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Compare DigitalOcean and Proxmox VE 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (85.9% of reviews)
Small-Business (68.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $4.00
€ 4,99 month (per CPU)
DigitalOcean
Star Rating
(735)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (85.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $4.00
Browse all 11 pricing plansProxmox 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 plansDigitalOcean vs Proxmox VE
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found DigitalOcean easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with DigitalOcean overall.
- Reviewers felt that DigitalOcean meets the needs of their business better than Proxmox VE.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that DigitalOcean is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Proxmox VE over DigitalOcean.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
DigitalOcean
Droplets
Starting at $4.00
Simple, affordable, fast virtual machines
- Deploys in seconds
- Scales up on demand
- Run any workload from mission critical apps to low traffic sites
Proxmox VE
COMMUNITY
€ 4,99
month (per CPU)
- Access to Enterprise repository
- Support via community forum
Free Trial
DigitalOcean
Free Trial is available
Proxmox VE
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.1
640
8.8
30
Ease of Use
9.3
629
8.6
30
Ease of Setup
9.4
488
8.0
25
Ease of Admin
9.2
406
8.6
25
Quality of Support
8.7
523
6.8
20
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.2
379
8.6
18
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
629
10.0
30
Features by Category
Core Conversational Capabilities - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Interaction
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Task & Flow Management - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Deployment & Embedding - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Admin & Configuration - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
System
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring & Improvement - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reliability & Safety - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
Not enough data
Infrastructure Provision
9.1
145
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.4
77
Not enough data
8.3
120
Not enough data
9.3
152
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
132
Not enough data
Management
8.9
154
Not enough data
8.7
154
Not enough data
8.7
147
Not enough data
Functionality
8.4
82
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
9.1
11
Not enough data
8.2
10
Not enough data
8.7
9
Functionality
Not enough data
9.4
11
Not enough data
9.1
11
Not enough data
9.2
11
Not enough data
8.2
10
Agentic AI - Server Virtualization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration - Machine Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Learning - Machine Learning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Virtual Private Servers (VPS)
7.5
21
Not enough data
7.3
20
Not enough data
7.5
20
Not enough data
Hosting Management
8.4
346
Not enough data
8.9
353
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
285
Not enough data
8.2
240
Not enough data
8.7
267
Not enough data
7.9
216
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
296
Not enough data
8.6
294
Not enough data
Development
8.9
74
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
74
Not enough data
8.8
69
Not enough data
7.9
69
Not enough data
Database
8.7
69
Not enough data
7.8
68
Not enough data
7.9
67
Not enough data
8.6
67
Not enough data
8.9
69
Not enough data
Infrastructure
8.8
70
Not enough data
9.0
71
Not enough data
8.3
69
Not enough data
Configuration
8.8
51
Not enough data
8.7
51
Not enough data
8.6
51
Not enough data
7.4
50
Not enough data
8.7
50
Not enough data
Database Administration
8.7
51
Not enough data
8.4
51
Not enough data
7.8
50
Not enough data
Availability
9.2
51
Not enough data
8.8
50
Not enough data
8.4
51
Not enough data
8.4
50
Not enough data
Security
7.7
47
Not enough data
8.0
48
Not enough data
7.7
46
Not enough data
Data Management
8.6
47
Not enough data
7.5
47
Not enough data
Management
9.3
39
Not enough data
9.0
38
Not enough data
8.5
37
Not enough data
Organization
8.9
37
Not enough data
9.0
38
Not enough data
8.9
37
Not enough data
Development
8.8
37
Not enough data
8.8
35
Not enough data
8.9
36
Not enough data
9.2
35
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
DigitalOcean and Proxmox VE share no categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
DigitalOcean
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
Computer Software
24.6%
Information Technology and Services
19.7%
Internet
6.9%
Marketing and Advertising
5.8%
Computer & Network Security
3.0%
Other
39.9%
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 droplets in DigitalOcean?
7 Comments
JL
Companies like to rename existing concepts to make them seem more exclusive. A Droplet is what Digital Ocean has decided to name its virtual machines,...Read more
What's your primary use case for DigitalOcean?
2 Comments
TR
I use it for hosting my staging websites for my web dev business as well as hosting my own website. I'm not a big fan of web hosting companies, especially as...Read more
Are digital ocean droplets VPS?
2 Comments
JL
Yes, Droplets are what Digital Ocean calls their VPS's.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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