Proxmox VE vs VMware Workstation Pro

Proxmox VE

7.4 #1 in Virtualization Management Software

6.9 #17 in IT Automation Software

	Proxmox VE	VMware Workstation Pro
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Free trial		No
Paid from	€10/mo	Free
Platforms	Android, api, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows	Linux, self-hosted, Windows
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment model	self-hosted	self-hosted
Supported hypervisors	KVM, LXC	VMware vSphere
Live migration	Yes	Yes
High availability	Yes	Yes
Disaster recovery	Yes	Yes
API access	Yes	Yes
Paid from	Free
Host platforms	ARM64	Windows, Linux
Guest architecture	KVM full virtualization and lightweight Linux containers	x86_64
GPU acceleration	Yes	Yes
Management interface	Integrated web-based user interface, GUI, CLI, and API	desktop
CNI plugin		Yes
Network policies		Yes
Egress control		Yes
Multi-cluster networking		Yes
Supported platforms		VMware Kubernetes Service (VKS), Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, VMware Tanzu, VMware vSphere
Management model		managed
Kubernetes support		Yes
Dedicated connectivity		Yes
Bare-metal support		Yes
Deployment scope		single-cloud
Nested virtualization		Yes
Configuration management		Yes
Managed service		No
Layer 7 routing		Yes
Layer 4 routing		Yes
Global traffic management		Yes
TLS termination		Yes
Workload coverage		mixed
Policy granularity		identity
Kubernetes enforcement		Yes
Identity-based rules		Yes
Cloud environment		on_premises
Control-plane model		hybrid
Policy segmentation		Yes
Northbound API		Yes
Supported protocols		GENEVE, VLAN, VXLAN, REST, HTTPS, IPFIX, Syslog, IPsec, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, IPv4, IPv6
Storage protocols		Block; NFSv3; NFSv4.1; SMB; S3-compatible object storage
Maximum nodes		64
Replication		Yes
Erasure coding		Yes
S3-compatible access		Yes
VM snapshots		Yes