# Page 4 | VirtualBox Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 4 - Is VirtualBox the right Virtual Machine solution for you? Explore 885 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/169939/VirtualBox/reviews --- VirtualBox 4.6 (885) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/169939/VirtualBox/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 4 - Reviews of VirtualBox ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 76-100 of 885 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Simon W. Network engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "virtual box review" May 4, 2019 5.0 Being in a tech solutions company we have to utilize both Linux and windows operating systems. Virtual box enables us to use both without the need to purchase multiple very enormous quantities of computers for each type of task thereby saving time, officespace,monetary and time resources. Pros The software is easily downloadable from their website virtualbox.org. They also a very easy to understand guide on how to use it. What I liked most about the software is that it creates a perfectly virtualized environment separate from the actual computer it's installed on(host machine). It enables a user access to as many virtualized computers as wanted by user on the host machine, each operating independently and simultaneously if needed to. Also each virtual machine consumes minimal space on your hard drive. Cons Though the hard drive space is virtualized, it uses the actual ram memory and CPU processing speed. This means powering multiple virtualized environments at the same time may lead to slow processing of tasks both on the virtual machine and on the host machine. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Assistant professor E-Learning Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Review of Virtual Box (The Virtual Machine) " December 6, 2022 4.0 I am using Ubuntu using Virtual Box with host operating system as windows. Ubuntu works well with host operating system i.e. Windows. Overall system is slow, because of high RAM requirement for host machine. I will rate Virtual box, as 7 out of 10. Pros Most important features is easy integration with new system from host system, ease of creation of virtual machine with detailed settings is what stands out. User can seamlessly integrate host system with system installed in virtual machine host Cons Full screen features after the virtual system is loaded is difficult to set, specially installing guest additions in virtual machine. Review Source CJ Caleb J. Junior Software Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "VirtualBox - Free hypervisor for your computer" March 15, 2019 4.0 One of my personal favor feature of the application is the ability to create handy snapshots of different state of each VM you create. I use it mainly to test software and websites before launching them in production. with the snapshot feature, I can install all basic required software in the operating system of my choice and when I believe I have the perfect environment, I create a snapshot, in the event something goes wrong, I can easily revert to the snapshot create for this purpose. This allow me to have a clean slate to start from each time I want to run another test and have all I need. Pros VirtualBox - is a free open-source, cross-platform and a solid built hypervisor for your computer, which was development by Oracle Corporation. This software is perfect for software reviewers, software testers, software developers and software designers, just to name a few. VirtualBox makes it very easy and convenient to have multiple different operating systems running as guest on your single computer, which acts as the host, eliminating the need to dual boot your machine or the need to have more than one physical computer to run each operating system you might need to perform optimally. Cons The most recent version 6.0, has a cool and clean interface with minimal clutter. On the left-hand side of the application you can find global tools and all virtual machines and also virtual machine groups that you have created and available on you computer. You also have the handy import and create new VMs with related toolbar buttons for customizable options to suite your needs. Although the software is free, you can adjust just about any feature available, making it work in as you want and need. Review Source Alex D. UI Designer Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "VirtualBox Review" November 24, 2023 5.0 Pros I love it, because it allows just with a few clicks, I can spin up virtual machines that mirror popular Android and iOS devices, complete with different screen sizes, resolutions, and operating system versions. Cons I've found VirtualBox's performance can be a bit sluggish, especially when testing more demanding mobile UI designs. Occasionally, I've experienced lag and responsiveness issues within the virtual machines, which can hinder the testing process. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Undergraduate Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Virtual Computers For Studies " November 30, 2019 4.0 Overall virtual box helps me a lot to have virtual PCs to try and test different kind of networking, security or software things without harming my real computer system. Pros As an undergraduate student I always try new things to implement in systems. So I need a test environment to run those new things without harming real world software or hardware on that point VirtualBox comes in handy. With the use of VirtualBox I can create virtual windows, linux or mac PCs and run my tests on those virtual machines. It is very easy to setup virtual systems on VirtualBox and the software is free to use so anyone who need a good software to create a virtual machine this software comes in handy. Cons When its come to the performance, sometime time we feel the loss of hardware accelerated performance on the virtual PC. When we try to run two or more virtual PCs our real world PC's performance may be not enough to have a flawless operation. When need to manage few networks interfaces sometime I got issues that I could not resolve. Review Source Max P. Manager, Professional Services & IT Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great free tool for development sandbox work on local machine" May 15, 2019 5.0 This is a must have tool