Proxmox Subscriptions & Pricing
Enterasource is an authorized Proxmox reseller that also sells turnkey enterprise server hardware. Buy your subscription and your server from the same vendor — pre-installed, configured, tested, and shipped with a 2-year warranty.
Turnkey Proxmox Servers — Ready to Deploy
Enterasource delivers Proxmox servers that work out of the box. Order a refurbished Dell PowerEdge or HPE ProLiant server configured to your specs, and we pre-install Proxmox VE with your chosen subscription tier before it ships. Every server goes through our testing lab with a multi-point hardware diagnostic, so what arrives at your door is a production-ready virtualization host — not a bare chassis you still need to set up.
Buy your Proxmox subscription and your server from the same vendor. Configure the server, select the Proxmox subscription tier, and check out in a single order.
Configure Your Server
Choose CPUs, memory, drives, RAID controller, and networking. Dual-socket or single-socket.
Select Proxmox Tier
Add a Proxmox VE subscription at Community, Basic, Standard, or Premium. Or select “None” for hardware only.
Tested & Shipped
We install Proxmox, run diagnostics, and ship with a 2-year warranty and free ground shipping to the lower 48 states.
Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) Subscription Pricing
Proxmox VE subscriptions are priced per CPU socket, per year. A single-socket server requires one subscription. A dual-socket server requires two. All tiers include the complete Proxmox VE feature set, Enterprise Repository access for stable and tested updates, and security patches. Higher tiers add more support tickets and faster response times from the Proxmox engineering team.
| Tier | 1 CPU Socket / Year | 2 CPU Sockets / Year | 4 CPU Sockets / Year | Support Tickets | Response Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community | $136 | $271 | $543 | Community forum only | N/A |
| Basic | $419 | $838 | $1,676 | 3 per year | 1 business day |
| Standard | $625 | $1,251 | $2,502 | 10 per year | 4 hours (business hours) |
| Premium | $1,251 | $2,502 | $5,003 | Unlimited | 2 hours (business hours) |
What Every VE Subscription Includes
- Enterprise Repository access — stable, tested updates for production environments
- Complete feature set — no features are locked behind higher tiers
- Security patches and updates — delivered through the Enterprise Repository
- Customer portal access — manage subscriptions, open support tickets, track renewals
Standard & Premium Also Include
- Remote support via SSH — Proxmox engineers can connect directly for troubleshooting
- Offline subscription key activation — for air-gapped or restricted-network environments
- Datacenter Manager Enterprise Repository and support
Proxmox Backup Server Pricing
Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) is a dedicated backup solution for Proxmox VE environments. It supports incremental backups, client-side encryption, and content-based deduplication for virtual machines, containers, and physical hosts. PBS subscriptions are priced per backup server per year — no limits on backup clients, storage capacity, or backup jobs.
| Tier | Price / Year (Per Server) | Support Tickets | Response Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community | $637 | Community forum only | N/A |
| Basic | $1,274 | 5 per year | 1 business day |
| Standard | $2,549 | 15 per year | 4 hours (business hours) |
| Premium | $5,098 | Unlimited | 2 hours (business hours) |
PBS pricing is per backup server with unlimited backup clients and unlimited storage capacity. Pair with a high-capacity Dell PowerEdge R740xd or R750xs for a dedicated backup appliance.
Proxmox Mail Gateway Pricing
Proxmox Mail Gateway (PMG) is an open-source email security solution that filters spam, viruses, and phishing before messages reach your mail server. PMG subscriptions are priced per host per year with unlimited users and unlimited domains — no per-mailbox fees.
| Tier | Price / Year (Per Host) | Support Tickets | Response Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community | $212 | Community forum only | N/A |
| Basic | $602 | 5 per year | 1 business day |
| Standard | $1,428 | 15 per year | 4 hours (business hours) |
| Premium | $2,124 | Unlimited | 2 hours (business hours) |
PMG pricing is per host with unlimited users and unlimited domains. Most deployments run PMG as a virtual appliance on an existing Proxmox VE cluster.
How Proxmox Licensing Works
Proxmox uses per-socket pricing for VE, per-server pricing for Backup Server, and per-host pricing for Mail Gateway. There are no per-VM, per-core, or per-user fees. Every subscription tier unlocks the same complete feature set — the only differences between tiers are the number of support tickets and response time.
Per-Socket vs. Per-Host Pricing
Proxmox VE is licensed per physical CPU socket, not per core. A dual-socket Dell PowerEdge R640 with two 28-core Xeon processors requires a 2-CPU subscription — the same price regardless of whether those processors have 8 cores or 28 cores each. A single-socket server needs only one subscription. Proxmox Backup Server and Mail Gateway are simpler: one subscription per server or host, regardless of CPU count.
