Cisco Catalyst Center vs Citrix XenServer
Cisco Catalyst Center
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Citrix XenServer
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| Figure | Cisco Catalyst Center | Citrix XenServer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 2 |
| Spec score · Virtualization Management Software | 7.9 (#10) | 8.4 (#5) |
| Founded | 1984 | Citrix states it was founded in 1989. |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, United States | Citrix lists its corporate headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. |
| Purpose | Cisco Catalyst Center is a centralized network controller and management dashboard for enterprise network operations. | XenServer is an enterprise virtualization platform for running workloads across on-premises and hybrid environments. |
| Security | Catalyst Center supports FIPS 140-2-compliant cryptography modules, and Cisco recommends deploying it behind a firewall on a private internal network. | XenServer 9 reduces attack surface with a custom control-domain operating system and disables HTTP on the management interface for new installations, requiring TLS connections. |
Plans
Cisco Catalyst Center
- Cisco DNA AdvantagePriced on request
- Cisco DNA EssentialsPriced on request
In their own words
Cisco Catalyst Center
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Citrix XenServer
Citrix XenServer is an enterprise virtualization platform for workloads in on-premises and hybrid environments. Its hypervisor pools compute, storage, and networking resources and allocates them to virtual machines. Hosts require XenServer OS on dedicated 64-bit x86 bare-metal servers, and the listed guest architecture is x86_64. The platform supports snapshots, GPU acceleration, high-availability policies, and live migration between hosts. A pool can contain up to 32 hosts. XenCenter runs on supported Windows systems; a standalone remote CLI can be installed on RPM-based Linux distributions. XenServer 9 uses a custom control-domain operating system, and new installations disable HTTP on the management interface, requiring TLS. GPU pass-through supports NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel GPUs; NVIDIA vGPU support for XenServer 9 is preview-only and not fully supported. XenServer is paid, with pricing available on request and a 90-day trial that does not include official support. The listed trial edition supports a three-host pool.