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Cycle vs. Proxmox

While Proxmox focuses on server management and VMs / LXC containers, it lacks many of the DevOps features that make the Cycle platform so powerful.
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Looking to Move to Cycle from Proxmox?

Unlock fully-managed multi and hybrid cloud infrastructure, container orchestration, and powerful integrated networking today by switching to Cycle.
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Simplicity
(More opinionated)
Customizability
(More complex)

Plug-and-Play Platform

With Proxmox you wire up bridges, VLANs, storage, and tooling yourself. Cycle ships a vertically integrated platform where networking, storage, images, and deployments work together out of the box.

Unified Control Plane

Run containers and VMs side by side with a single API and UI. Avoid stitching LXC, hypervisors, templates, and external scripts. Cycle centralizes policies, secrets, and releases in one place.

Built-In Networking and Storage

Replace DIY bridges and Ceph setup. Cycle provisions managed overlay networking and persistent volumes automatically with sane defaults and guardrails.

Seamless Multi-Cloud

Proxmox is great on a single cluster. Cycle spans on-prem, colo, and public cloud with a managed overlay network and global flat L3. Add capacity anywhere without rebuilding your stack.

Lower Total Effort

Cycle reduces the surface area you have to build and run: no external load balancers to wire, no ad-hoc monitoring, no one-off scripts. Ship faster with fewer moving parts.

Expert Support Included

Proxmox support requires separate subscriptions and still leaves integrations on you. Cycle includes white-glove help across design, migration, and operations for every tier.

Features

Cycle.io

Proxmox

Architecture and Deployment
Model
Hybrid SaaS & PaaS
Self-Hosted
Management
hybrid(Self + Fully-Managed)
self-managed
Scope
On-prem / Colo / Cloud
On-prem/Colo
Pricing
Tiered(Seats & Servers)
Open Source & Subscription
Bring Your Own Infrastructure
Bare Metal
Multi‑Cloud
Edge Support
Upgrade Automation
automatic
Manual
Core Infrastructure
Containers
LXC
VMs
Functions
BETA
Service Mesh
(Discovery)
Load Balancing
External
DNS
Networking
Automatic(managed overlay)
Manual(bridges / VLAN DIY)
Storage
Automatic(managed volumes)
Manual(local or Ceph DIY)
DevOps & Automation
CI/CD
Integrations
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Stacks(JSON / YAML)
Terraform
API
REST & Webhooks
REST
Monitoring
Basic
Operations & Governance
ACL / RBAC
Multi‑Tenancy
Strong(Environments + Clusters + Namespaces)
Basic
Support Model
Included & Community
Paid & Community
Cycle on any infrastructure
Adopt Cycle Without Additional Lift

Already Using Proxmox?

Integrate Cycle alongside Proxmox by utilizing virtual providers to run Cycle inside Proxmox VMs. Gain the benefits of Cycle's deploy model without the added complexity of moving off your existing platform.

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A Better Alternative to VMware.

Cycle's modern approach simplifies operations, reduces costs, and runs more efficiently. Unlike VMware, Cycle strips away hypervisor overhead and licensing sprawl, giving you one lightweight control plane that deploys anywhere with zero extra moving parts.

Bring Your Own Infrastructure.

Combine cloud and on-prem infrastructure, bare-metal or virtualized, under one platform. Cycle unifies it into a cohesive, managed private cloud.

First Class Multi-Cloud Support.

Deploy to AWS, GCP, Vultr, or almost anywhere with raw compute, all at once. Cycle manages the underlying connectivity and orchestration, so that to you, it's just one big cloud.

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