Why we run on Proxmox: cloud isolation without cloud bills

A lot of what we run for clients doesn’t need a hyperscaler. It needs isolation, snapshots, predictable performance, and a bill that doesn’t move every month. That’s Proxmox.

What it gives us

Proxmox VE gives us VMs and containers on hardware we control — with live migration, scheduled snapshots, and clustering. Those are the parts of “the cloud” that actually matter for a managed platform, without paying per-gigabyte egress or renting capacity at several times the cost of owning it.

When it’s the right call — and when it isn’t

It isn’t the answer for everything. Spiky, unpredictable load still belongs on elastic infrastructure, and we’ll say so when that’s you. But for steady workloads — databases, mail, internal tooling, tenant containers — a well-run Proxmox host is dramatically cheaper than the managed-cloud equivalent, and we keep the lights on for it.

The point isn’t Proxmox specifically. It’s matching each workload to the cheapest infrastructure that meets its actual requirements.

FAQ

Is Proxmox cheaper than AWS or other clouds? For steady, predictable workloads, usually yes — often by a wide margin, because you avoid egress fees and per-hour rental on capacity you use continuously. For spiky or unpredictable load, elastic cloud can still win.

When should you use Proxmox instead of the cloud? When the workload is steady and the requirement is isolation, snapshots, and predictable performance rather than instant elastic scale — databases, mail servers, internal tools, container hosting.

Do you manage Proxmox for clients? Yes. We run, monitor, and patch it — the savings shouldn’t come with a reliability tax.