Community vs Enterprise Edition¶
Choose the edition that fits your needs: free and open source Community Edition for personal use, or feature-rich Enterprise Edition for production environments.
Community Edition
Free & Open Source
Perfect for home labs, small deployments, and learning
Enterprise Edition
Professional & Advanced
Everything in Community Edition, plus:
Advanced features • Professional support • Enterprise modules
Module Comparison¶
Product Roadmap & Status¶
This section outlines the current development status of upcoming and evolving modules.
| Status | Meaning | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ✅ Available | Stable | Fully supported and production-ready |
| 🚀 Release Candidate | Near Release | Feature-complete, final testing phase |
| 🚧 Coming Soon | In Development | Actively under development |
| 📐 In Design | Planning | Under analysis and design phase |
| ❌ Not Available | N/A | Not planned or discontinued |
Notes¶
- Features in 🚀 or 🚧 status may change before final release.
- 📐 modules are subject to roadmap prioritization.
- Enterprise customers may request early access.
Modules and Features¶
| Module | CE | EE | Category | Description | EE Enhancements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admin Area | ✅ | ✅ | System | Cluster management and administration (CE: Single user admin@local, no user management) |
|
| AI Assistant | ❌ | 🚧 | Utilities | Chat-based AI for cluster automation and diagnostics | |
| AI Server (MCP) | 🚀 | 🚀 | Utilities | Model Context Protocol server |
|
| AutoSnap | ✅ | ✅ | Protection | Automated snapshot scheduling with retention policies | |
| Backup Analytics | ✅ | ✅ | Health | Backup job analysis and monitoring | |
| Bots | ✅ | ✅ | Control | Remote cluster management via Telegram | |
| Command Palette | ✅ | ✅ | Application | Quick access to commands and navigation (Ctrl+K / Cmd+K) |
|
| Dashboard | ✅ | ✅ | Application | Customizable dashboards with 15+ widgets | |
| Diagnostic | ✅ | ✅ | Health | Infrastructure diagnostics and health checks | |
| Metrics Exporter | ✅ | ✅ | Health | Prometheus metrics exporter for monitoring integration | |
| Node Protect | ✅ | ✅ | Protection | Node configuration backup |
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| Notifier | ✅ | ✅ | Notification | Notification system (CE: Email only) |
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| Profile | ✅ | ✅ | Application | User profile management |
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| Replication Analytics | ✅ | ✅ | Health | Replication job monitoring and analysis | |
| Resources | ✅ | ✅ | Health | Real-time cluster and resource monitoring |
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| System Report | ✅ | ✅ | Utilities | Comprehensive cluster/VM/node/storage reports | |
| Update Manager | ✅ | ✅ | Health | System update management |
|
| UPS Monitor | ❌ | 🚧 | Protection | Network UPS monitoring via SNMP | |
| VM Performance | ❌ | ✅ | Health | Real-time VM performance tracking with IOPS, latency, bandwidth metrics |
Addon Modules (Enterprise Only)¶
These are optional add-on modules available exclusively for Enterprise Edition, sold separately or included in specific subscription tiers.
| Addon Module | Status | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portal | ✅ | Management | Multi-tenant MSP portal with role-based access control (RBAC) for service providers |
| Workflow | 🚧 | Automation | Visual workflow designer with 30+ Proxmox-specific activities for advanced automation |
| DDR | 📐 | Disaster Recovery | Disaster Recovery orchestration with Ceph RBD Mirror support (Alpha) |
| DRS | 📐 | Resource Mgmt | Distributed Resource Scheduler for intelligent VM load balancing (Alpha) |
Support Options¶
Community Edition
Free community support via GitHub:
Public issue tracking
Community discussions
Documentation and guides
Best-effort response time
No SLA guarantee
Enterprise Edition
Professional Support
Community support, plus:
Dedicated support team
Priority issue resolution
Expert technical assistance
Licensing¶
Community Edition
Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
✅ Free forever
✅ Full source code access
✅ Modify as you need
✅ No usage restrictions
✅ Perfect for home labs & learning
ℹ️ Community support
Best for:
Personal projects
Small deployments
Testing and development
Learning Proxmox management
Enterprise Edition
Subscription-Based
All CE features, plus:
✅ Advanced enterprise modules
✅ Professional support included
✅ Custom integrations
✅ Keep modifications private
✅ Commercial warranty
✅ Flexible subscription plans
Best for:
Production environments
Business deployments
MSP & service providers
Mission-critical operations
Pricing¶
Community Edition
Free Forever
No cost
No license fees
No hidden charges
Single user
Unlimited clusters
No time limits
Enterprise Edition
Custom Pricing
CE is free forever, EE pricing based on:
Number of Proxmox nodes
Optional addon modules