for every software developer to have on their local machine. You don’t want to be testing code on your production machine, but rather in a sandbox environment. This gives a free way to have access to another machine without going through IT or other roadblocks. You can easily make images, save versions and share with others with this tool. There are a lot of images out there that you can load on your machine to try out like Kali Linux. Virtual Box is a great must have tool. Pros This tool is a great, must have free development tool for software development work. When you are building a piece of software virtualization is the best way to work on it and flush out the kinks. With Virtual Box you can easily save versions/images and share with others. You can work on your software on your local machine without having to go through IT or portals to set up a dev box and you if something breaks you can revert back an image. Great tool. Cons Don’t expect to run a business critical application on this software. That is more for a hypervisor like Windows Hypervisior or VMWare ESXi or similar. The setup to get this running as a network appliance can be hard too, so if you are doing development work on something that needs port access to the VM is hard to configure. Review Source WH William H. Founder and Chief Scientist Biotechnology Used the software for: 2+ years ### "No better solution for Virtual Machines" May 2, 2023 4.0 I use this as a UX test environment and it performs very well. I think it also looks great, although that might be a minority opinion Pros \- excellent for creating Linux virtual machines- good for stress testing of systems- can be used for a wide range of UX purposes- easy to set up and looks nice out of the install- few/no crashes Cons \- sometimes the config settings could offer finer control over basic system parameters- occaisional crashing Review Source DDC Diwakar Dixit C. IT Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Free to use Virtual solution" April 2, 2024 5.0 Pros I love virtual box because of the following reason 1. Free to use 2. Supports windows, Linux and Mac Guest addons helps seamless movement between physical and virtual devices and supports copying files between physical and virtual host. You can also create shared folder between physical and virtual devices. Supports USB controller that enables you to connect your webcam or any usb devices to virtual host. You can create snapshot for taking backup of your virtual hosts. Cons Its not as fast as VMWare workstation Consumes heavy CPU User interface needs lot of improvement as i am seeing the same interface for almost 10+ years. Review Source Ouattara B. Telecom Technician Telecommunications Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A very light and efficient virtualization software" December 1, 2022 4.0 I use it mainly to test the OS I hear about and don't want to install on my computer. For personal use, you can use multiple virtual machines simultaneously without worry. It's really very efficient Pros What I like most about VirtualBox are its simplicity and speed. From its installation to the configuration of its first virtual machine, VirtualBox is straightforward to use and configure. And for me, who doesn't have a powerful PC, it suits me well, because it doesn't require a lot of resources. Apart from the fact that it supports a large number of OS, it is essential to point out that it is totally free (thanks Oracle). Cons No particular problem with this software. For home use, it is quite effective Review Source PG Pascual G. Project Manager Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Highlights in the daily use of VirtualBox" June 16, 2022 4.0 After having correctly configured the entire environment, its use becomes relatively simple. And the system is extremely stable, except for some occasions when the operating system and VirtualBox compete for hardware resources. In general, it works quite well and when you have enough memory and a good solid state drive, you won't have any problems with performance. Pros After being configured, putting it into operation is an extremely simple task. In this way, it is very easy to carry out activities that I could not do from macOS Catalina since I have several very important Windows applications that require this operating system to function. This allows me to cover 100% of the activities. Cons Sometimes it has been difficult to configure various external devices since having macOS Catalina and VirtualBox, both operating systems could compete with the existing resources, so for example, the device must be deactivated in macOS so that it can be seen from VirtualBox. Another example can be the configuration of the environment before running VirtualBox, which requires advanced computer knowledge to correctly parameterize the "Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager" Review Source smE sherry mae E. RO1 Government Administration Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Oracle Virtual Box Review" November 28, 2022 5.0 So far I could recommend this Oracle Virtual Box since it is very more convenient for the work specially those who are working in corporate offices. Pros What I like most about this software is that it is easy on system. You can easily understand all of the options and settings. It is very user friendly. It's great for running multiple applications together. This app will also helps you to manage virtual machines individually or in groups. Cons Just like the other Virtual Box, if the host machine has any flaws and its OS has one VM then the system will entirely be affected also. Review Source TA Turan A. Information Technology Admin. Automotive Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Experience Virtualization with Virtualbox." July 23, 2023 5.0 There is no need for all unnecessary and tedious configuration settings. It is installed in a few steps and you can start creating virtual machines immediately. resource consumption is very low and efficiency is at the highest level. its simplicity and tools menu allows you to quickly do all the operations in one place. Pros VirtualBox is a software with perhaps the simplest management panel we can see. After a very short installation, you can provide a simple and easy integration. simplified setup, fast with setups that can be created using only the mouse. With a few clicks, you can create dozens of seamlessly integrated software. The management panel is simple and user-friendly. Cons If you are afraid of virtualization, try VirtualBox. It puts an end to all fears and confusion. If you do not choose a powerful hardware for your configurations, you may experience sluggishness and slowdown performance issues. Therefore, it will be beneficial to choose the hardware well. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Presales & Technical Support Manager Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A very good hypervisor for lab use" August 27, 2018 4.0 Our tech support team uses it daily for labs/training purposes. It does have features that you can use for production machines, such as auto-start VMs etc. But it feels like it's not there yet. I'd say it's the best there is out there for desktop use, especially since it's provided at no cost. Pros Its super easy to use it and create VMs and it's pretty lightweight. Also like the fact that each VM opens in separate window and you can take advantage of all of your screens. For a freeware hypervisor you get anything you love, snapshots, vm integration options like clipboard and so much more. Cons It's network adapters break at some point and you need to troubleshoot a bit. Sometimes you even have to completely uninstall it and reinstall it. It's not a big issue, unless you're in the middle of a process or a presentation. Then it's really a big issue. Review Source Aris G. Web Developer Consumer Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Powerful Software that requires Powerful Users" January 6, 2021 5.0 Of course we have big margin of profit from services we provide to our customers. We are solving compatibility issues with legacy programs. Pros First and most of all, I like the fact that it's free because in our line of business we buy many apps and programs to support our customers and many programs are hard to own because of the cost. VirtualBox does all the work for free, leaving us able to get some profit. VirtualBox helps us with legacy software that cannot execute in newer OS, or software not compatible with Windows. So, we can provide our customers a middle solution to get updated with a newer OS and keep abandoned or unsupported old programs available and isolated from the main OS as well as isolated from the internet. In this way we keep our customers safe too, while the succeed in their job. Cons Some features require a little more knowledge or configuration to do in comparison to other paid software, but this is not a problem at all for advanced users. Review Source Abhishek P. AWS Cloud Intern Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Free to Use Virtualization Software" September 20, 2022 4.0 Overall, the software is easy to use and has been helping me in managing my all-virtual machines in one place Pros This software is free to use and has most of the capabilities that VMware provides us and it very easy to use and has very faster to access. Cons Its UI can be more easily manageable like VMware and could have been better in some features. Review Source MS Mike S. IT Manager Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Perfect Low Cost Environment for Development and Testing, as Well as Keepiong Occasional Apps Going" September 24, 2022 4.0 VirtualBox has allowed me to test ad-hoc software in a secure environment and run apps that are no-longer supported. Fantastic cross-platform support and a flexible product Pros No-cost install allowing me to spin up second environments or run old apps on an as-needed basis. Its everything you need in a VM for testing Cons There's nothing not to like; for VM use in a testing environment it fits every need I have Reason for choosing VirtualBox Low-cost and easy deployment Review Source JD John D. System Administrator II Insurance Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to use Workstation Virtualization!" August 8, 2018 5.0 Considering the product is open source and free, it is easy to install on windows or linux clients and spin up test virtual machines in a few minutes. It also, allows for rapid testing and ever setting up of small networks to simulate a prodution server environement of a desktop machine if needed. Would highly recommend for programmers, sysadmin, or even home hobbyists that have a need to run multiple machines but do not have the hardware available to do so. Pros This has been my go to cross platform virtualization software for testing and development. It is easy to acquire and install. Supports a wide breadth of hosts (Linux, Windows and Macs) and Guest OSs( even dating back to DOS and Windows 3.1!) . It can even he run headless with a simple web interface and does not require dedicated hardware like ESX. Also, Apps can be run seamlessly within the host operating system. Cons Even though it is easy to use, I do not think it runs as thin as VMware. Also, to autostart machines requires third party hacks rather than a intergrated service within the product. Undestanding that Virtualbox is meant to be more of a client based virtualized product, it would still be nice to see the autostart of the guest machines baked into the product. Review Source MC Mohit C. Annotation Expert Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Empowering Seamless Virtualization and Management." August 19, 2023 5.0 My experience with VirtualBox has been overwhelmingly positive. It offers a robust platform for virtualization, features user-friendly controls, versatile configuration, and reliable performance. Pros VirtualBox excels with its user friendly interface, versatile, Virtualization options, and effective management feature. Cons VirtualBox performance might occasionally lag in resource-intensive scenarios. Review Source RS Ranu S. Software Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Lightweight tool for virtual machines and virtualization " September 24, 2022 5.0 I am using it from last 5 years and I have witnessed it conflicts with operating system and there is the point where it lags. Otherwise, it is very easy to integrate and user friendly. Other software takes lot of time to load and even creates lot of adapters that aren't with it. Pros The tool is very light weight and gets easily deployed on machines. Also the minimum requirement for its deployment is very less and can be run on old generation processor too. Versions are available for almost all operating systems and platforms. Cons It is having least features and there are sometimes it conflicted with other applications and even I have noticed issues with operating system working too. Images cannot be transferred from one system to other system and fresh installation is required for it. Review Source RS Ramasundaram S. Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Virtual Box : Good for light weight windows machines" April 27, 2023 3.0 Pros Auto backup of VDI and snapshot on daily basis. Easy to configure and make the VM available with less effort and time stamp. Cons Not supported for latest Mac book with M1 processor, no update and also no proper customer support. Oracle Virtual box consuming more system process and makes the system to go hung state. Review Source Dat M. restaurant cook Restaurants Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "an awesome virtualization software... for free!" April 25, 2022 4.0 Virtualbox has allowed us to run windows only programs from our Mac, which is a life saver, at no cost at all. Virtualbox works very well, and we just leave it open in the background, switching to and from it smoothly. Pros Not only is Virtualbox for free, but it is updated very often. Even with little technical knowledge, Virtualbox is easy to set up (just add a new machine hitting the 'add' button, and follow what is on the screen, which is intuitive. In case you are stuck with anything, hit the 'guided' mode button) I can work on different OS (I mostly use windows on my Mac through Virtualbox.) Finally, Virtualbox is highly customizable (you can even control how you want copy/paste to work between your host and your virtual machine) Cons Not many if any at all. I haven't figured out to get sound on my virtual machine. Of course, as with any virtual machine, you need enough computer resource and space, but it also depends on your host, and what you will use the VM for. Switched from [VMware Workstation Pro](https://www.capterra.com/p/212916/VMware-Workstation-Player/) the price. Review Source Mohammad Iqbal K. Project Manager Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "good for virtualization" January 22, 2021 5.0 I often use Virtual Box to run Linux in parallel to windows for testing of applications and try out new operating systems or new versions. Pros It is easy to install and setup with a simplistic interface. It is available free of cost. It occupies less disk space for it self comparatively. It is lighter to consume less system resources and keeps system performance stable. It enables me to try, implement, evaluate and use other operating systems. Cons It lacks in features. It doesn't support virtualization of all operating systems. The performance of virtual machines seeks improvement. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Run Multiple OS on a single system with ease!!" April 15, 2021 5.0 VirtualBox is the best Virtualization software available in the market right now. It is easy to install and easy to use. You can install almost all the Operating Systems in it. Be it linux based or windows. My experience with virtualbox was very good. Pros VirtualBox is a pretty great tool when you want to run a completely different OS on a system which already has some OS. It makes virtualization pretty simple. You can create multiple virtual machines in VirtualBox and assign the resources according to your needs. You can choose the RAM, Number of logical processors, video memory, Hard disk space,etc. It makes virtualization pretty simple. Cons There were some issues in resizing of the window to full screen with proper resolution in ubuntu guest system. Apart from that, you need a high end PC to run this since you will be installing two Operating systems on a single system. But this limitation will be there for almost all virtualization softwares. Review Source Sukesh N. Software Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Perfect platform for beginers/professionals to install guest vmmachines and work on it" November 29, 2018 5.0 I had great experience using virtual box in my environment which allows me to perform experiments on different OS platform hence helping me to improve my knowledge and curiosity. Pros As I work in IT sector,I often come across situations where I need to test manytechnical things in the Linux/other OS platform and I have Windows version installed on my personal Laptop. Virtual box allows me to create and install guest vm machines where I can install linux/other OS and perform my testings. We will have network connectivity between different virtual machines that are create on a single virtualbox which is one of the most impressive feature of virtual box. I can easily transfer files or folders between the virtual box and my personal laptop operating system.I can create many virtual machines in a single virtualbox ,install multiple linux/other operating systems and perform my testing which will be hardly available in real time environment if virtualbox was unavailable Cons I don't find any cons of such but the network connectivity between virtual machines inside the virtual box and my personal Laptop is hard to achieve Review Source Luis Daniel R. Lead Application Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best VMs around" May 22, 2019 5.0 Pros I've been using Virtual Box for years now and for different OS. Recently last week I got even Mac OS X Mojave to work on a VM on a windows machine! It's always been really, really powerful and the snapshots feature it's a godsend. I'm a software engineer and we have to test different kind of apps and on different kind of systems and VMWare for me, again is a godsend because I can keep multiple systems running with different OS or different versions of the app and make them work with each other. The resource management is great and even on the free version! I honestly cannot recommend it enough. Cons There were some issues with Windows 10 lately and VMWare where some of the VM extensions wouldn't register properly and over the years, it feels that when using Linux Systems, the VMWare tools aren't too good and you have to resort to tutorials or scripts online to get them to work. Alternatives considered [Virtuozzo Containers](https://www.capterra.com/p/92970/Parallels-Mac-Management/)[vSphere](https://www.capterra.com/p/93512/VMware-Horizon/) Review Source Similar Products Featured