VMware Cloud Director vs Virtuozzo Infrastructure

VMware Cloud Director8.8Visit Virtuozzo Infrastructure8.6Visit

Higher score VMware Cloud Director #4 in Virtualization Management Software 8.8/10 Pricing on request ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Broadcom

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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

• VMware Cloud Director fits best

  VMware-based service providers

• Virtuozzo Infrastructure fits best

  Hybrid KVM infrastructure and service providers

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Side by side

Feature	VMware Cloud Director 8.8/10 Visit ↗	Virtuozzo Infrastructure 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.6
Ranking	#4 in Virtualization Management Software	#6 in Virtualization Management Software
Best for	VMware-based service providers	Hybrid KVM infrastructure and service providers
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	Free plan · pricing on request · 30-day trial
Free plan	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web, Linux, macOS
Support	Docs	Email, Tickets, Docs · 24/7
Integrations	7 integrations	20 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features VMware Cloud Director 4/4 · Virtuozzo Infrastructure 4/4
Live migration	✓	✓
High availability	✓	✓
Disaster recovery	✓	✓
API access	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Self-hosted	Hybrid
Supported hypervisors	VMware vSphere	KVM
Managed host limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Multi-tenant resource pools, self-service, and tenant isolation NSX networking, firewalling, load balancing, and VPN services Kubernetes, Terraform, APIs, live migration, and disaster recovery	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
Cons	Supports VMware vSphere as its hypervisor platform Pricing requires contact with sales Self-hosted deployment requires provider-managed infrastructure	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
Our verdict	VMware Cloud Director is a self-hosted cloud service-delivery and infrastructure management platform for providers serving multiple enterprise customers across distributed data centers. Its core focus is multi-tenant virtual data center… Read the review →	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 →

Strengths and trade-offs

• VMware Cloud Director — where it wins

  • Multi-tenant resource pools, self-service, and tenant isolation
  • NSX networking, firewalling, load balancing, and VPN services
  • Kubernetes, Terraform, APIs, live migration, and disaster recovery

  Where it doesn't

  • Supports VMware vSphere as its hypervisor platform
  • Pricing requires contact with sales
  • Self-hosted deployment requires provider-managed infrastructure

• 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

• VMware Cloud Director8.8/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad VMware platform for providers managing tenants, infrastructure, automation, and recovery.

  Visit BroadcomFull verdict →
• 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.

  Visit VirtuozzoFull verdict →