Proxmox Virtual Environment
🇦🇹 AT · Free plan · paid from €120/yr
4.6/5· 68 reviews across 3 portals
Open-source on-prem virtualization with KVM and LXC
Replaces
Proxmox Virtual Environment is sought as a European alternative to:
Features
Compute & Virtualization
- Full KVM virtualization for Linux and Windows VMs
- Lightweight Linux Containers (LXC)
- PCIe passthrough and NVIDIA vGPU support
- Integrated VMware ESXi import wizard
High Availability & Clustering
- Multi-master cluster design with pmxcfs and Corosync
- Out-of-the-box HA Manager
- Zero-downtime live migration
- Dynamic HA balancing (CRS scheduling)
- Integrated HA simulator
Storage & Software-Defined Storage
- Integrated Ceph (RBD and CephFS)
- Local ZFS pools with software RAID and replication
- LVM/LVM-thin, iSCSI LUN, NFS, SMB/CIFS
- Linked and full VM cloning
Networking & Security
- Software-Defined Networking (SDN) with EVPN, VXLAN, BGP
- QinQ and standard Linux bridge networking
- Integrated distributed stateful firewall
- IPAM management
Backup & Disaster Recovery
- Native vzdump backup tool
- Live-restore and single file recovery
- Backup fleecing and ZFS snapshot replication
- Deep integration with Proxmox Backup Server (PBS)
Identity, Access & Compliance
- Granular role-based access control (RBAC) with ACLs
- API tokens and user sync jobs
- UEFI Secure Boot and virtual TPM (vTPM)
- Multi-factor authentication (TOTP, WebAuthn, recovery keys)
Management & Automation
- Built-in ExtJS web GUI
- Command-line interface (CLI) with man pages
- Fully documented REST API (JSON Schema)
- Mobile interface/app
- Unattended bare-metal ISO installations
- Central management via Proxmox Datacenter Manager
Pricing
- Full software functionality under GNU AGPLv3
- No licensing cost
- Public/no-subscription repository
- Access to stable Enterprise Repository
- Community forum support only
- Access to Enterprise Repository
- 3 support tickets per year
- 1 business day response time for critical issues
- Access to Enterprise Repository
- 10 support tickets per year
- 4-hour response time, 24/7 support phased in
- Access to Enterprise Repository
- Unlimited support tickets
- 2-hour response time, 24/7 support
Prices are net, excluding VAT. Verify socket count and local tax requirements.
EU Trust Profile
What we verified against public sources, last checked 2026-09-22. Every point links to its evidence.
- Evidence →EU data residency
Applies to Proxmox's own web analytics (Matomo) data, not customer workloads.
- Evidence →European legal entityProxmox Server Solutions GmbH, Vienna (AT)
Registered in Austria under FN 258879f at Handelsgericht Wien.
- Evidence →Open sourceGNU AGPLv3
We list only what we could verify against a public source on the check date. A point that is absent was not established either way — it is not a finding against the vendor. The vendor's own information prevails.
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Reviews
Recurring themes, synthesized from public reviews across portals.
What users value
- Free and open-source under GNU AGPLv3 with no feature paywalls or vendor lock-in
- Dual KVM and LXC virtualization in a single management interface
- Built-in live VM migration, ZFS/Ceph storage, and software-defined networking
- Responsive and familiar web-based management interface
- High system stability, minimal hypervisor overhead, and rock-solid uptime
- Seamless GPU passthrough for AI and LLM workloads
- Large, active community forum and extensive public documentation
- Transparent per-socket enterprise repository pricing with no artificial capacity limits
Where users see room to improve
- · Steep Linux-centric learning curve, especially for Windows administrators
- · GUI limitations require CLI and manual config file edits for advanced tasks
- · Official vendor support requires paid subscriptions with ticket limits
Ratings across portals
Linked facts, we bring ratings from every portal together in one place.
Integrations
Proxmox Virtual Environment: frequently asked questions
- How much does Proxmox Virtual Environment cost?
- Proxmox Virtual Environment has a free plan; paid plans start at €120/yr. Plans: Community (€120/yr), Basic (€370/yr), Standard (€550/yr), Premium (€1,100/yr). Prices are net, excluding VAT. Verify socket count and local tax requirements.
- Which tools does Proxmox Virtual Environment integrate with?
- Proxmox Virtual Environment connects with Microsoft Active Directory, LDAP, OpenID Connect (OIDC), Linux PAM, InfluxDB, Graphite, Terraform and OpenTofu, plus 10 more integrations we found.
- Where does Proxmox Virtual Environment store its data?
- Applies to Proxmox's own web analytics (Matomo) data, not customer workloads.
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Feature, pricing and integration details are based on web research (as of 2026-09-21), without guarantee, errors are possible. The vendor's website prevails.