Neverinstall vs Proxmox VE.
Proxmox VE is free to license, with support sold per CPU socket and tenant services built by your team. Neverinstall Private Cloud includes tenant self-service, a first-party Terraform provider and 24×7 support from the engineers who build it.
Tenants, automation and support.
| Proxmox VE | Neverinstall | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost model | Free to license. Support is per CPU socket per year: Basic €370 with 3 tickets, Standard €550 with 10 and Premium €1,100 unlimited. | Per node, quoted for your deployment. Storage, Containers and Managed Kubernetes are included, and extra Virtual Machines add no platform charge. |
| Support | Ticket limits and response targets depend on the tier, from 1 business day on Basic to 2 hours on Premium. The Community tier has no support tickets. | 24×7 support from the engineers who build the platform, with response targets in your contract. |
| Tenant service | Roles, pools and path-based permissions over PAM, LDAP, Active Directory and OpenID Connect. No tenant self-service portal is documented. | Customer accounts with their own networks, limits and self-service access, and an Audit Trail with export. |
| Automation | REST API. Terraform through community providers such as bpg/proxmox; there is no official provider. | Console, CLI, Go SDK, first-party Terraform provider and an OpenAPI 3 API. |
| Storage | Ceph integration, which your team designs, tunes and upgrades. | Ceph storage run as part of the platform and supported by Neverinstall, on internal disks or an existing SAN. |
| Hardware | x86, with arm64 officially supported from 9.2 on NVIDIA Grace and Vera. Other Arm hardware is best effort. | x86 and arm64 servers back to 2012, mixed in one cluster. We check your models before the pilot. |
Proxmox facts are from proxmox.com and the Proxmox VE wiki, checked September 2026.
Measure the work behind the service.
- Set up a tenant
Provision a customer account with its networks, limits and roles, through the Console or Terraform.
- Run the daily tasks
Import a workload, change a role, restore data and apply an update. Your team records each step.
- Compare the costs
You get the pilot results and a per-node quote, set beside your Proxmox subscriptions and the staff time they need.
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Questions from Proxmox teams.
Who handles Ceph design and tuning?
Ceph is part of the platform and supported by Neverinstall. You set the capacity and recovery targets.
How does audit logging work?
Every sign-in and change is recorded in the Audit Trail with the user, action and time. The Audit Trail exports for your logging system.
Can we reuse our servers?
Yes. Neverinstall Private Cloud runs on x86 and arm64 servers back to 2012, and one cluster can mix both.
Can we pilot before moving workloads?
Yes. The pilot runs on separate servers while Proxmox keeps running production.
Who supports the platform?
Neverinstall engineers support the platform 24×7, from installation through updates and troubleshooting, with response targets in your contract.
Compare operating costs.
Bring the tenant services you run and the tasks that take your team time.