Proxmox VE Reviews

I primarily use the solution for different virtual servers. I'm using it for snapshots and backups. 

The solution is free to use. It saves us money.

The community is very good if you need information or help.

We can have in-built containers and clustering, which is useful.

The solution has good high availability.

There are a few areas that are lacking. There needs to be a better GUI, for example. In some instances, you need to use the command line.

The scalability could be better.

I've used the solution for two and a half years. 

The solution is stable. I'd rate it 8.5 out of ten. We haven't had any issues with it at all. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. It is reliable. 

I have 15 servers running on the product.

The solution is scalable. I'd rate it seven out of ten. It could be better.

Only three people intervening in the actual solution, however, 300 to 400 people are using the computers that rely on Proxmox. 

I do not have plans to increase usage at this time. If I needed to, I would use this product.

I'd recommend the solution to others. It's free and open source. I'd rate it ten out of ten.

I've never used technical support, You do need to pay for it if you want actual support. Otherwise, you can use the community and that is free. 

We used the free version of ESXi, however, it didn't have very many features that we needed.

The initial setup is easier than anything I've done previously. It's not complex. It's straightforward. 

You can have this solution both on-premises and on the cloud.

It takes about half an hour to deploy. 

I just followed the instructions for the deployment and it was good. 

Only one person is needed to handle deployment. 

The solution can be done in-house. You just follow the guides provided. I personally didn't need any assistance with the process. 

If you are on a budget, it's best to go with Proxmox. It is free to use. However, if you want actual support, you need to pay for it.

I'm a user. I'm in charge of the server farm and doing the configurations for our company.

I might be down two sub-versions. I'm not on the latest version. 

Public Cloud

The solution is used for virtualization, web servers, databases, and S3 storage spaces.

The most valuable feature is that the solution is free of cost.

The solution can be improved by making it more secure and scalable.

I have been using the solution for several years.

The solution is stable. I have not had any issues in the last two years.

The solution is only one node, so it is not scalable.

The initial setup is straightforward.

There is no subscription required for Proxmox VE.

I give the solution an eight out of ten.

We require 15 people for the deployment and maintenance of the solution including two developers.

We have around 400 web visitors that are supported by the solution per day.

We have two environments. We run one with Proxmox VE and the other with VMware.

I recommend the solution to others.

Public Cloud

The initial setup was very easy.

We use the inventory aspect of the solution. It's not just a platform meant for network monitoring. We also use it for inventory maintenance also. For example, I can know if a server was down and for how long. I can see the performance. 

There are advanced plugins that are available. We can extend our network through these. 

There are models written in C as well.

It's been a stable solution. 

We can scale the solution if we need to. 

The pricing is quite reasonable. 

We are not fully satisfied with the solution. 

We have some streams of data from different channels. We have to try to figure out how to monitor everything. There's no great integration of everything. We are not able to identify everything. 

We are only just able to see ICMP and TCP checks happening.

Some systems are there which don't have protocol support. 

The templates and reporting could be better.

We find it difficult to find the root cause of the issues. 

We've been using the solution for four to five years. 

The solution is stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

We have found the product to be scalable. 

Our IP team, security, and monitoring are the only people using the solution. 

We used to other products also. However, this product is better actually. In terms of display metrics, et cetera, the infrastructure, and geo-mapping as well as developing the dashboard and all the additional features have been good.

The solution is simple to set up. There are certain credentials and you simply provide them. 

The price is good. It is very manageable. The licensing is yearly.

We are end-users. 

We use the solution within our own network. It's not public. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. 

I am using it to virtualize microservices.

I have also begun to integrate Proxmox into my DevOps pipeline through scripting.

I have a sensible virtualization technology to spin up VMs on demand.

I'm using several servers now.

The initial setup is straightforward.

The stability is good.

You can scale the solution.

The documentation is great.

If you have problems, you can find answers on their website.

I can't speak to any improvements. It is not lacking features. I have been keeping up with new versions and am thankful for all of the improvements made through the years.

I've been using the solution for five years now.

The stability is very good. It's reliable. There aren't bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

I haven't had any problems with scalability. I'm using it on several servers with large memory and hard disks and it's doing just fine.

M2 disks are completely supported if the bare metal server does.

Setting up the firewall is so easy that it can be managed with scripting.

Proxmox has become a centre of our IT-infrastructure.

I've only used their website when I've had questions. I've never spoken to anyone directly. Therefore, I can't speak to personal experience with technical support.

Positive

We previously used VMware. I switched due to the fact that I wanted to try something different.

The initial setup is not overly complex. It's very straightforward and very simple. 

I had a server that I needed to expose to the internet and I just decided to use it instead of VMware and it worked.

You only really need one person to handle maintenance, however, we have two people on staff that can handle those types of responsibilities. 

I handled the initial setup on my own. I did not need to use an implementation specialist or consultant. 

I've seen a very good ROI.

