Efficiency: Developers can test applications across different operating systems and versions using the same desktop environment, accelerating the development and testing process. - Simplified Software Distribution: Solution providers can distribute applications within a VirtualBox virtual machine, ensuring compatibility across various operating systems and versions without additional configuration. - Legacy Application Support: IT teams can extend the lifespan of legacy applications by running them on modern hardware through VirtualBox, avoiding the need for costly application rewrites or hardware replacements. - Secure Remote Access: VirtualBox facilitates secure access to restricted applications for remote workers by providing encrypted and isolated environments, ensuring data security and compliance without extensive rearchitecting of applications. In summary, Oracle VM VirtualBox offers a versatile and efficient solution for running multiple operating systems on a single device, enhancing development workflows, reducing costs, and providing secure, cross-platform compatibility for various IT needs. * * * Seller [Oracle](https://www.g2.com/sellers/oracle) Discussions [VirtualBox Community](https://www.g2.com/products/virtualbox/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Parnian Taidi Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 2 months ### Return on Investment 10 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/virtualbox/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Citrix DaaS](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Citrix DaaS") Citrix DaaS 4.1/5(546) ](https://www.g2.com/products/citrix-citrix-daas/reviews) [ ![VMware vSphere](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "VMware vSphere") VMware vSphere 4.5/5(769) ](https://www.g2.com/products/vmware-vsphere/reviews) [ ![VMware Workstation Pro](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "VMware Workstation Pro") VMware Workstation Pro 4.5/5(139) ](https://www.g2.com/products/vmware-workstation-pro/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/virtualbox/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 294 real user reviews. Implementation Time 2 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## VirtualBox Integrations (1) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Windows 11 ](https://www.g2.com/products/windows-11/reviews) Show More ![Luca P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Luca P.") LP Luca P. Chief Operations Officer DEQUA Studio | Formerly CTO in MarTech Marketing and Advertising Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/18/2026 "Still the type-2 hypervisor I reach for when I need a clean OS in a window fast" 4.5/5 What do you like best about VirtualBox? Snapshots are the feature I would defend hardest, and they are the reason VirtualBox sits at the center of how I test anything. Before I run an installer I am unsure about, apply a kernel update, or push a config change that might not take, I snapshot the guest first. If it goes wrong, and it regularly does, I roll the machine back to the exact state it was in moments earlier and try again. The snapshot tree means I can branch as well as rewind, so I can take a clean base, try approach A down one branch, then jump back and try approach B without the two contaminating each other. That single capability turned testing from something I did carefully into something I do quickly, because the cost of breaking a machine dropped to almost nothing. The range of guest operating systems it will run is the next thing that keeps it in daily use. On one laptop I keep a Windows guest, a couple of Linux distributions, and the odd BSD image, and I can have the same shell script running against CentOS, Debian, and Ubuntu in the space of an afternoon without owning three machines to do it. Creating a VM is handled by a guided wizard that walks through OS type, CPU and memory allocation, and disk, so getting from an ISO to a booting machine is quick even for someone who has not done it before. For the builds I repeat, the unattended installation support, which now understands cloud-init style setups, lets me script the whole install rather than clicking through a guest's own installer every time. Cloning is the part I lean on to avoid reinstalling the same base over and over. I build one golden image, get it patched and configured the way I want, and then clone it whenever I need a fresh instance of that environment. Linked clones share the base disk so they cost almost no extra space and spin up fast, which suits throwaway work, and full clones give me a completely independent copy when I need the new machine to outlive the original. Either way I am working from a known starting point instead of rebuilding from an ISO. Guest Additions are what make a guest feel like part of the host rather than a sealed box. Once they are installed I get shared folders, a shared clipboard, drag and drop between host and guest, dynamic resizing so the desktop follows when I stretch the window, and proper mouse integration so the pointer is not trapped. In practice that means I move a file into a guest without standing up a network share, paste a command straight from my notes into a terminal inside the VM, and resize the window without the guest desktop staying stuck at one resolution. Recent versions added file transfer over the shared clipboard on Windows and Linux, which closed one of the small gaps