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Apache CloudStack vs OpenStack: catalog facts
Apache CloudStackOpenStack
Free

Free and open source, developed under the Apache Software Foundation.

Free

Free and open source; commercial support is available from partners in the OpenStack…

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Includes compute, networking, accounts and accounting in one stack
  • Web UI, command-line tools and REST API
  • Covers compute, storage and networking through APIs and a dashboard
  • Regular scheduled releases
  • Built for data centres, not a single desktop
  • Needs several servers and infrastructure knowledge to deploy
  • Many components make deployment and upgrades complex
  • Built for data centres rather than individual machines
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License not stated License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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