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XCP-ng vs OpenNebula: catalog facts
XCP-ngOpenNebula
Free

The hypervisor is free and open source. Vates sells support and the prebuilt Xen Orchestra…

Freemium

Open-source platform, with paid subscriptions for support and integrated OS subscriptions.

Linux, Self-hosted Linux, Web, Self-hosted
  • No feature is locked behind a licence key
  • Xen Orchestra adds backup, replication and a web console across a pool of hosts
  • Manages VMs and Kubernetes in one platform
  • High availability, scheduling and multi-site federation
  • Xen Orchestra's prebuilt appliance is a paid product; the free path is building it from source
  • Hardware compatibility follows Xen, which is narrower than KVM
  • Built for data centres, too large for a single home server
  • Support and some integrations come through paid subscriptions
Self-hosted, Operating system Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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