I used to hit. VBoxManage is the piece that takes it from a GUI app to something I can automate. The command-line tool exposes effectively everything the interface does, so I create, configure, start, snapshot, and destroy machines from a script, which is how I rebuild an entire lab from a file rather than clicking through dialogs for an hour. Guest Control lets me run commands inside a guest from the host, and headless mode runs a VM with no window attached, which is what I use when a machine just needs to sit there serving something while I work on the host. None of this needs a separate product bolted on. It is in the base package. Networking is more flexible than people expect from a desktop hypervisor. The adapter modes (NAT, NAT Network, bridged, host-only, and internal) cover most of what I need to simulate a small network on a single machine. A host-only network gives me an isolated segment where several VMs talk to each other and to the host but not to the outside world, which is exactly right for building a multi-machine lab. Bridged mode puts a guest on the real LAN as if it were its own physical box when I need it to be reachable, and NAT covers the common case where a guest only needs outbound access. Because the network config is saved with the machine, the setup survives a reboot and a clone. The cost and the licensing on the base package are hard to argue with. The core hypervisor is free and open source under the GPL, there is no account to create, and nothing is phoning home or nudging me toward an upsell, which is rarer than it should be. The same build runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux hosts, so I am not learning a different tool depending on which machine I am sitting at. For lab and personal work, paying nothing and getting this much capability sets a high bar for anything that would replace it. The interface itself I will describe more plainly: it works. It is not the most modern thing I use, and the visual design shows its age in places, but the VM manager is clear about what state each machine is in, and the creation wizard is approachable enough that I have handed it to junior teammates and watched them get a VM running with very little hand-holding. I do not love looking at it, but it stays out of the way and does what I open it to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VirtualBox? Graphics performance is the weakest part by a distance. The 3D acceleration is limited and inconsistent, and GPU passthrough is not a realistic option the way it is on heavier hypervisors, so any guest that leans on the GPU feels sluggish. A graphical Linux desktop with compositing turned on, or anything doing real video, is where this shows up most. For the headless and server-style guests that make up most of my work it does not matter at all, but if your use case is a smooth graphical desktop inside the VM, you will feel the ceiling. My workaround is to keep graphical guests lightweight, turn off desktop effects, and not expect video playback to be pleasant. General performance carries the same caveat. On identical hardware it is heavier than the commercial alternatives, and running two or three VMs at once will make a modest laptop work for its living. The practical defense is discipline about resource allocation: do not over-assign RAM and CPU to machines that do not need it, and shut down the guests I am not actively using rather than leaving a pile of them idling in the background. Once I treat VM resources as something to budget rather than hand out freely, it behaves. Guest Additions on Linux guests are a recurring source of small pain because they are kernel modules. When a guest's kernel updates, shared folders or automatic resizing can stop working until I rebuild the modules against the new kernel, and if the matching kernel headers are not installed the rebuild fails with an error that is not obvious to a newcomer. I know to reinstall the additions and pull the headers first, so for me it is a two-minute detour, but it catches people who reasonably assume the integration will keep working after a routine update. The networking flexibility I praised above has a flip side: the dialog does almost nothing to explain the modes. A newcomer who picks the wrong adapter type and then cannot work out why their VM has no internet, or why two VMs refuse to see each other, has no obvious path to the answer from inside the interface. The modes are not complicated once you understand what each one does, but the learning happens through trial and error or documentation rather than anything the tool tells you, and that first hour of confusion is real. Extension Pack licensing is the one that genuinely catches organizations, and it deserves a clear flag. The base package is free, but the Extension Pack, which adds USB 2.0 and 3.0 device support, the VirtualBox RDP server, host webcam passthrough, and PXE boot, is covered by the Personal Use and Educational License. That license is free for personal and educational use only; any commercial or business use requires a paid Oracle license. The pack installs with a couple of clicks and the line between personal and work use is easy to cross without noticing, and the old 30-day evaluation option has been removed from the license, so there is no built-in trial inside the product to lean on anymore. Anyone deploying VirtualBox in a company should keep the base package and the Extension Pack mentally separate and