Proxmox VE Reviews and Pricing

it_user3498

Architect at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

Jan 7, 2013

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Simple install open source, but poor support for USB and OSx

Pros and Cons

"Open source with very active community"

"MS Windows performance is poor and the VDI capabilities are still immature."

What is most valuable?

· Bear metal simple install · Runs on many different form factors- requires minimal hardware but take advantage of super-computer. From a tiny media servers to huge enterprise machines. · No CPU or memory restrictions · Many media options – local, iscsi, NFS, etc. · Run full virtualization and container based virtualization simultaneously (OpenVZ and KVM) · Intuitive web managed interface · Many enterprise advanced features · Free commercial use allowed · Open source with very active community · Large repository of open source easy to download pre-made container images that go from hyperlinks to VMs in minutes.

What needs improvement?

· MS windows performance · Immature VDI · Poor USB handling · Poor support for OSx · commercial support options · GUI interface stability (v2.0)

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

it_user1068Tech Support Staff at a tech company with 51-200 employees

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Oct 13, 2013

About one of the cons of Proxmox VE: What's with the performance of MS windows that is not good?

Parikshit Kumar Bais

Senior Support Specialist - Technical at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Mar 21, 2023

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The solution's stability and performance should be improved

Pros and Cons

"We had issues with this solution when it comes to resources. We have officially created four to five PMs and it just continues to make more resources even though they are delivered in the main post mode."

"My impression is that currently, this solution is not stable even after multiple versions of improvements."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case for the Proxmox VE solution is iCloud.

What needs improvement?

We had issues with this solution when it comes to resources. We have officially created four to five PMs and it just continues to make more resources even though they are delivered in the main post mode.

Another thing I'd like to see improved is the stability and performance of this solution.