Enterprise Repository Access
Every paid subscription — Community tier and above — includes access to the Proxmox Enterprise Repository. The Enterprise Repository contains packages that have been tested for stability and compatibility before release, making it the recommended update source for production environments. Without a subscription, the No-Subscription Repository provides updates that have not been through the same testing process.
Subscription Key Activation
After purchase, you receive a subscription key that you activate through the Proxmox Customer Portal or directly in the Proxmox VE web interface. Standard and Premium subscriptions support offline key activation for environments without direct internet access. Each subscription key is tied to a specific server.
Switching from VMware to Proxmox?
Proxmox VE is the leading open-source alternative to VMware vSphere. Organizations migrating from VMware to Proxmox can reduce virtualization software costs by 80–95% while gaining a fully featured hypervisor with live migration, high availability clustering, and built-in backup integration through Proxmox Backup Server.
Enterasource can supply both the Proxmox subscriptions and the refurbished Dell PowerEdge or HPE ProLiant servers to run them on — configured to your specs, tested in our lab, and backed by a 2-year hardware warranty. Whether you are refreshing a 3-node cluster or scaling to 20+ hosts, we quote the full stack: hardware, Proxmox subscription, and configuration.
| VMware vSphere (Post-Broadcom) | Proxmox VE | |
|---|---|---|
| Licensing model | Per-core or per-CPU bundles | Per-socket (no core counting) |
| Typical cost per server / year | $3,600–8,000+ | $136–1,251 (VE subscription) |
| 10-server annual cost | $36,000–80,000+ | $1,360–12,510 |
| Feature gating | Features locked behind editions | All features in every tier |
| Free tier | No (ESXi free edition discontinued) | Yes (full feature set, community repo) |
| Container support | Requires Tanzu (separate product) | LXC containers built in |
| Backup solution | Requires Veeam or third-party | Proxmox Backup Server (integrated) |
Proxmox-Ready Servers from Enterasource
Every Dell PowerEdge server from the 14th through 16th generation supports Intel VT-x, VT-d, and ECC memory — the full hardware requirement set for Proxmox VE. All servers are configured to order with your choice of processors, memory, drives, RAID controller or HBA, and networking. Add a Proxmox VE subscription in the configurator, and we install it before it ships.
Virtualization Host
Dense VM hosting, general-purpose compute
Recommended:
Dell PowerEdge R640 (1U, 14th Gen)
Dell PowerEdge R650 (1U, 15th Gen)
Dell PowerEdge R660 (1U, 16th Gen)
Dual-socket, up to 56 cores, 24–32 DIMM slots
Storage & Backup
High-capacity for PBS, ZFS, or Ceph
Recommended:
Dell PowerEdge R740xd (2U, 14th Gen)
Dell PowerEdge R750xs (2U, 15th Gen)
Dell PowerEdge R760xs (2U, 16th Gen)
Up to 24+ drive bays, SFF or LFF
Proxmox Cluster
3-node HA cluster, live migration
Recommended:
Dell PowerEdge R740 (2U, 14th Gen)
Dell PowerEdge R750 (2U, 15th Gen)
Dell PowerEdge R760 (2U, 16th Gen)
Balanced compute + storage, PCIe for 10/25GbE
Browse all enterprise servers or request a quote for a custom Proxmox hardware configuration.
Why Buy Proxmox from Enterasource?
Enterasource is an authorized Proxmox reseller based in Irvine, California. We sell all three Proxmox product lines — VE, Backup Server, and Mail Gateway — alongside the enterprise server hardware to run them on.
- Hardware + software from one vendor — configure a server, add a Proxmox subscription, and check out in a single order. Most resellers sell subscriptions only.
- Authorized Proxmox Reseller — Enterasource is an official Proxmox partner authorized to sell subscriptions for all three product lines
- Pre-installed and configured — we install Proxmox VE on your server before it ships. Power on, connect to the web interface, and start deploying VMs.
- Fixed USD pricing — no exchange rate surprises, no EUR-to-USD conversion fees
- B2B payment options — purchase orders, net terms, invoicing, ACH, wire transfer, and credit cards accepted
- 2-year hardware warranty — every server ships with advance replacement warranty coverage at no extra cost
- Testing lab — every server is stress-tested with a multi-point hardware diagnostic process before Proxmox is installed
- Free ground shipping — on all servers to the lower 48 states
Get Your Proxmox Quote
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