oVirt vs XCP-ng Center
oVirt
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| Figure | oVirt | XCP-ng Center |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 0 |
| Spec score · Virtualization Management Software | 8.7 (#3) | 6.5 (#27) |
| Spec score · Hypervisor Software | 8.6 (#5) | 6.5 (#25) |
| Spec score · Virtual machine software | 8.5 (#6) | 6.5 (#24) |
| Integrations | The feature catalog lists OVN/OpenStack providers, Glance, Cinder, GlusterFS, SR-IOV, OpenShift, Cloud-init and Terraform-related integrations. | The tool manages both XCP-ng and Citrix XenServer environments. |
| License | oVirt uses Apache License 2.0 as its primary license, while some complementary projects may use LGPL or GPL. | The source code is licensed under the BSD 2-Clause license. |
| Purpose | oVirt is a free open-source distributed virtualization solution designed to manage enterprise infrastructure. | XCP-ng Center is a Windows management tool for XCP-ng and Citrix XenServer hosts and resource pools. |
Plans
In their own words
oVirt
oVirt is a free, open-source distributed virtualization system for managing enterprise infrastructure. It uses the KVM hypervisor and builds on community projects including libvirt, Gluster, PatternFly, and Ansible. Deployment options include a self-hosted Engine and a standalone Engine; the project recommends the self-hosted option, which runs as a virtual machine on specialized hosts and is highly available without external HA management. Centralized storage holds virtual machine disks, ISO files, and snapshots, with options including NFS, GlusterFS, iSCSI, local storage, Fibre Channel, pNFS, and other POSIX-compliant filesystems. Automation and integration are available through Ansible roles and collections, Python, Java, and Ruby SDKs, and a REST API. The download page identifies version 4.5.7 as intended for production use, with Engine and host support for Enterprise Linux 9 or 10 and CentOS Stream 9 or 10. Installation is by command line. At least one additional host is required for advanced features such as migration and high availability. The project points users to community forums, IRC, and Matrix, and invites contributions.
XCP-ng Center
XCP-ng Center has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.