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OpenStack vs Ganeti: catalog facts
OpenStackGaneti
Free

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

Free

Free and open source, supported through donations via SPI.

Web, Self-hosted Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
  • Covers compute, storage and networking through APIs and a dashboard
  • Regular scheduled releases
  • Built on established hypervisors such as Xen and KVM
  • Designed for high availability on commodity servers
  • Many components make deployment and upgrades complex
  • Built for data centres rather than individual machines
  • Aimed at clusters of about 3 to 100 nodes
  • Requires Linux server administration skills
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License not stated License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed No account 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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