Collaboration and the networking of more than one server is becoming more important to me now. Preparing to switch to their licensing plan.

I just went directly to this product. I'm aware of other possibilities, KVM and others, however, I decided on Proxmox as it had a good following and good documentation.

Version 8 is almost completely in use now. Two servers are going to be upgraded to 8.

The ability to bond networks is fantastic. We can load-balance without difficulty.

I'd rate the solution at a ten out of ten.

On-premises

Other

Proxmox is a virtual machine and container suite with everything in one place. It does not use Docker directly but uses a specific tool called LXC for containers. They also use it with KVM to offer customers a unified and easy-to-use graphical tool along with a very powerful command line suite of tools for visualization.

Proxmox is from Germany. It is a free product that has all the features, just like the commercial license. The difference is that the customer has access to additional repositories in commercially licensed versions. These include extra plug-ins and capabilities that eventually are used in a production environment.

The free or community edition has a complete suite of virtualization tools and high availability capabilities to provide a complete scenario for production, testing, etc. Proxmox VE is a very, very good product. Proxmox VE is a Debian Linux-based product that can be downloaded on an ISO archive or installed in a Debian Linux environment that the customer already has.

The solution's most valuable feature is that it allows customers to use the power of KVM easily. KVM is a very powerful and difficult tool to use, but Proxmox VE makes it easy.

Proxmox VE editions should be made available to other Linux distributions because they are only attached to Debian. There are people unfamiliar with Debian or have no environment with Debian. It would be very nice if Proxmox VE could eventually port to other Linux distributions.

I have been using Proxmox VE for ten years.

Proxmox VE is a very stable solution.

I rate the solution’s stability ten out of ten.

Proxmox VE is a very scalable solution.

I rate the solution’s scalability ten out of ten.

The solution’s pricing is very fair. The solution's pricing is cheaper than other solutions like VMware, Hyper-V, or Oracle.

Since Proxmox VE has its own firewall, I can use it eventually to manage access to my different virtual machines and containers. The solution provides very good security.

Overall, I rate the solution ten out of ten.

The product helps me to use a group of servers and improves the speed.

The solution's most valuable feature is backups.

Proxmox VE needs to make a deal with Veeam. I was also unable to make version upgrades. I have also encountered backup problems.

I have been using the product for seven months.

I rate Proxmox VE's stability a seven out of ten.

I rate the tool's scalability a five out of ten.

The solution's technical support is not good. I find support through the internet.

Neutral

The tools' deployment is easy and I rate it a seven out of ten. It took two hours to complete. Install Proxmox VE on the server, then proceed to install the hard disk. After that, configure it for the work system and install the desired system. Finally, install all the necessary programs on the server. You need one resource to handle the deployment.

The tool's deployment can be done in-house.

The product is open-source and I rate its pricing an eight out of ten. You need to pay for support and it is costly.

I rate Proxmox VE an eight out of ten.

Private Cloud

My company uses Proxmox VE for VDI, so we basically use it for Windows VDI, and a few of our Linux servers run on it.

My company has benefited from the use of Proxmox VE since it has helped us reduce our costs. Earlier in my company, we were using VMware. My organization's costs related to operations were on the higher side when we were using VMware, especially when it came to areas related to management and updates. With VMware, you need to have an active subscription to run a few basic VMs and other stuff, but on Proxmox VE, you don't need to pay for any overhead costs. You only need to pay for support from Proxmox VE, and otherwise, it is a completely free solution.

The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that my company gets to use the open-source version of the product while also getting better features like clustering and redundancy. Compared to the other products in the market, Proxmox VE has an easier setup phase and can be easily managed.

Proxmox VE doesn't offer a good interface for monitoring. From an improvement perspective, Proxmox VE can offer a better interface for monitoring. Other products like Nutanix offer better monitoring capabilities than Proxmox VE. Proxmox VE doesn't have any other product integrated with it for storage. My company has to look for products from other vendors to take care of the storage part in Proxmox VE. Proxmox can offer its users a storage solution integrated with Proxmox VE.

Feature-wise, the console was the only place where my company saw an issue with Proxmox VE. The console provided by Proxmox VE is not much of a console meant for virtual machines. With Proxmox VE, once you have deployed the virtual machines, you realize that the initial console is not very good, because of which the graphics may seem boring. My company also finds many compatibility issues with the tools you need to install for the virtual machines to work in Proxmox VE, like the drivers and other stuff. My company has to look into many logs and other sources to resolve the compatibility issues related to Proxmox VE. In Proxmox VE, my company installs ISO when the setup phase of a virtual machine is carried out. One of the problems my company faced with Proxmox VE was installing a server with MySQL since it didn't function as an out-of-the-box product, because of which we had to shut down the machine and go through a configuration process. The default processor provided by Proxmox doesn't work.

I have been using Proxmox VE for a year.

