2 categories · RankedProxmox VE
Proxmox VE is an open-source hypervisor for server virtualization, commonly paired with Ceph or ZFS storage · proxmox.com ↗
Leads at small business. Ranked 4 of 89 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Ranked first. Next is Microsoft Hyper-V at 9%.
Ranked first. Next is Nutanix AHV at 25%. 7 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Nutanix AHV is first at 43%.
Why models recommend it
“Open-source, KVM-based, feature-rich (built-in backup, HA clustering, Ceph storage), highly popular for SMBs, edge compute, and cost-conscious enterprises.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · first choice
“Choose Proxmox VE if you want a cost-effective, open-source platform with robust HCI/Ceph support, built-in backup tools, and no software paywalls”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Comparative question · first choice
“The best value-for-money solution. If you want to avoid being locked into a massive vendor relationship, Proxmox is the winner.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Direct question · first choice
“Currently the top recommendation for mid-market companies trying to reduce costs while retaining high-performance features.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Scale-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Proxmox VE — Cost-effective open-source option (watch enterprise support).”Grok 4.20 · Scale-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Proxmox VE, over the 220 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 169 | 34 | Compare → | |
| 146 | 34 | Compare → | |
| 121 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 63 | 0 | View → | |
| 42 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 41 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 40 | 0 | View → | |
| 39 | 0 | View → | |
| 34 | 0 | View → | |
| 29 | 2 | View → |
What the models named instead of Proxmox VE →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Proxmox VE's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- professional IT environments
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 179 of the 220 answers that named Proxmox VE and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
369 of the 432 domain citations in answers naming Proxmox VE came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Grok 4.20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| News or press | 96 | undated | |||
| Blog | 74 | undated | |||
| Podcast or video | 58 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 1 | undated |
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page proxmox.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.