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Ganeti vs Xen Orchestra: catalog facts
Ganeti	Xen Orchestra
Free Free and open source, supported through donations via SPI.	Freemium Source is free to build; a packaged appliance with support is sold by subscription.
Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	Web, Self-hosted
Built on established hypervisors such as Xen and KVM Designed for high availability on commodity servers	Manages XCP-ng and XenServer hosts from one web console Built-in VM backup
Aimed at clusters of about 3 to 100 nodes Requires Linux server administration skills	Only for Xen-based hypervisors Aimed at server administrators rather than desktop users
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: AGPL-3.0
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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