treat the latter as something that needs a license decision. A few features that used to live in the Extension Pack, like full disk encryption and the NVMe controller, have moved into the open-source base package in a recent release, which narrows the set of things you actually need the paid pack for. The smaller rough edges are worth a mention together. The mouse and keyboard capture behavior is confusing on first contact, before you understand the host key and how the grab works, and a new user can find themselves apparently stuck inside a VM window with no idea how to get the cursor back. Some menus could be reorganized, and the settings layout assumes you already know roughly where things live. None of this is a serious problem, and all of it fades once the tool is familiar, but it adds up to a first-run experience that is rougher than it needs to be. One structural limitation rather than a bug: there are no datacenter features here. No live migration, no built-in high-availability clustering, no central management console for a fleet of hosts. That is not a fault so much as a statement of what the tool is, a workstation-class hypervisor rather than a server platform, and if you need those capabilities you are already looking at something like vSphere or Proxmox. Know the ceiling before you build a process on top of it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VirtualBox solving and how is that benefiting you? The core problem it solves is testing things without risking my working machine or buying hardware to do it. Before I relied on it, trying out an unfamiliar installer, a system change, or a piece of software I did not fully trust meant either keeping a spare physical machine around, dual-booting, or running the test on my actual working system and hoping it cleaned up afterward. Now I do all of that inside a guest I can break and discard, so the benefit is simple: I can be reckless safely. The thing I am testing has no path to my real files or my real OS unless I deliberately give it one. Cross-operating-system testing is the next problem it quietly removes. A lot of what I write or configure has to work on more than one OS, and before VirtualBox I did not have convenient access to every target, so I tested on whatever I happened to be running and discovered the platform-specific failures later, usually at an inconvenient moment. With a guest standing in for each target OS, I run the same script or config against CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, and a Windows box in a single sitting and catch the differences while I am still in front of the work, not after it has shipped. Snapshots changed how I approach any risky change, and that is a benefit in its own right separate from the feature itself. The before-state was that a bad update or a configuration that wrecked a machine meant rebuilding the box or restoring it from a backup, both of which are slow enough that I would hesitate before trying something uncertain. The after-state is that I revert in seconds and try again. Removing that hesitation means I experiment more, which means I learn the failure modes of a change before it ever touches a system that matters. Building repeatable lab environments used to be a manual, slightly inconsistent chore, and the tool turned it into something scripted. Hand-building each test setup meant no two were ever quite identical, which made it hard to trust that a result in one lab would hold in another. Now a base image plus a set of VBoxManage commands lets me stand up a known environment from scratch on demand and tear it down when I am done, so the environment I test in today is the same one I will get tomorrow. That consistency is worth more than it sounds when you are trying to reproduce a problem. Isolating untrusted or unknown software is a problem it handles cleanly, which matters for anyone whose work touches security even occasionally. Running a questionable installer or poking at something suspicious on a real machine is a risk I am not willing to take, so I spin up a disposable VM with no network attached or only a host-only adapter, look at the thing in there, and delete the whole machine afterward. Nothing it does inside the guest follows it out. That containment is the entire point, and VirtualBox makes setting it up quick enough that I actually bother every time rather than cutting the corner. Sharing a working environment and onboarding someone new both got shorter because the machine is portable. Instead of writing a wiki page describing how to build a test setup and hoping a teammate follows it correctly, I export the machine as an appliance and hand it over, and they import a ready-made VM that already works. Because the host is abstracted away, the same exported machine runs on their Windows laptop or my Linux desktop without changes, so the environment is genuinely the same for everyone rather than approximately the same. Standardizing a dev or test setup across a small team stopped being a documentation exercise and became a file transfer. There is also a quieter benefit that sits a little outside pure infrastructure work, which is that it makes learning and experimenting cheap. When I want to try a new Linux distribution, a different server stack, or some tool I have only read about, I do not have to commit my main OS to it or find a spare machine. I spin up a VM, try the thing, and either keep it or throw it away, and the low cost of doing that