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Ganeti vs OpenStack: catalog facts
GanetiOpenStack
Free

Free and open source, supported through donations via SPI.

Free

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

Linux, Self-hosted, Command line Web, Self-hosted
  • Built on established hypervisors such as Xen and KVM
  • Designed for high availability on commodity servers
  • Covers compute, storage and networking through APIs and a dashboard
  • Regular scheduled releases
  • Aimed at clusters of about 3 to 100 nodes
  • Requires Linux server administration skills
  • 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
No account 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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