# Page 8 | VirtualBox Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 8 - 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 8 - Reviews of VirtualBox ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 176-200 of 885 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use DC Daniel C. Gestor de Sistemas Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Excelente" May 24, 2023 5.0 Excelente para lo que se necesita Pros Todo, su interfáz gráfica, su facilidad de uso, su gran utilidad. Todoo Cons No tengo comentarios negativos con el software, todo me ha gustado y no he tenido problemas Reason for choosing VirtualBox Estoy más relacionado con este Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "VirtualBox review" May 31, 2019 4.0 VirtualBox is great for a cross-platform, free to use virtualization product. It is fairly easy to use, and being cross-platform does allow for more flexibility. However, if you were to mainly stick to a single OS platform (linux or windows) I would personally choose those platform-specific virtualization options over VirtualBox for performance. Pros Cross-platform, lots of features, and fairly easy to use. Cons A little clunky at times, not as polished as other (paid) virtualization products (but its free to use, so not that big of a deal.) Review Source Emir O. Expert associate Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best tool for deploying and testing virtualised OS images" September 19, 2020 5.0 Good, it is still my go-to app for virtualisation because it is simplier than VMWare and easy to use. Works good, has support for Linux. Pros I used it for years, for work related projects. You can set up and fire up virtual machine in minutes. Also there is a bunch of avalible images on the internet. Works with any pc or laptop that has enough ram and disk space. I did find some problems when migrating old images to new one, but there are usualy people on forums that can help you. I could say the best and cheapest software that has Oracle badge on it Cons Sometimes after update of virtualbox app vm would stop booting. Also it is fairly hard to create enviroment (on Windows 10 for example) to automate booting of some vm's. Reason for choosing VirtualBox Price, stability, simple desing and clean UI Review Source Simeón R. Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best open source virtualization software" November 22, 2019 5.0 In general the experience is great. Never missed an option on configuration, and it runs perfectly when correctly set up. Pros Main one is free. Besides is one of the most complete virtualization tools on the market right now, partly thanks to it is an open source solution. Run smoothly and allows tons on configurations. I widely used VB in order to test linux distributions before deploy them on real machines and with VB is really easy simulate almost every machine scenario. I also use VB to have a standard linux "machine" to flash the microcontrollers I've on my domotic installation, and control the phisical USB ports within the virtual machine is not problem at all. Cons Sometimes with the linux version of VB I got issues configuring the network connection to the virtual machine due to some special requirements of my network. Besides that, it runs smoothly. Review Source JM Julius M. ICT Assistant Insurance Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "VirtualBox Review" September 7, 2023 4.0 My overall experience with VirtualBox has been really great, management of instances without downtime has been one of the benefits i enjoy. Pros What I like the most about Virtual Box is the ability to maintain two instances of virtual machines isolated from one another, That's just the best and the configuration management of the instances is just splendid. Cons I think more hardware integrated with the host machine could be worked on. Review Source NV Nicholas V. IT Technician Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "VirtualBox an awsome tool." May 23, 2023 5.0 Pros I was able to run and test many different operating systems on my desktop withought having to reinstall my machine every time. Cons i did not experience any negative issues , so im happy to recommend the software's. Review Source Pavol R. Java Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Number one choice for personal virtualization" May 13, 2021 5.0 I've been using VirtualBox for years as a first choice for any virtualization (mostly Linux hosts and Windows guests). It has been working mostly without issues and stable enough for some development purposes (e.g. testing applications on multiple operating systems). Pros It is really easy to use and available for many operating systems. It has a lot of configuration options. You can export existing images across computers and use them also on other operating systems. Cons Depending on what hardware are you running your host on you might have some issues with some advanced features or with compatibility. Some networking options are bit difficult to configure properly. External peripherals might not work reliably on every host/guest combination. Some advanced use-cases are not working at all, e.g. running VPN client to Windows guest on Linux host caused reboot loops on guest. Review Source Mayur K. Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Ideal and most reliable virtualization tool" September 23, 2022 5.0 Pros The best part about this tool is that it is both free and open source. You can run multiple operating systems on your computer. Simple to set up. Cons In terms of disadvantages, it necessarily requires more ram and an operating system. If the ram is low, the primary or host operating system seems to become stuck. