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At a Glance
QEMU
QEMU
Star Rating
(29)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (50.0% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Vagrant
Vagrant
Star Rating
(32)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (56.3% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Vagrant

QEMU vs Vagrant

  • Reviewers felt that Vagrant meets the needs of their business better than QEMU.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Vagrant is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Vagrant over QEMU.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
QEMU
No pricing available
Vagrant
No pricing available
Free Trial
QEMU
No trial information available
Vagrant
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.3
20
9.3
32
Ease of Use
5.9
20
7.8
32
Ease of Setup
Not enough data
7.5
10
Ease of Admin
Not enough data
8.2
10
Quality of Support
6.6
17
7.2
23
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Not enough data
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
8.2
19
8.5
31
Features by Category
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Security
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
QEMU
QEMU
Vagrant
Vagrant
QEMU and Vagrant share no categories
Unique Categories
QEMU
QEMU is categorized as Remote Desktop
Vagrant
Vagrant is categorized as Server Virtualization
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
QEMU
QEMU
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
50.0%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
23.1%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
26.9%
Vagrant
Vagrant
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
56.3%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
21.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
21.9%
Reviewers' Industry
QEMU
QEMU
Computer Software
34.6%
Information Technology and Services
11.5%
Semiconductors
7.7%
Internet
7.7%
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
7.7%
Other
30.8%
Vagrant
Vagrant
Internet
28.1%
Computer Software
18.8%
Information Technology and Services
12.5%
Telecommunications
6.3%
Professional Training & Coaching
3.1%
Other
31.3%
Most Helpful Reviews
QEMU
QEMU
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Le T.
LT
Le T.
Verified User in Computer Software

1. QEMU is good at device emulation and has various platforms which is perfect for development or testing on different platforms. 2. QEMU's documentation is quite helpful and it is easy to use with just few lines of command lines. 3. With KVM, QEMU is so...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Ramkumar R.
RR
Ramkumar R.
Verified User in Computer Software

Doesn't work out of the box. Too many magic configuration options. I'm looking for a finished product, not the insides of an engine.

Vagrant
Vagrant
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Nagarjuna Y.
NY
Nagarjuna Y.
Verified User in Internet

1. The major reason why I'd use vagrant is to make sure that my development machine is almost 1-to-1 with the deployment server (hardware spec is basically too difficult to replicate in-office) this would solve issues between going from Apple's BSD to say a...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Internet

In the last 2 years, I moved from Vagrant to Docker because the Docker ecosystem seems to have more adoption and there are more resources. Vagrant seems to have been frozen in time.

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Vagrant
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Discussions
QEMU
QEMU Discussions
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QEMU has no discussions with answers
Vagrant
Vagrant Discussions
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Vagrant has no discussions with answers