XCP-ng
Depends
Confidence: Low
A solid free hypervisor if you run your own VM hosts and can spare sysadmin time; skip it if you're cloud-only or lack Linux skills.
Comparison
XCP-ng vs Docker or Kubernetes
Docker or Kubernetes
Starting report…
Pick XCP-ng when
- VMware escapees dodging Broadcom pricing
- Self-hosters running bare-metal VM hosts
- Teams wanting open-source Xen with a web UI
- Homelabs and small datacenters
When XCP-ng is not a fit
- Teams with zero Linux or sysadmin capacity
- Cloud-only shops without own hardware
- Buyers wanting polished vendor SLA support by default
- Solo devs who just need Docker
Sources
- XCP-ng product and security pagexcp-ng.orgsecurity