Xen Orchestra
Xen Orchestra: A self-hosted control plane for managing, protecting, and automating XCP-ng and XenServer. Ranked #14 of 33 in Virtualization Management Software by our editors (7.8/10); pricing: Free plan; best for XCP-ng and XenServer administrators.
At a glance
- Editor score7.8 / 10
- PricingFree plan
- Best forXCP-ng and XenServer administrators
- Free planYes
- Paid fromFree
- Deployment modelSelf-hosted
- Founded2012 · Grenoble, France
- Facts checked20 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Centralizes pools, hosts, VMs, storage, and networks
- Combines backup, replication, immutability, retention, and health checks
- Offers REST API, CLI, and infrastructure-as-code automation
Where it doesn't
- Essential limits deployments to three hosts
- Enterprise requires at least four hosts
- Self-hosted deployment requires appliance or source installation
Our verdict on Xen Orchestra
Xen Orchestra is a web-based management and automation platform for XCP-ng and XenServer infrastructures. It is designed for administrators who need centralized control of pools, hosts, virtual machines, storage, and networks, along with backup, replication, disaster recovery, monitoring, delegation, and automation. The platform is open source and self-hosted, with deployment through the Xen Orchestra Appliance or installation from source.
Its strongest area is infrastructure protection. Xen Orchestra supports rolling snapshots, full and incremental backups, full and incremental VM replication, backup mirroring, immutability, retention, and health checks. Live VM migration, live storage migration, and high-availability VM restart policies extend the operational toolkit. VMware ESXi-to-XCP-ng V2V migration is also included, giving teams a defined path for moving workloads into a supported environment.
The published plans show a free Essential tier with a maximum of three hosts, six tickets per year, business-day support, and one Xen Orchestra Appliance. Essential+ keeps the three-host limit while adding unlimited tickets and complete feature access. Pro requires at least three hosts, and Enterprise requires at least four; both include unlimited tickets, business-day support, and one appliance, while Enterprise adds 24/7 support plus setup and upgrade assistance. Choose Xen Orchestra when XCP-ng or XenServer is the target environment and backup, recovery, access control, or automation matter. Teams seeking a multi-hypervisor management platform should consider a different product.
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Xen Orchestra fact sheet
| Free plan | Yes |
|---|---|
| Paid from | Free |
| Deployment model | Self-hosted |
| Supported hypervisors | XCP-ng; XenServer |
| Managed host limit | 3 hosts |
| Live migration | Yes |
| High availability | Yes |
| Disaster recovery | Yes |
| API access | Yes |
| Deployment | Self-hosted |
| Platforms | Web |
| Support | Tickets, Community, Docs |
| Built for | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 12 integrations: Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, Packer, PowerShell, Kubernetes … |
| Pricing | Free plan (source) |
| Website | xen-orchestra.com |
| Facts checked | 20 Sep 2026 |
Xen Orchestra integrations
Xen Orchestra lists 12 integrations on its own site.
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Pulumi
- Packer
- PowerShell
- Kubernetes
- Amazon S3
- NFS
- SMB
- Azure
- NetBox
- LDAP
Alternatives to Xen Orchestra
- Apache CloudStackA capable self-hosted choice for organizations managing varied virtualized environments.9.3
- Proxmox VEA capable self-hosted KVM/LXC manager with broad infrastructure features and optional paid support.9.2
- Nutanix Prism CentralA centralized control plane for managing enterprise Nutanix clusters, workloads, and operations.8.9
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