means I try more things than I otherwise would. For staying current in a field that does not sit still, that ease of just having a go is more valuable than any single feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Our network of Icons are G2 members who are recognized for their outstanding contributions and commitment to helping others through their expertise.G2 IconValidated ReviewerSource: G2 invite ![Collen H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Collen H.") CH Collen H. Network Technician Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/24/2026 "VirtualBox: Free, Open-Source, and Great for Cross-Platform Testing" 5/5 What do you like best about VirtualBox? Cross‑platform support VirtualBox works on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Solaris, which makes it straightforward to test or run different environments without needing separate hardware. Free and open‑source Compared with many other virtualization tools, VirtualBox is completely free. That makes it a solid option for students, professionals, and community projects, especially when there aren’t budget resources available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VirtualBox? Performance limitations In my experience, VirtualBox can run slower than alternatives like VMware or Hyper‑V, particularly when you’re running resource‑intensive guest operating systems. Graphics & hardware support Its 3D acceleration and GPU passthrough options are fairly limited, which makes it a less suitable choice for gaming or other graphics‑heavy workloads. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VirtualBox solving and how is that benefiting you? Hardware independence VirtualBox solves the problem of needing multiple physical machines just to run different operating systems. It lets me test Windows, Linux, or even legacy systems on a single computer, which saves both money and space. Safe experimentation Snapshots and rollbacks reduce the risk of breaking anything while trying new software or changing configurations. I can experiment more freely, knowing I can revert quickly if something goes wrong. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![yash p.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "yash p.") YP yash p. Cybersecurity Trainee Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/5/2026 "Cost-Effective Virtualization, Seamlessly Runs Linux" 5/5 What do you like best about VirtualBox? I use VirtualBox for running Kali Linux tasks, and it solves all my problems by running software smoothly without taking much space, allowing me to use it effortlessly. I like everything about VirtualBox. My Kali Linux system works well with it, and I appreciate the feature where it lets us use multiple operating systems in VirtualBox. The initial setup is easy, as it just requires using an ISO file to set up any Linux distribution. It fits well with my company of 50 employees and previously, we switched from VMware to VirtualBox due to cost considerations. I give VirtualBox a recommendation score of 10. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VirtualBox? All Good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VirtualBox solving and how is that benefiting you? VirtualBox lets me run Kali Linux tasks smoothly, using less space than others. It allows multiple OS installations with easy setup using an ISO file, and replaced VMware due to cost. Everything works well, especially for my 50-employee company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Retail](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Retail") UR Verified User in Retail Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/19/2026 "VirtualBox: Simple Setup and Smooth Daily Use with Advanced Options" 5/5 What do you like best about VirtualBox? VirtualBox is top-notch when it comes to setup and day-to-day use, especially compared to other competitors I’ve tried. It keeps the overall experience simple and straightforward, while still giving me the option to dive into more advanced configurations when I need them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VirtualBox? VirtualBox seems to have issues with graphics, especially when running graphics-heavy apps. I’ve also noticed that using it can sometimes cause spikes in resource usage and CPU load. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VirtualBox solving and how is that benefiting you? VirtualBox has been helping me tremendously as I learn new operating systems and practice different skills, all while keeping me from doing any real “damage” to my main setup and network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: G2 invite ![Nathan C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Nathan C.") NC Nathan C. Offensive Security Consultant Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/29/2026 "Effortless VM Setup That Just Works" 5/5 What do you like best about VirtualBox? The ease of set up for any of my virtual machines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VirtualBox? It sometimes has issues with the copy and paste functions from host to guest and vice versa. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VirtualBox solving and how is that benefiting you? Having to install multiple operating systems on a single device. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Our network of Icons are G2 members who are recognized for their outstanding contributions and commitment to helping others through their expertise.G2 IconCurrent UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![shailesh s.