Proxmox VE
Comparisons anchored on Proxmox VE, the AGPL virtualization platform many teams evaluate when leaving VMware.
Infrastructure
Comparisons of open-source virtualization, storage, Git hosting, GitOps, monitoring, logging and PostgreSQL high availability options for teams running their own infrastructure.
OpenStack
Comparisons anchored on OpenStack, the Apache-2.0 private cloud platform.
Ceph
Comparisons anchored on Ceph, the unified block, file and object storage system.
GitLab
Comparisons anchored on GitLab, the open-core DevSecOps platform, against lightweight self-hosted Git forges.
Forgejo
Comparisons anchored on Forgejo, the community-governed GPL Git forge stewarded by Codeberg e.V.
Argo CD
Comparisons anchored on Argo CD, the Apache-2.0 GitOps controller for Kubernetes.
Prometheus
Comparisons anchored on Prometheus, the Apache-2.0 metrics and alerting system.
Loki
Comparisons anchored on Grafana Loki, the AGPL label-indexed log store.
PostgreSQL
Comparisons of PostgreSQL high availability tooling, anchored on PostgreSQL itself, which DeployOpen deploys on VMs and Kubernetes.
Zabbix
Comparisons that start from Zabbix, the AGPL infrastructure monitoring platform with agents, templates and a web UI, against other traditional monitoring tools.
MySQL
Comparisons that start from MySQL Community Server, Oracle's GPL database with LTS and Innovation release tracks, against its closest open-source alternatives.
Kubernetes
Comparisons anchored on Kubernetes, the Apache-2.0 CNCF container orchestration platform that DeployOpen runs on virtual machines and bare metal, covering control plane and etcd layout.
OpenTelemetry
Comparisons anchored on OpenTelemetry, the vendor-neutral CNCF telemetry framework, and its Apache-2.0 Collector, covering how telemetry pipelines are deployed.
VictoriaMetrics
Comparisons anchored on VictoriaMetrics, the Apache-2.0 time series database used as long-term Prometheus storage, covering its single-node and cluster versions.
Grafana
Comparisons anchored on Grafana, the AGPL dashboard and visualization platform from Grafana Labs: the free OSS build against Grafana Enterprise, and self-hosting against Grafana Cloud.
Fluentd
Comparisons that start from Fluentd, the CNCF graduated log collector and aggregator with a large Ruby plugin ecosystem, against lighter open-source telemetry agents.
MinIO
Comparisons that start from MinIO, the AGPL S3-compatible object store whose community repository is archived, against other self-hosted object storage.
Nagios Core
Comparisons that start from Nagios Core, the GPL-2.0 monitoring engine many teams still run, against the open-source monitoring platforms that grew out of it and document migrating from it.
Redis
Comparisons that start from Redis Open Source, the in-memory data store now offered under AGPLv3, RSALv2 or SSPLv1, against open-source alternatives that keep a permissive license.
Infrastructure compared
Roundups of open-source infrastructure software for teams running their own: virtualization, object storage, Git hosting, monitoring and log management, judged on license, maintenance status and operating effort.
XCP-ng
Comparisons anchored on XCP-ng, the Xen-based virtualization platform managed through Xen Orchestra and backed by Vates, covering its commercial support options.
Harbor
Comparisons anchored on Harbor, the CNCF graduated Apache-2.0 registry for container images, Helm charts and OCI artifacts, against other self-hosted registries.
Coolify
Comparisons anchored on Coolify, the Apache-2.0 self-hosted PaaS that deploys apps, databases and previews to servers it manages over SSH, against other self-hosted deployment platforms.
Gitea
Comparisons anchored on Gitea, the MIT-licensed lightweight self-hosted Git service written in Go, covering its commercial edition from CommitGo.
Jenkins
Comparisons anchored on Jenkins, the MIT-licensed automation server with a controller and build agents, against lighter open-source CI engines and agent layouts.
OpenTofu
Comparisons anchored on OpenTofu, the MPL-2.0 Terraform fork run under the Linux Foundation, against other open-source infrastructure as code tools and runners.
Checkmk
Comparisons anchored on Checkmk, Checkmk GmbH's monitoring platform with a free GPL Community edition and paid Pro, Ultimate and Cloud editions.
Bareos
Comparisons anchored on Bareos, the AGPL-3.0 network backup system forked from Bacula, with Director, Storage and File Daemons and plugins for hypervisors.
