Incus
6.8#3 in container enginesFree planFree planAPILinuxmacOSSelf-hosted
VisitIncus vs LXD
What both publish
| Fact | Incus | LXD |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial support | The Incus project says commercial support is available from Zabbly. | Canonical makes commercial LXD support available through Ubuntu Pro. |
| Founded | 2023 | 2004 |
| Integrations | The documentation links to third-party tools and documents storage drivers including Btrfs, LVM, ZFS, Ceph, LINSTOR, and TrueNAS. | LXD integrations are available for Juju, MAAS, Ansible, Terraform, Puppet Bolt, and Packer. |
| Release support | Incus offers LTS and feature releases; its page states that Incus 6.0 LTS is supported until June 2029, while feature releases are normally supported for about a month. | LXD LTS releases are created every two years and receive standard support for five years. |
| What it does | Incus is a system container, application container, and virtual machine manager. | LXD is an open source solution for managing virtual machines and system containers. |
Incus plans
- IncusFree
LXD plans
- LXD open sourceFree
- Ubuntu Pro PersonalFree
- Ubuntu Pro Enterprise workstation$25 a year
- Ubuntu Pro Enterprise server$500 a year
Pick Incus if…
Incus suits developers and operators managing container or virtual-machine workloads who want shared storage and networking, API access and integration options. Its daemon requires Linux, even though client applications are available on other platforms.
Pick LXD if…
LXD suits Linux users who need to manage system containers, virtual machines, or both through command-line, API, or web interfaces. It also offers integrations for users of tools such as Juju, MAAS, Ansible, Terraform, Puppet Bolt, and Packer.