--- description: Learn more about Proxmox VE price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in South Africa. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Proxmox VE Price, Reviews & Features - Capterra South Africa 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Virtualisation Software](/directory/30618/virtualization/software) > [Proxmox VE](/software/210797/proxmox-ve) # Proxmox VE Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.za/software/210797/proxmox-ve Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/210797/proxmox-ve?page=2) > Open-source server virtualization platform that helps businesses manage and restore virtual machines, containers, and physical host. > > Verdict: Rated **4.8/5** by 20 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Proxmox VE? Open-source enterprise virtualization platform that is designed for EDU/GOV, Enterprise, Healthcare, NGO and more entities, it supports self fencing, live migration, command line, rest API and more. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 20 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Proxmox Server Solutions ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$100,24 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: It is also available at $318.42/yr/CPU socket and $469.37/yr/CPU socket. - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200 - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop) - **Available Countries**: Austria ## Features - Virtual Machine Monitoring ## Category - [Virtualisation Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30618/virtualization/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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It was also very easy to integrate a NAS to store backups to it, and backup and restore actions are super easy. As is automating nightly backups. As is installing monthly Proxmox Server updates, there's literally a few buttons you click in the web ui and you are up to date. I pay extra for the subscription for updates because this service has proven itself very useful to us. There's also services in it I haven't started using yet like the ability to automate offloading a VM to another Node if there's a need for it's primary Node to go down. > > **Cons**: If you haven't done any work with virtual machines before, there's a learning curve for sure, but it's worth learning if you want to add any free or cheap virtual machines to your Organization or internally to your department. > > Proxmox is a free Open Source Virtualization platform for running Virtual Machines. I've been using it at my job now for several years and it's outstanding. ----- ### "Proxmox, a professional and hobbyists review" — 5.0/5 > **Dejan** | *24 May 2025* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Great VMware alternative, flexible, simple UI, has many features and easy to set up and migrate to and from > > **Cons**: Can be a bit cluncky in its file and configure structure but when you get used to it its pretty good. > > Over all hapy and have completely moved aware from a VMware house to a proxmox house with clustering and all built in you can't go wrong and the price is free for features others charge thousands for. ----- ### "The Definitive Virtualization Platform for Security Labs" — 5.0/5 > **Lupe** | *16 January 2026* | Computer & Network Security | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Native support for both LXC containers and KVM virtual machines makes it superior to ESXi for home labs. The web interface is clean, and the backup server integration is seamless. The clustering capability allows for easy expansion as my lab grows. > > **Cons**: The subscription notice on login can be persistent on the free community version (though removable via CLI). The learning curve for ZFS storage pools can be steep for beginners compared to standard RAID. > > Proxmox has been the backbone of my security lab. It allows me to spin up complex environments for testing quickly and reliably. The ability to mix containers and VMs on the same host saves significant hardware resources. It is a must-have for any serious technical practitioner looking to build a scalable testing ground. ----- ### "Great virtualisation platform" — 5.0/5 > **Yohan** | *25 January 2025* | Food & Beverages | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Proxmox VE is a very lightweight operating system. This means it can be run on less powerful computers. > > **Cons**: Managing storage volumes is too complex for beginners ----- ### "Hands-down best Hypervisor" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *06 August 2024* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I LOVE this product, it just works. Virtualization, built in containers, networking that supports most adapters, it is a simple and straightforward. Clustering and HA is awesome, even for smaller node deployments. > > **Cons**: The learning curve is steep when coming from another platform such as VMWare ESXI, but once you get the hang of it is easy. > > Very positive, I'm glad we switched to using Proxmox over ESXI. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/210797/proxmox-ve?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/210797/proxmox-ve) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data