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Top 10 Oracle VM Alternatives & Competitors

(72)4.3 out of 5

Looking for alternatives or competitors to Oracle VM? Other important factors to consider when researching alternatives to Oracle VM include user interface. The best overall Oracle VM alternative is VMware vSphere. Other similar apps like Oracle VM are Azure Virtual Machines, XenServer, Proxmox VE, and Red Hat Virtualization. Oracle VM alternatives can be found in Server Virtualization Software but may also be in Operating Systems or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Providers.

Best Paid & Free Alternatives to Oracle VM

VMware vSphere
Azure Virtual Machines
XenServer
Proxmox VE
Red Hat Virtualization
Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Google Compute Engine

Top 10 Alternatives to Oracle VM Recently Reviewed By G2 Community

Browse options below. Based on reviewer data, you can see how Oracle VM stacks up to the competition, check reviews from current & previous users in industries like Information Technology and Services, Research, and Computer & Network Security, and find the best product for your business.

VMware vSphere

By Broadcom

(606)4.6 out of 5

VMware vSphere is a free bare-metal hypervisor that virtualizes servers so you can consolidate your applications on less hardware.

Categories in common with Oracle VM:

Server Virtualization

Reviewers say compared to Oracle VM, VMware vSphere is:

Slower to reach roi

More expensive

Easier to admin

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Azure Virtual Machines

By Microsoft

(469)4.4 out of 5

Azure Virtual Machines gives you the flexibility of virtualization for a wide range of computing solutions: development and testing, running applications, and extending your datacenter with support for Linux, Windows Server, SQL Server, Oracle, IBM, and SAP.

Categories in common with Oracle VM:

Server Virtualization

Reviewers say compared to Oracle VM, Azure Virtual Machines is:

Slower to reach roi

More expensive

Easier to do business with

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XenServer

By Citrix

(48)4.1 out of 5

XenServer is a leading virtualization management platform optimized for application, desktop and server virtualization infrastructures. Consolidation and containment of workloads on Citrix Hypervisor enables organizations of any vertical or size to transform their business IT compute infrastructures.

Categories in common with Oracle VM:

Server Virtualization

Reviewers say compared to Oracle VM, XenServer is:

Slower to reach roi

Easier to admin

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Proxmox VE

By Proxmox

(32)4.6 out of 5

Proxmox VE is a complete virtualization management solution for servers.

Categories in common with Oracle VM:

Server Virtualization

Reviewers say compared to Oracle VM, Proxmox VE is:

Easier to admin

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Red Hat Virtualization

By Red Hat

(14)4.1 out of 5

Red Hat Virtualization (formerly Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization) provides server and desktop virtualization tools

Categories in common with Oracle VM:

Server Virtualization

Reviewers say compared to Oracle VM, Red Hat Virtualization is:

More expensive

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Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI)

By Nutanix

(271)4.6 out of 5

Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) combines feature-rich software-defined storage with built-in virtualization in a turnkey hyperconverged infrastructure solution that can run any application at any scale.

Categories in common with Oracle VM:

Server Virtualization

Reviewers say compared to Oracle VM, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) is:

Slower to reach roi

More expensive

Easier to admin

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux

By Red Hat

(917)4.6 out of 5

Open source platform for mission-critical computing

Categories in common with Oracle VM:

Server Virtualization

Reviewers say compared to Oracle VM, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is:

Slower to reach roi

More expensive

Easier to do business with

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Google Compute Engine

By Google

(935)4.5 out of 5

Compute Engine enables you to create and run large-scale workloads on virtual machines hosted on Google Cloud. Get running quickly with pre-built and ready-to-go configurations or create machines of your own with the optimal amount of vCPU and memory required for your workload.

Categories in common with Oracle VM:

Server Virtualization

Reviewers say compared to Oracle VM, Google Compute Engine is:

Slower to reach roi

More expensive

Easier to admin

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Ubuntu

By Canonical Ltd.

(2,085)4.5 out of 5

Super-fast, easy to use and free, the Ubuntu operating system powers millions of desktops, netbooks and servers around the world.

Categories in common with Oracle VM:

Server Virtualization

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Reviewers say compared to Oracle VM, Ubuntu is:

Slower to reach roi

Easier to admin

Easier to set up

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VMware ESXi

By Broadcom

(16)4.6 out of 5

VMware ESXi is a purpose-built bare-metal hypervisor that installs directly onto a physical server. With direct access to and control of underlying resources, ESXi is more efficient than hosted architectures and can effectively partition hardware to increase consolidation ratios and cut costs for our customers.

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