#1 most frequent
United States of America
34.0%146 installations of 429
What is Proxmox VE?
Proxmox Virtual Environment is an open source server virtualization management solution based on QEMU/KVM and LXC. Users can manage virtual machines, containers, highly available clusters, storage and networks via a web interface or CLI. Proxmox VE code is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3. The project is developed and maintained by Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH.
Categories & Use Cases
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Top Performing Features
Live virtual machine backup
Ability to backup vms without interrupting service
Category average: 7.7
Hypervisor-level security
Hypervisor-level security including antivirus and anti-malware
Category average: 8.2
Virtual machine automated provisioning
Automation of virtual machine provisioning through use of vm templates
Category average: 7.6
Areas for Improvement
Management console
Management console for central administration of vm environment
Category average: 7.9
Live virtual machine migration
Downtime minimization by migrating live vms between hosts and across clusters
Category average: 7.7
Who Buys & Uses Proxmox VE
#2 most frequent
Germany
19.3%83 installations of 429
#3 most frequent
France
7.9%34 installations of 429
Proxmox allows for easy deployment, management, and peace of mind when virtualizing
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We needed to have a flexible virtualization environment that granted us control over how the virtual machine was presented as well as compatibility with other platforms. This was for our own organization, as well as for our clients, some being financial institutions, schools, and large investments companies. Proxmox has granted us this flexibility while at the same time ensuring we don't have vendor lockin.
Pros
- Virtualization
- Backups
- Integration with storage solutions
- Clustering
Cons
- Can't manage ZFS replication or snapshots as easily as I'd like
- Encrypted disks aren't easily deployed in VMs
- Moving disks between VMs is not automated
Return on Investment
- Due to the open source nature of Proxmox, we have no licensing costs while training our employees
- We've migrated 100% of our clients to Proxmox and have found improved uptime, and flexibility.
- In the 10 years of using Proxmox, we've yet to lose any data or not be notified of backup issues.
Alternatives Considered
VMware ESXi and Citrix Hypervisor (formerly XenServer)
Other Software Used
pfSense, Cisco Meraki MX, Laravel PHP Framework
Proxmox is a powerful virtualization platform
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are using Proxmox to virtualize machines that we use for development and for services offered for our clients. We cut costs and reduce deployment time by using virtual machines for ecommerce development.
Pros
- Easy to create and manage virtual machines
- Good network configuration flexbility
- Can be customized
Cons
- Some errors are hard do debug
- Lack of GUI for certain configurations
- Backup and restore are not as intuitive as they could be
Return on Investment
- Reduced costs with cloud services
- Reduced costs with real machines
- Reduced devops work load
Usability
Alternatives Considered
VMware vSphere
Other Software Used
DataGrip, Microsoft 365, OneDrive, Google Drive, Cloudflare
Proxmox VE: The Open-Source Virtualization Platform for Efficient and Cost-Effective Server Managemen
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I have been using Proxmox for a long time. I migrated from other payment solutions since none satisfied and justified the relationship between price and productivity. My needs were a good administration of the server resources and to guarantee the continuous operation of my services. The good backup system and the functionality of updated templates as containers are interesting extras. 100% web environment.
Pros
- BackUp System, provides extensive propiertes and verifications. An exclusive server for BackUp Administration (PBS)
- Hardware Customization. You can select several properties to adapt the hardware to your needs
- Easy administration. You will be able to manage the server with easily accessible tools such as the web console and usage statistics.
- Certificates Administration.
Cons
- Import a VM from the web console. You have to do some research to import a vm from another Hypervisor.
- On several occasions you will have to carry out research to solve the problems.
Return on Investment
- Integrity and Agility in services.
- Greater control of server resources
- Greater accessibility for server administration
Alternatives Considered
VMware ESXi, Citrix Hypervisor and Oracle VM VirtualBox
The power of cloud everywhere
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Proxmox VE is the best solution to use bare-metal company resources in a cloud way. Proxmox VE let users to have a sort of cloud in house, with API a nice web interface and many automation possibility. Is the must to have solution if you need to run the same software with Proxmox VE locally and on a remote solution (cloud providers, baremetal, vps etc).
Pros
- Live Migration of VM on different nodes.
- HA architecture without SPOF, multi master and Watchdog based Fencing.
- Programmable Backup and restore.
- Terraform provider plugin for Proxmox VE.
Cons
- Lack in ARM architectures support.
- Better integration with cloud providers, for example Oracle Serverless.
Return on Investment
- Save money for licenses.
- Avoid vendor lock-in (high cost migrating the solutions).
- Possibility to use low cost or high quality server based on business needs.
Alternatives Considered
VMware ESXi, Hyper-V and Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)
Other Software Used
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, AWS Certificate Manager
Free, but same function
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Proxmox in the test center, it provides an easy and beautiful web console, by using the free management script and the web console, we got an easy-to-use virtual machine management platform. And Proxmox is an open-source software, we had added our sso and hardware management features to it.
Pros
- vm management
- web interface
- open source
Cons
- cluster management
- working with ceph
Return on Investment
- It worked near the paid solution but free
Other Software Used
VMware ESXi