--- title: Canonical LXC Reviews meta\_title: 'Canonical LXC Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 14 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Canonical LXC works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.3 review\_count: 14 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Containerization url: https://www.g2.com/categories/containerization --- # Canonical LXC Reviews & Product Details Canonical LXC by Linuxcontainers.org is a set of tools, templates, library and language bindings. It's pretty low level, very flexible and covers just about every containment feature supported by the upstream kernel. * * * Seller [Canonical Ltd.](https://www.g2.com/sellers/canonical-ltd) Discussions [Canonical LXC Community](https://www.g2.com/products/canonical-lxc/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Red Hat OpenShift](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Red Hat OpenShift") Red Hat OpenShift 4.5/5(306) ](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-red-hat-openshift/reviews) [ ![DigitalOcean](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "DigitalOcean") DigitalOcean 4.6/5(756) ](https://www.g2.com/products/digitalocean/reviews) [ ![Akamai Cloud Computing](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Akamai Cloud Computing") Akamai Cloud Computing 4.6/5(406) ](https://www.g2.com/products/akamai-cloud-computing/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/canonical-lxc/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 14 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") AC Verified User in Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/5/2021 "Minimal approach to containers" 5/5 What do you like best about Canonical LXC? The use of reosurces in a workstation to create several containers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Canonical LXC? The lack of an easy to use orchestration platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Canonical LXC solving and how is that benefiting you? We use LXV instead VM Ware since 2017 to solve our demand of small web servers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Mahesh I.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mahesh I.") MI Mahesh I. Cloud Infrastructure Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/10/2020 "Usefull and takes less time to configure" 5/5 What do you like best about Canonical LXC? Templates are available and ready in few seconds Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Canonical LXC? LXC will give you only a basic subset of features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Canonical LXC: Migrate all your servers to lxc and take advantage of its features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Canonical LXC solving and how is that benefiting you? We use it for development purpose, and created multiple vms at a time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Our network of Icons are G2 members who are recognized for their outstanding contributions and commitment to helping others through their expertise.G2 IconValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/18/2017 "The easiest container system ever" 5/5 What do you like best about Canonical LXC? I'm in love with the ease of use of the LXC and its great integration with Ubuntu. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Canonical LXC? Some parts, like the storage and migrating containers, as well as some more advanced networking features aren't well documented. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Canonical LXC solving and how is that benefiting you? Isolating different systems to run as containers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Lukas S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Lukas S.") LS Lukas S. CTO Internet Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/25/2016 "Powerful but complex" 4/5 What do you like best about Canonical LXC? LXC is very flexible in nearly every imaginable aspect. It's also very performant and rock-solid, and like other similar virtualization methods it doesn't waste unused system resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Canonical LXC? Getting started with LXC is kinda complicated. Configuration has ton of options, tools can be confusing and behaviour in some aspects is not very intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Canonical LXC: I'd recommend reading example configs by other people, trying to understand what they did. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Canonical LXC solving and how is that benefiting you? Used LXC before Docker was around for locking applications into small containers, mostly webhosting related. Build a few bash-scripts basically doing with LXC what Docker was initially designed for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Canonical LXC? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Canonical LXC ](https://www.g2.com/products/canonical-lxc/discussions/new) GU Guest User • Last activity almost 4 years ago What is LXC virtualization? 0 Upvotes 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-lxc-virtualization) [ View all Discussions ](https://www.g2.com/products/canonical-lxc/discuss) ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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