OpenVZ Alternatives
OpenVZ is described as 'is container-based virtualization for Linux' and is a Virtualization App in the Network & Admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to OpenVZ for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Online / Web-based and Self-Hosted solutions. The best alternative is VirtualBox, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OpenVZ are Docker (Freemium, Open Source), QEMU (Free, Open Source), VMware Workstation Pro (Paid) and KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) (Free, Open Source).
- VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Solaris
VirtualBox vs OpenVZ opinions
Desktop/Full Virtualization vs Containers - Docker is an open-source engine that automates the deployment of any application as a lightweight, portable, self-sufficient container that will run virtually anywhere.
- Freemium • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- FreeNAS
- QEMU (short for "Quick EMUlator") is a free and open-source hosted hypervisor that performs hardware virtualization.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- VMware Workstation Pro Lets You Run Multiple Operating Systems as Virtual Machines (including Windows VMs) on a Single Windows or Linux PC.
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- Linux
- KVM (for Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions (Intel VT or AMD-V). It consists of a loadable kernel module, kvm.
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Android
- VMware Workstation Player builds on the industry leading foundation of Workstation Pro, and delivers a streamlined user interface for creating and running operating systems and applications in a virtual machine.
- OpenStack OpenStack is a global collaboration of developers and cloud computing technologists producing the ubiquitous open source cloud computing platform for public and private clouds.
- Xen.org, home of the Xen hypervisor, the powerful open source industry standard for virtualization. It is a native (bare-metal) hypervisor providing services that allow multiple computer operating systems to execute on the same computer hardware concurrently.
- VMware vSphere Hypervisor ( based on ESXi ) is a free bare-metal hypervisor that virtualizes servers so you can consolidate your applications on less hardware.
- Windows Sandbox has the following properties: Part of Windows – everything required for this feature ships with Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise. No need to download a VHD!