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great, inexpensive virtualization for Mac OS" February 3, 2023 4.0 Great. Its performance for the money spent has been unrivaled. If you're a hobbyist or a tinkerer like me, you can't go wrong. If you're an enterprise sysop or sysadmin, you might consider using VirtualBox with some sort of hypervisor or orchestration tool that you pay for to get the most out of Virtualbox. Pros It's cheap and open-source. I'm using it for local development and infosec ops. If you need a throw-away machine or you're a computer science student who's learning operating systems, it's a great tool to have installed. VDI's are pretty easy to re-install/re-hydrate too. Cons It's not very intuitive. You need to learn about mounts and reads on drive types before you even have a clue how to install an operating system. VDI's tend to grow larger quickly the more your boot and run your machine. Review Source COS César Obed S. Engineer Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 2+ years ### "El mejor para simular sistemas operativos" July 6, 2023 5.0 Pros Puedes crear de manera muy sencilla una maquina virtual sin dificultad alguna, la mejor opción para simular sistemas operativos Cons A mi parecer no cuenta con ninguna por el momento Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Especialista en Sistemas Used the software for: 2+ years ### "I haven't used other virtual machines, but for me this one meets all my requirements" April 9, 2018 5.0 I need a coexisting linux operating system to do my job. Pros it is very a very stable software, it is free, it has the oracle support. it can virtualized several operating systems in your computer without impair its performance. Cons Sometimes reset the entire computer is needed. the graffic user interface it isn't intuituve, it was difficult to find the way out from full screen until you realized there's a floating menu to do so. Review Source Alfredo D. CTO - Tech lead Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The must software to create virtual system" November 22, 2023 5.0 Pros Is very easy to set up a new and several virtual machine, in more You can define several parameters for what You need and test different setup Cons There some things that don't work properly and for file transfer You need to use different things to overcome this problem Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Backbone Engineer Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Virtualization with Virtualbox" February 26, 2020 5.0 overall its a good software, I use it on daily basis. Pros 1- This is very reliable software when it comes to virtualization. 2- Its hardware requirement is very low 3- Easy to navigate Cons 1- When I create new virutal machines they can have issues with USB Ports 2- Make sure the machine you are installing this software should have good hardware because once you start loading virtual machine it could slow down and crash. Review Source SB Stacey B. Systems Administrator Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Simple functional OS testing environment." January 29, 2021 5.0 I use VirtualBox for practice deployments of Linux based server software. Perfect for testing new configurations for web services. Pros Supports installing most operating systems in a virtual environment. Virtual network support allows for testing custom network deployments. Simulate a network deployment of client and server software. Supports snapshots allowing for rolling back changes to installed software or operating system. Test patches or software changes in a safe environment. Roll back changes in case of problems. Clone virtual machine installations allowing for multiple deployments of identical configurations. Great for a low-cost test lab. Supports USB pass-thru so you can use webcams, storage devices and security keys in your virtual environment. Cons Performance can be an issue if your host computer is under-powered. You will need a higher end computer to run multiple Gui based virtual machines simultaneously. Console based installations such as Linux will perform very well. Most current support is end-user based through online forums. Reason for choosing VirtualBox Support for USB pass-thru. Can be installed on WIndows, MacOS and Linux host systems. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Atlassian Expert - Oracle Expert Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Virtual machine for all your needs " August 6, 2018 5.0 Pros This is the list of pros: - Free - Easy to use - can emulate a lot of situations - configuration don't need a master degree - Same for Windows and Linux - more pc in one pc :) Cons This the list of cons: - Problems with specific OS: Cannot have MacOS virtual machine. - (Linux) sometimes it crashs without no reasons - (Linux) sometimes it freeze pc when used with Firefox, chrome or thunderbird. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Robotic Process Automation and Machine Learning Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Software testing in multiple platforms in a single computer using VirtualBox" October 24, 2019 5.0 If you are a learner who's looking to enhance your knowledge on different operating systems, or if you are a tester who test cross platform software, you have to have Oracle VirtualBox. It's a free software with loads of functionality and also it can save a lot of money too. Pros What I like most about this product is that it's totally free. It allows you to run any amount of virtual machines in a single computer. Gone are the days where you have to have several partitions to run multiple operating systems. Even the setting up is much easier. It is very easy to create testing environments for all kinds of software. Cons Only con is that you need to have a powerful computer to run the VirtualBox as it can eat up the ram and processing power. Other than that, there are no issues with this product. Review Source JG Jose G. Software engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A mature desktop virtualization tool" January 5, 2019 4.0 I've been using virtual machines for a decade or so - back in those times VirtualBox was already a strong player in the field. It was one of a few free options available at the moment, and I picked it because there was a big company behind it (Sun Microsystems in that time). From day zero I enjoyed VBox a lot. With rich, comfortable to read docs, and point-and-click virtualization configuration, I've had no complaints at all. Even, I've used it as a vehicle to learn about virtualization stuff. Virtual Box can cope with most of the needs an IT professional may have when it comes to desktop virtualization. Support for operating systems is broad, all at a cost of zero!. Pros It makes cross-platform virtualization a breeze. A fairly complete solution. No surprises. Cons Certain network setups are not very easy to achieve. Sometimes it demands a bit of internet research but after digging some docs, you can get the task done. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Cloud Engineer Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great for development, poor for production " February 3, 2023 5.0 Happy to use it for testing when using Packer and Vagrant. Pros It's free! It covers everything expected from a layer 2 virtual machine manager. Cons Networking and resource customization is poor. Switched from [VMware Workstation Pro](https://www.capterra.com/p/212916/VMware-Workstation-Player/) It's free. Review Source Roman Y. Product Project Manager Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Free way to run virtual machines" January 18, 2019 4.0 We use VirtualBox for testing Linux servers and environments. It's very easy to test scripts and software that requires Ubuntu. Also it's very convenient to run some light native apps that requires Windows. Pros \- Its's completely free solution to run virtual machines - Performance is very good. You can easily run Windows or Linux on your Mac laptop with 8gb of ram - You can natively run your Linux or Windows apps - Supports drag&drop of files into virtual machine - Supports importing of virtual machines in OVF format - You can share your files with virtual machine Cons \- Drag & Drop is not working stable on my build (6.0) - Sometimes scaling of virtual machine monitor wasn't working properly on Retina screen - 3D graphics emulation support is very slow, but acceptable Review Source PC Paul C. Systems Administrator Oil & Energy Used the software for: 2+ years ### "VirtualBox - virtualisation on the go" April 27, 2023 4.0 been using for years to build test boxes / closed networks and using it with vagrant is just so easy. Pros it will install on virtually any OS. Can spin up a vm and test on my laptop whilst on the go. Cons bit clunky at times, dependent on host, but really not much I do not like for what I use it for. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer System Specialist Pharmaceuticals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Virtual Box, top for dev users" January 15, 2019 5.0 Pros Really easy to set up and really easy create a new Vm with different O.S. and for different scope Cons Is really strange that I can't import a Vm from locally to Oracle Virtual server ... I think that is really a strange choice, I could create a Vm locally on my desktop an import it on Oracle Virtual Server because QA has give me ok for proceed ... is really strange. Review Source JS Joshua S. Equipment Engineer Used the software for: 2+ years ### "When coupled with a powerful PC, VirtualBox delivers great performance." July 5, 2018 5.0 Pros What I like most about this software is the ability it gives to run various operating systems simultaneously, regardless of the operating system environment that the application is running in and definitely allows for much faster crossover between different operating systems as opposed to more manual options that are not as quick to change between such as dual booting a pc or using other VM software. This proves very useful when I am writing a report in one operating system while using another via VirtualBox to run experiments or creating and executing scripts in the VM. Cons While every VM I have used I do experience lag with, I will also mention this lag with VirtualBox. If VirtualBox is run on a standard or average office computer with limited memory (such as limited RAM), there almost always is a lag when performing long computations such as those that can be associated with programming in a VM. However, when these same computation or programs are run in a machine of higher performance, such as a gaming PC, there is significantly less lag. While this may sound like a computer performance issue, given my computer engineering experience, I feel that VirtualBox can definitely make software improvements to allow for smoother operation of the VM when under "heavy loads". Review Source VR Verified Reviewer software engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best virtalization tool by oracle " December 14, 2019 5.0 Mainly we use it to test on all major Operating systems as its portable to any System structure form UNIX to Windows Pros Due to its open source nature and ease to use this is a best tool for any one from business to normal users allows use of any OS inside Windows (mainly) which makes testing easy on other OS like Linux (all flavors) Cons Not much any cons about this tool but it could be built more ease to use though its good but can be improved and all connections should be automatically detected inside virtual machine such though they work doesn't feel like real OS can adopt "NEW DESKTOP"like tech and improve it. Switched from [DiskStation](https://www.capterra.com/p/206898/Active-Backup-for-Business/) Virtual machine is complicated and takes lot of time and system memory. Review Source Tanuj D. Student Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "VirtualBox: Multiple OS? No Problem!" December 12, 2019 4.0 VirtualBox is an excellent alternative to dual-booting your system for the purpose of supporting multiple operating systems, owing to its hassle-free and straightforward workflow. Furthermore, with all the integrations and customized settings that it supports, VirtualBox ensures that it provides a great experience in terms of compatibility and ease of usage. Pros As a Computer Science student, I often have to switch between multiple operating systems, and VirtualBox makes it a breeze to do so from the comfort of a single operating system of your choice. I primarily use Windows 10, but VirtualBox allows me to use other Linux-based operating systems in an efficient manner seamlessly. VirtualBox allows you to create multiple consolidated virtual machines, which all operate independently of each other. Furthermore, it supports a wide variety of operating systems and also provides various integration options for a number of them, making your experience as integrated and hassle-free as possible. Cons Aside from a couple of performance-related quirks, there have been no cons I have faced so far with my experience of using VirtualBox. Review Source Ben L. Head of development Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good, effective virtualisation for desktops" June 22, 2018 5.0 Pros I use VirtualBox for running development VMs on my desktop and laptop. It is a good, mostly stable product which allows multiple VMs to be run at a time. I've been using it for several versions now and the feature set has improved greatly. Cons Occasionally (very infrequently) it can become unstable, and it's performance isn't quite as good as VMWare. Review Source Similar Products Featured