It is a stable solution. My company does face some performance-related issues with Proxmox VE, but I feel that such issues are mostly related to hardware and not the solution.

My company hasn't used the scalability options provided by the solution because our hardware is currently fixed. My company operates on an on-premises model, and I don't know how we can avail of the scalability options if we plan to move to a higher version of the hardware.

My company has only two servers running for Proxmox, but we have about a hundred VDIs or virtual machines that run on Proxmox.

I have experience with VMware. We had VMware in our company, which is only for service and not for the VDI part. We did not continue with VMware in our company because it was not an open-source platform. My company mostly prefers to stay on open-source platforms over paid tools.

The initial setup of Proxmox VE was very easy. With Proxmox VE, the installation, clustering, and configuration parts are easy.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model. My company plans to deploy the solution on the cloud in the future.

For the deployment process of Proxmox VE, since my company migrated from VMware to Proxmox VE, we rely on our own hardware. The deployment process didn't require much effort. In our company, we were able to handle the workload related to the deployment process easily.

The migration process from VMware to Proxmox VE was completed in a period of 15 to 20 days. In my company, we had very little workload on VMware. To work on the VDI part in Proxmox VE, my company had to do a fresh setup, meaning we had to start from scratch since we weren't using it with VMware. After looking at the solutions available in the market, my company decided to go ahead with Proxmox VE.

It is an open-source platform.

As a part of my company's evaluation process, we tested VMware.

The solution's maintenance part was very easy.

I recommend Proxmox VE to others considering the online community support and because it is available as an open-source product.

I rate the overall tool an eight out of ten.

On-premises

The ability to back up a host and keep it running is valuable. For a free solution, it provides plenty of features that we find on VWware. We can test networks with the solution. We cannot do these tasks on consumer-grade virtualization services like Openbox or Windows Hyper-V. I found the documentation pretty complete. I was able to find pretty much everything.

It is difficult to remove a virtual machine. Also, it should be easier to find what we remove.

I have been using the solution for three months.

The solution is stable. I rate the stability a ten out of ten.

The initial setup was straightforward and pretty easy. It took us an hour to deploy the first VM. It was pretty fast.

The solution does not require any maintenance yet.

The tool is free.

I just started to configure the product. I will set up the second server next week, so I’ll see how scalable the solution is. I do not know it yet. I didn’t have time to use the full solution to see what could be improved. Overall, I rate the product a ten out of ten.

On-premises

We are cloud providers. We install the product to serve our customers.

KVM hypervisor is a valuable part of the solution.

We are having some problems with the product. It is suitable for small companies with 20 to 100 servers. My organization has more than 2500 servers in the hypervisor platform. We have problems when we try to migrate some servers to Proxmox. We are facing issues with disk utilization and disk performance. We are considering migrating all the servers back to VMware. The product must improve the disk performance and disc issues in general. The servers in Proxmox freeze sometimes. The file systems become read-only file systems after we restart the server. These are the main problems we are having nowadays.

I have been using the solution for a year.

I rate the tool’s stability a five out of ten.

I rate the tool’s scalability a three out of ten. We set up 50 servers in our environment, which worked well. Then, when the virtual server numbers increased to 100, it worked fine. Later, when it was around 200 to 300, the performance got worse. It is getting worse with time. The more we scale, the more we have problems. Currently, we have 300 to 350 virtual servers. Our customers are small businesses.

We have trouble getting help from the support team.

Negative

I rate the ease of setup a four or five out of ten. The initial setup is not exactly difficult, but it is not easy either.

If the deployment is not very detailed, it takes us one day.

I rate the pricing a three out of ten. The product is free. There is no licensing fee. However, we do have to pay to get support. The support costs are reasonable.

I am using the latest version of the solution. I would recommend the solution for small businesses. I would not recommend it for medium and large enterprises. Overall, I rate the product a four out of ten.

On-premises

Proxmox creates an environment for writing script and virtualizing. I'm the senior finance administrator and I work in a research department in the health arena. 

The product is cost-effective to virtualize because of the ability to always create VMs. It allows us to create an individual virtual machine along with the GPU for machine learning. We can create multiple NPI notes, and whenever they need it, we can just power some down and bring them out. The solution is open source which is great for us and it's very reliable. Proxmox has given us the ability to do what a commercial organization can do but it's free. You don't have to buy any hardware. If you do take a subscription, they provide support. It's a good model.

The process for deployment is complicated and can be quite difficult for some; there's a steep learning curve if you've never dealt with the product before. 

We've used this solution for a couple of years. 

Stability is good, the solution functions well. 

Scalability is good, we have around 100 users. 

The initial setup is easy for me, because I'm very familiar with this product. Deployment takes an hour or two. 

The subscription version is not expensive but we don't always have the money to pay it. In that respect, both Netgear and Proxmox have been very important to us. 

This solution is accessible to anyone. It does take time to learn and experiment with it. I rate this product nine out of 10.