Xen Orchestra V2V / VMware import
Vates (XCP-ng)
Freemium
Warm - seeded online, short cutover window
Agentless
Mid estates
Workload V2V
What it is good at
Built-in VMware import that reads from vCenter over the API and converts to XCP-ng, including a warm migration mode.
Where it falls down
XCP-ng target only. Very large VMDKs and snapshots chains can be slow.
Capabilities
- Agentless operation
- Wave / batch orchestration
- Automatic driver / guest tools injection
- API / CLI automation
Cost and licensing
- Cost category
- Freemium — Usable free tier; key features need a paid edition.
- Indicative price
- Free from source; Vates VMS subscription from roughly EUR 1,000 per host per year
- Licence model
- Xen Orchestra is AGPLv3 - build from source for free with all features. Vates sells the prebuilt appliance plus support as a per-host annual subscription (Starter / Essential / Premium).
- How to license it
- Either compile XO from GitHub at no cost, or buy a Vates Virtualization Management Stack subscription per host and get the signed appliance, updates and support.
- Lifecycle
- Current
- Vendor page
- https://xen-orchestra.com/
Pricing and licensing last reviewed 2026-09-18. Indicative only - confirm with the vendor.
Supported sources
- VMware vSphere / ESXi (vCenter)
- XenServer (Citrix Hypervisor)
- Microsoft Hyper-V (Windows Server)
Supported targets
- XCP-ng + Xen Orchestra