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LXC/LXD vs Velero

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LXC/LXDContainer Orchestration
FreePublished price
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VeleroBackup & Recovery
FreePublished price
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LXC/LXD
Container Orchestration

Low-touch virtual infrastructure with LXD at any scale

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Velero
Backup & Recovery

Backup and migrate Kubernetes resources and persistent volumes

Overview
CategoryContainer OrchestrationBackup & Recovery
What it isSystem container and virtual machine manager offering a unified experience for running and managing full Linux systems inside containers.Open source tool for backup and restore, disaster recovery, and migration of Kubernetes cluster resources.
Pricing
Published priceFree
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
Velero is available as free, open-source software. Commercial hosting, support, or enterprise services may be offered separately, but no citable public paid starting price was con…
Pricing modelNot availableFree
Free optionsFree plan · No free trialFree plan · No free trial
Deal on CubbieNone right nowNone right now
Company
Founded20142017
Team size1001-5000 employees10000+ employees
HeadquartersLondon, UKRemote

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