LXC/LXD vs Podman
LXC/LXDContainer Orchestration
FreePublished price
PodmanContainer Orchestration
FreePublished price
LXC/LXD Container Orchestration Low-touch virtual infrastructure with LXD at any scale | Podman Container Orchestration The best free & open source container tools | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Container Orchestration | Container Orchestration |
| What it is | System container and virtual machine manager offering a unified experience for running and managing full Linux systems inside containers. | Daemonless container engine for developing and managing OCI containers and pods on Linux systems without requiring root privileges. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | Free LXD is free and open source (AGPL/Apache), maintained by Canonical. There is no license fee; optional commercial support is available via Ubuntu Pro but the software itself carrie… | Free Free and open source (Apache 2.0), maintained by the containers community and sponsored by Red Hat. No paid tier for Podman itself; commercial support is available separately thro… |
| Pricing model | Not available | Free |
| Free options | Free plan · No free trial | Free plan · No free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2014 | 2018 |
| Team size | 1001-5000 employees | 10000+ employees |
| Headquarters | London, UK | Raleigh, NC |