OpenNebula Editions and Subscription Options

OpenNebula offers a range of subscriptions and extensions to suit various operational and business requirements. Organizations can choose subscription models that provide support, maintenance, and access to additional software extensions.

  • EE - Refers to features that are Enterprise Extensions and are only available to customers with an Enterprise Subscription
  • AE - Refers to features that are AI Factory Extensions and are only available to customers with an AI Factory Subscription
  • CE - Refers to the Community Edition, available to all users

Refer to the OpenNebula website for further information about subscriptions and commercial services.

OpenNebula Community Edition

When a new OpenNebula major or minor version is released, it is immediately available to everyone and is considered the Community Edition. This edition provides the complete OpenNebula core platform, allowing organizations to build and operate private, hybrid, edge, and sovereign cloud environments.

Community Edition users have access to the latest OpenNebula releases and the full set of features included in the core platform.

OpenNebula Enterprise Edition

The Enterprise Edition is available to Enterprise Subscription customers. The Enterprise Edition and the Community Edition share the same source code and OpenNebula maintains a single software distribution. Enterprise subscription customers have access to the following additional features and services:

  • Maintenance Updates: Delivered through Enterprise channels, maintenance releases include minor enhancements, bug fixes, software patches and stability improvements. Maintenance updates do not introduce significant new features and functionality.
  • Enterprise Extensions: Software extensions that expand the capabilities of OpenNebula for production-grade cloud deployments. These extensions are delivered, installed and maintained independently from the main OpenNebula distribution.
  • SLA-based Support and Professional Services: Enterprise customers are provided with secure, private support under a commercial SLA and access to OpenNebula Systems’ Professional Services for expert assistance with cloud deployment and maintenance.

AI Factory Subscription

The AI Factory Subscription follows the same model as the Enterprise Subscription. It uses the same OpenNebula core platform and includes all Enterprise Edition benefits, while adding access to AI-specific extensions and support for AI infrastructure deployments. An AI Factory Subscription includes:

  • Access to Enterprise maintenance releases
  • Professional support and SLAs
  • Access to Enterprise Extensions
  • Access to AI Factory Extensions

AI Factory Extensions are also delivered separately from the OpenNebula core platform through Enterprise channels and are installed independently. The extensions provide advanced capabilities for GPU-accelerated infrastructure, AI Clusters, and large-scale AI Factory deployments.