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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (34.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (68.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
€ 4,99 month (per CPU)
Azure Virtual Machines
Star Rating
(385)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (34.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Azure Virtual MachinesProxmox VE
Star Rating
(33)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (68.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
€ 4,99 month (per CPU)
Browse all 4 pricing plansAzure Virtual Machines vs Proxmox VE
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found them equally easy to use and administer. However, Azure Virtual Machines is easier to set up, and do business with overall.
- Reviewers felt that Azure Virtual Machines meets the needs of their business better than Proxmox VE.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Azure Virtual Machines is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Proxmox VE over Azure Virtual Machines.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Azure Virtual Machines
No pricing availableProxmox VE
COMMUNITY
€ 4,99
month (per CPU)
- Access to Enterprise repository
- Support via community forum
Free Trial
Azure Virtual Machines
No trial information availableProxmox VE
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.0
332
8.8
30
Ease of Use
8.6
332
8.6
30
Ease of Setup
8.6
198
8.0
25
Ease of Admin
8.6
190
8.6
25
Quality of Support
8.3
320
6.8
20
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
182
8.6
18
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
320
10.0
30
Features by Category
Infrastructure Provision
9.0
60
Not enough data
8.6
55
Not enough data
9.0
52
Not enough data
7.2
48
Not enough data
8.3
53
Not enough data
9.3
58
Not enough data
8.5
48
Not enough data
9.1
56
Not enough data
Management
8.9
55
Not enough data
8.9
53
Not enough data
8.7
54
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
53
Not enough data
Performance
8.4
25
9.1
11
8.3
25
8.2
10
9.0
26
8.7
9
Functionality
8.9
29
9.4
11
8.5
28
9.1
11
8.7
28
9.2
11
9.3
29
8.2
10
Agentic AI - Server Virtualization
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Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Azure Virtual Machines and Proxmox VE are categorized as Server Virtualization
Unique Categories
Azure Virtual Machines is categorized as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Proxmox VE has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Azure Virtual Machines
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Proxmox VE
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
29.8%
Computer Software
18.2%
Computer & Network Security
7.3%
Accounting
4.3%
Information Services
2.4%
Other
37.9%
Information Technology and Services
40.6%
Computer & Network Security
12.5%
Computer Software
9.4%
Oil & Energy
6.3%
Internet
6.3%
Other
25.0%
Alternatives
Discussions
What are Azure virtual machines used for?
2 Comments
RL
Some use cases:
Application Hosting, Development and Testing, Data Processing and Analytics, Disaster Recovery, High-Performance Computing (HPC), Hybrid...Read more
Possibility of importing virtual machines from other platforms
2 Comments
DF
While the answer is yes, unfortunately at the time of writing importing ova files for example isn't a gui based thing. An example is here:...Read more
What operating system is proxmox?
1 Comment
RL
Proxmox VE is a complete operating system based on Debian LinuxRead more
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