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "shailesh s.") SS shailesh s. we developer Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/26/2025 "Effortless OS Integration, But Stability Issues Persist" 5/5 What do you like best about VirtualBox? I love how VirtualBox is very easy to use, making the integration of various operating systems seamless and straightforward. Its user-friendliness allows me to install different operating systems efficiently. I particularly appreciate the virtualization and bridge system features, which facilitate easy internet connectivity without any problems. Additionally, setting up VirtualBox is incredibly simple; I just follow the installation wizard, which makes the process hassle-free and accessible even for those who may not be tech-savvy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VirtualBox? I encounter frequent crashes with VirtualBox, which disrupts my work and can be quite frustrating. Additionally, there are times when VirtualBox does not support ISO files for certain operating systems, which limits my options when testing different environments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VirtualBox solving and how is that benefiting you? I use VirtualBox to install, test, and experience different operating systems on a single device, which supports my academic needs. It's easy to use, integrates seamlessly, and connects to the internet efficiently, allowing me to run multiple OSs like Linux on my Windows laptop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Our network of Icons are G2 members who are recognized for their outstanding contributions and commitment to helping others through their expertise.G2 IconValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Food & Beverages](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Food & Beverages") UF Verified User in Food & Beverages Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/13/2026 "Free, Clean, and Powerful VirtualBox" 5/5 What do you like best about VirtualBox? Great for testing out new opersting systems and managing multiple virtual machines for testing and learning purpose. And best thing is that its completely free. The UI is also simple and clean but very functional. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VirtualBox? Theres nothing I dislike about VirtualBox so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VirtualBox solving and how is that benefiting you? Running multiple virtual environments on single hardware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Marc G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Marc G.") MG Marc G. Administrateur de Systèmes Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/28/2025 "A must-have regardless of platform you are on" 4.5/5 What do you like best about VirtualBox? My review is solely based on it's Linux integration. Oracle-Virtualbox is free, easy to find, download and install, has few requirements. Once that is done : you simply need to locate and download the distro of your choice. With basic hardware and networking knowledge you can then set it up. Also the copy + paste between the VM and the host OS is a big plus. I do use other virtualization tools, but for home and training it's a must-have : I've been using it for several years now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VirtualBox? The networking, depending on the versions can be a bit more complicated to setup - with the : NAT, bridged, internal-adaptor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VirtualBox solving and how is that benefiting you? If I need to put together an OS to test and not damage my workstation : then to train or learn it's indispensable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Medical Practice](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Medical Practice") UM Verified User in Medical Practice Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/18/2025 "Effortless and Instantly Accessible—A True Time Saver" 5/5 What do you like best about VirtualBox? Enjoy the ease of use and the fact that it is readily accessible for use immediately. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VirtualBox? Nothing so far, it has been such a help! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VirtualBox solving and how is that benefiting you? Sometimes the program causes my system to refresh before I can continue using it. Can be quite frustrating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic PH Phillip H. Director Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/6/2025 "A Reliable System" 5/5 What do you like best about VirtualBox? What impressed me most is the end-to-end encryption. All my data—passwords, notes, API keys, and other confidential information—is encrypted locally on my device before it ever reaches their servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about VirtualBox? What I dislike is sometimes the ability for the receiving party to be able to pull up and receive my document properly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is VirtualBox solving and how is that benefiting you? It's the right balance between robust security and ease of use, making it a tool for my daily work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ## Questions about VirtualBox? 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