Canonical MAAS
8.1#1 in bare metal provisioning softwareFrom $30 a yearFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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Clonezilla
6.7#3 in disk cloning softwareFree planFree planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows
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| Fact | Canonical MAAS | Clonezilla |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | MAAS is an open source platform for centrally managing and provisioning physical servers as cloud resources. | Clonezilla is a partition and disk imaging and cloning program for system deployment, bare metal backup, and recovery. |
Canonical MAAS plans
- FreeFree
- Self-supportFree
- Essential$30 a year
- Standard$50 a year
- Advanced$100 a year
Clonezilla plans
- ClonezillaFree
Pick Canonical MAAS if…
MAAS suits teams managing physical servers for private cloud with OpenStack, server automation, or bare metal Kubernetes. Its single-machine installation is also described for homelabs, proofs of concept, and small production environments.
Pick Clonezilla if…
Clonezilla suits people who need disk imaging for backup, recovery, or multi-computer deployment and can use a Linux-based boot environment. It may be a poor fit when online or incremental backups, or direct access to individual files in an image, are required.