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Ganeti vs Apache CloudStack: catalog facts
Ganeti	Apache CloudStack
Free Free and open source, supported through donations via SPI.	Free Free and open source, developed under the Apache Software Foundation.
Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	Web, Self-hosted
Built on established hypervisors such as Xen and KVM Designed for high availability on commodity servers	Includes compute, networking, accounts and accounting in one stack Web UI, command-line tools and REST API
Aimed at clusters of about 3 to 100 nodes Requires Linux server administration skills	Built for data centres, not a single desktop Needs several servers and infrastructure knowledge to deploy
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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