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bhyve vs XCP-ng: catalog facts
bhyveXCP-ng
Free

Free, included with FreeBSD.

Free

The hypervisor is free and open source. Vates sells support and the prebuilt Xen Orchestra…

Self-hosted, Command line Linux, Self-hosted
  • Included with FreeBSD, nothing extra to install
  • Also available on illumos
  • No feature is locked behind a licence key
  • Xen Orchestra adds backup, replication and a web console across a pool of hosts
  • Only runs on FreeBSD and illumos hosts
  • Managed from the command line unless paired with a front end
  • Xen Orchestra's prebuilt appliance is a paid product; the free path is building it from source
  • Hardware compatibility follows Xen, which is narrower than KVM
Operating system Self-hosted, Operating system
Open source Open source
License not stated License not stated
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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