Virtual box is a service that we use in the company in order to be able to implement any software outside the business network in this way, we keep ourselves safe from any theft of information or if the service does not work, which damages or damages the network, it is for this reason Virtual box was the best viable solution for us as the company uses a service that will allow us to protect all kinds of information, in addition to this its tool is very basic and very easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have no problem with the virtual box system, it seems to me that it is very stable and very easy to use, however there is a point that we can improve or that can be used, such as those predetermined processes where a type of virtual machine is sometimes placed virtual machine freezes and need to be adjusted as needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Being able to run work software I'm usually not able to because of my current operating system (MacOS), and it's a good extra that I'm also able to run some games which have the same operating system restriction (Most computer games are compatible with Windows for example, but quite a lot are not compatible with MacOS). Also in my opinion it is usually very stable, at least more so than other alternatives I have used in the past. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes I've had issues when trying to access external hardware from the virtual machine, also you might need to . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1) VirtualBox is totally free of charged.

2) Very straight-forward to install another operating system on top of VirtualBox.

3) No limitations to number of virtual machines that run on top of VirtualBox, if you have enough resources, then you can run any number of virtual machines.

4) Host network manager option built with VirtualBox allowed me to create multiple networks for my VMs.

5) Export and import virtual appliance option is one of the key features in this product. You can export any of your virtual machines as ova or ovf extensions and import them to another computer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Graphic acceleration has to be improved. Also sometimes, VirtualBox uses huge amount of resources from my PC, so I'm unable to do other tasks from my PC. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Open source and good support for multiple OS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Make Mac OS support on Windows 10 easy to setup Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that it is a product that has been around for many years, as such it is solid, and it is very dependable. It has a nice interface (albeit sometimes not very intuitive). There is guest OS support for a number of platforms. It has very low hardware requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Number one, I don't like that it is now owned by Oracle, but business is business, I suppose. As a developer, there are some use cases that require unattended deployment. In short, being able to run a virtual machine as a service, starting and pausing without any login session open. This is not available with the current version of VirtualBox (6.0.14 as of this review). While you are now able to use "detached" virtual machines, you still have to log in. And although there are a few tricks out there that allow you to run the virtual machines without a user logged in, they cannot be viewed or managed once you are in a UI session. Another thing I dislike is the cumbersome way bridged networking works. In order to have a true bridged, 2-way guest you have to use 2 virtual network adapters, one host, one bridged. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

VirtualBox helps a lot to emulate an Operating System without having to replace yours. You can experiment and use it like if it were installed. Be sure to assign the proper resources so you can run your desired OS.

This software provides the ability to change the resources that are assigned to the Virtual Machine. These include disk space, RAM, Network adapters, and cores.

You can also prepare a VM for sharing. It's very helpful for students and teachers. You can easily provide a VM with all the necessary software to start learning some specific topic right away.

There is also a great feature I love. Saving the state of the VM. There is no need to shut it down! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike the Error messages. These are poorly explained. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a very useful virtualization software for those who need to use an operating system above the one they already have, running each one at the same time, without requiring to partition and install two operating systems on the same computer. It can be installed on a wide variety of operating systems, including Linux. It has a simple interface translated in more than 20 languages ​​and, in addition, it is free, but that is not why it is of lower quality, since it is backed by Oracle, a company that has proven to offer quality software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I could not directly say something wrong regarding the software. The details in which operation may be affected are quite circumstantial. For example, it is a naturally light software, but there are times when I need a more powerful team to notice less the loss of performance and that its fluidity is less affected in the virtual machine because of certain operating systems and software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is very practical and versatile, it allows virtualizing almost any operating system, convenient for testing of any kind, it has excellent stability and perfect communication with the host system, it allows the autocapture of the peripherals which is very good because you can navigate between windows in a more comfortable and fast way Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is necessary to know this type of tools because it can be confusing at the beginning as some functions may not be assimilated. Only in a few systems, the use of a desktop environment with fixed-size windows can distort the aspect ratio of the virtual machine although in most cases this does not usually happen. Regular scaling is done automatically. It is essential to have good resources available because the lack of these can cause the virtual machine to run slower than the host, especially without hardware acceleration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No cost to install. It is the only free and user-friendly virtualization software available on macOS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Version 6 support on Linux host is worse than version 5. No valid reason to upgrade to version 6. CentOS X-Win fails to start most of the time with version 6. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really like it because I can try other operating systems, which is very simple, for example, imagine that you are using Windows and want to try and learn Linux, because instead of radically switching to Linux, you can install a copy of a Linux distribution in VirtualBox and go learning and see if you like that distribution, and if you do not like it, you can change to another with a few simple clicks, and if you are a programmer, thanks to VitualBox, you can program from the virtual machine without problems and without having to share the disk hard and booting the computer with another operating system. It has special tools for sharing files between machines, one of the good benefits is that it has a video capture tool, consumes much less resources, both disk space and RAM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When you start loading the virtual machine, it stays with the black screen, sometimes with a blinking cursor, although the host machine is still running smoothly and you can close the VirtualBox window, or on Linux host computers such as Windows, you can encounter the problem that the newly created virtual machine does not recognize the USB ports or the devices connected to them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.