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Canonical LXD vs. OpenVZ

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Canonical LXD
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Canonical LXD is a Linux container hypervisor.N/A
OpenVZ
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
OpenVZ is container-based virtualization for Linux supported by Virtuozzo and fundamental to that company's commercial offering. It is open source and free.N/A
Pricing
Canonical LXDOpenVZ
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Canonical LXDOpenVZ
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Canonical LXDOpenVZ
Considered Both Products
Canonical LXD

No answer on this topic

OpenVZ
Vadim Kuts | TrustRadius Reviewer
Vadim Kuts
DevOps Engineer
Chose OpenVZ
Kubernetes and Docker are de-facto standards today, but I think that OpenVZ and Proxmox are better solutions
Features
Canonical LXDOpenVZ
Server Virtualization
Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Product A and Product B
Canonical LXD
-
Ratings
OpenVZ
9.1
Ratings
11% above category average
Virtual machine automated provisioning00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Management console00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Live virtual machine backup00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Live virtual machine migration00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
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User Ratings
Canonical LXDOpenVZ
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Canonical LXDOpenVZ
Likelihood to Recommend
No answers on this topic
If you are considering to use Docker and Kubernetes then you can give a try to OpenVZ and Proxmox. It is a good alternative and it is as good as Docker and Kubernetes
Vadim Kuts | TrustRadius Reviewer
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DevOps Engineer
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Pros
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  • It is container-based virtualization
  • It is not resource-heavy
  • It is better then KVM
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Cons
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  • Since it is a container-based solution, you can't run any other OS, except for Linux
  • It is not so popular as Docker, but it's not that bad
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Alternatives Considered
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Kubernetes and Docker are de-facto standards today, but I think that OpenVZ and Proxmox are better solutions
Vadim Kuts | TrustRadius Reviewer
Vadim Kuts
DevOps Engineer
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Return on Investment
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  • It's free, so you can try it and figure out if it suited for your needs
Vadim Kuts | TrustRadius Reviewer
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DevOps Engineer
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