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XCP-ngXenServer
Free

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

 Paid

Commercial licences with a Trial Edition; included in some Citrix subscriptions.

Linux, Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • No feature is locked behind a licence key
  • Xen Orchestra adds backup, replication and a web console across a pool of hosts
  • Mature Xen-based hypervisor
  • Included with several Citrix subscriptions
  • 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
  • Commercial licensing for full use
  • Oriented toward businesses and Citrix environments
Self-hosted, Operating system Operating system
Open source Closed source
License not stated License: Proprietary
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 24, 2026

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