Virtuozzo Infrastructure vs oVirt

Virtuozzo Infrastructure8.6Visit oVirt8.1Visit

Higher score Virtuozzo Infrastructure #6 in Virtualization Management Software 8.6/10 Free plan · pricing on request · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Virtuozzo

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oVirt #11 in Virtualization Management Software 8.1/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 4 of 4 features Visit oVirt

• Virtuozzo Infrastructure fits best

  Hybrid KVM infrastructure and service providers

• oVirt fits best

  Open-source KVM virtualization teams

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Side by side

Feature	Virtuozzo Infrastructure 8.6/10 Visit ↗	oVirt 8.1/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.6	8.1
Ranking	#6 in Virtualization Management Software	#11 in Virtualization Management Software
Best for	Hybrid KVM infrastructure and service providers	Open-source KVM virtualization teams
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free
Starting price	Free plan · pricing on request · 30-day trial	Free plan
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Linux, macOS	Web, Linux
Support	Email, Tickets, Docs · 24/7	Community, Docs
Integrations	20 integrations	5 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Virtuozzo Infrastructure 4/4 · oVirt 4/4
Live migration	✓	✓
High availability	✓	✓
Disaster recovery	✓	✓
API access	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Hybrid	Self-hosted
Supported hypervisors	KVM	KVM, VMware vCenter/ESXi, Xen
Managed host limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Live migration, high availability, and node evacuation across compute nodes Replicated and erasure-coded storage with integrated backup and restoration Multitenancy, self-service portals, and OpenStack-compatible automation	Centralizes hosts, clusters, VMs, storage, and networks Supports live migration, high availability, and disaster recovery Provides web portals, REST APIs, SDKs, and Ansible automation
Cons	Production licensing requires contact with sales channels The platform is self-managed and may require infrastructure expertise Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of smaller virtualization deployments	Self-hosted deployment requires managing the Engine and infrastructure KVM is native; VMware and Xen support covers legacy external-provider imports No hosted SaaS deployment model for teams seeking managed infrastructure
Our verdict	Virtuozzo Infrastructure is a self-managed hyperconverged platform for service providers and organizations building private or public clouds. It brings KVM-based virtual machines, clustered software-defined storage, software-defined… Read the review →	oVirt is a free, open-source distributed virtualization management platform for organizations running multi-host infrastructure. Its native foundation is the KVM hypervisor, with centralized administration for hosts, clusters, virtual… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Virtuozzo Infrastructure — where it wins

  • Live migration, high availability, and node evacuation across compute nodes
  • Replicated and erasure-coded storage with integrated backup and restoration
  • Multitenancy, self-service portals, and OpenStack-compatible automation

  Where it doesn't

  • Production licensing requires contact with sales channels
  • The platform is self-managed and may require infrastructure expertise
  • Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of smaller virtualization deployments

• oVirt — where it wins

  • Centralizes hosts, clusters, VMs, storage, and networks
  • Supports live migration, high availability, and disaster recovery
  • Provides web portals, REST APIs, SDKs, and Ansible automation

  Where it doesn't

  • Self-hosted deployment requires managing the Engine and infrastructure
  • KVM is native; VMware and Xen support covers legacy external-provider imports
  • No hosted SaaS deployment model for teams seeking managed infrastructure

• Virtuozzo Infrastructure8.6/10 · Free plan · pricing on request · 30-day trial

  A broad hybrid KVM platform for service providers and private or public cloud teams.

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• oVirt8.1/10 · Free plan

  A free, self-hosted control plane for teams managing KVM-based virtual environments.

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