Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Proxmox

The 20 closest server virtualization software alternatives to Proxmox, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 5 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Proxmox? The closest matches are nginx, OVHcloud and HashiCorp. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Proxmox

Proxmox proxmox.com

Proxmox - Powerful open-source server solutions

Proxmox develops powerful and efficient open-source server solutions like the Proxmox VE platform, Proxmox Backup Server, and Proxmox Mail Gateway.

Wikidata: family of free server management products by Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH

Top 10K · #3,847 English 5 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Proxmox

Summary by Claude

Proxmox develops open-source server software: Proxmox VE for KVM virtual machines and LXC containers, Proxmox Backup Server for VM and host backups, Proxmox Datacenter Manager for multi-cluster management, and Proxmox Mail Gateway. Revenue comes from paid enterprise support subscriptions and services.

Who it’s for
IT administrators and businesses running data centers
Business model
Support subscriptions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Proxmox’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

BitnamiBitwardenKubernetesVeeamOxylabsRustDeskVMwareHashiCorpOVHcloudnginx

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Proxmox

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Proxmox, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    nginx nginx.org Top 100

    nginx

    open source web server and a reverse proxy server

  2. 02
    OVHcloud ovhcloud.com Top 10K English

    OVHcloud

    OVHcloud is a global, cloud provider delivering hosted private cloud, public cloud, and dedicated server solutions trusted by over 1.5 million developers.

  3. 03
    HashiCorp hashicorp.com Top 10K English

    Vercel Security Checkpoint

    American software company

  4. 04
    VMware vmware.com Top 10K English

    VMware by Broadcom - Cloud Computing for the Enterprise

    Optimize cloud infrastructure with VMware for app platforms, private cloud, edge, networking, and security.

  5. 05
    RustDesk rustdesk.com Top 10K English

    RustDesk: Open-Source Remote Desktop with Self-Hosted Server Solutions

    RustDesk is open-source remote desktop software for your own self-hosted server, a TeamViewer and AnyDesk alternative for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.

  6. 06
    Oxylabs oxylabs.io Top 10K English

    Oxylabs – High Quality Proxy Service & Web Search API for AI

    Access fresh, reliable web data at any scale with APIs built for AI and premium proxies. Power agents and applications with 177M+ IPs and robust infrastructure.

  7. 07
    Veeam veeam.com Top 10K English

    Veeam: Solving Impossible AI & Data Challenges

    Discover cyber resilient solutions for AI and data. See risk everywhere, move data securely, stay compliant, and accelerate safe AI all with Veeam.

  8. 08
    Kubernetes kubernetes.io Top 10K English

    Kubernetes

    Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery. Kubernetes builds upon 15 years of experience of running production workloads at Google, combined with best-of-breed ideas and practices from the community. Planet scaleDesigned on the same principles that allow Google to run billions of containers a week, Kubernetes can scale without increasing your operations team.

  9. 09
    Bitwarden bitwarden.com Top 10K English

    Best Password Manager for Business, Enterprise & Personal | Bitwarden | Bitwarden

    Bitwarden is the trusted, open source password manager for individuals, teams, and enterprises. Securely store, share, and manage passwords, passkeys, and secrets. Free to start.

  10. 10
    VirtualBox virtualbox.org Top 10K English

    Oracle VirtualBox

    open-source x86 virtualization application

  11. 11
    proquest.com Top 10K

    set of journals

  12. 12
    Bitnami bitnami.com Top 10K

    library of installers or software packages for web applications and development stacks as well as virtual appliances

  13. 13
    Mozilla mozilla.org Top 100 English

    Mozilla - Internet for people, not profit (US)

    We’re working to put control of the internet back in the hands of the people using it.

  14. 14
    FreeBSD freebsd.org Top 10K English

    The FreeBSD Project

    free Unix-like operating system

  15. 15
    Linux kernel kernel.org Top 10K English

    The Linux Kernel Archives

    Unix-like operating system kernel, basis for all Linux operating systems

  16. 16
    Memcached memcached.org Top 10K

    memcached - a distributed memory object caching system

    memcached

  17. 17
    Infomaniak SA infomaniak.com Top 10K English

    Control your data governance with an independent cloud. Solutions hosted in the heart of Europe, designed to protect your confidentiality.

  18. 18
    getcomposer.org Top 10K English

    Composer

    A Dependency Manager for PHP

  19. 19
    SourceForge sourceforge.net Top 1K English

    Compare B2B Software, Download, & Develop Open Source & Business Software - SourceForge

    SourceForge is the complete software discovery platform. SourceForge is the largest B2B software review and comparison site in the world, and features the largest business software directory, as well as free & fast open source software downloads and development.

  20. 20
    Beget beget.com Top 10K English

    Beget — Hosting and Cloud Services | IT Infrastructure Rental

    Beget is a Russian cloud provider ☁️Cloud services rental for businesses and IT projects: dedicated servers, VPS/VDS, S3 storage, DBaaS, hosting, and domain registration.⚡️ High speed ⚡️ Guaranteed 99.98% Uptime ⚡️ 24/7 Support

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to proxmox.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Proxmox uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Proxmox is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

CMS
  • Joomla meta generator: Joomla! - Open Source Content Management
CSS & UI
  • Font Awesome asset https://proxmox.com/media/system/css/joomla-fontawesome.min.css?761e7a
Analytics
  • Matomo page source: _paq.push(
Languages & backends
  • PHP implied by Joomla (meta generator: Joomla! - Open Source Content Management)
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

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Competitors by meaning, stacks from the source. Data from public homepages and DNS.

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