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SmartOS vs OpenVZ: catalog facts
SmartOS	OpenVZ
Free The SmartOS ISO is free and open source; Triton offers paid private and hosted cloud…	Free Free and open source under the GNU GPL.
Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
Runs zones and KVM or bhyve VMs on the same host ZFS and DTrace built in	Many isolated Linux containers on one server Better hardware utilisation than full VMs
Illumos base is less familiar than Linux Cloud management features require Triton on top	Linux guests only Server-focused, not a desktop virtualization tool
Operating system	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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