Comparison ·
Provibr vs SolusVM
SolusVM manages virtual machines on your own nodes, licensed per node. Provibr manages the whole estate from outside. Where each one fits, with the sums.
By Provibr
These two are not the same kind of product, and the fastest way to see it is this: SolusVM is a hypervisor control panel; Provibr is the layer above one. SolusVM creates and runs virtual machines on your nodes. Provibr talks to a hypervisor, and to the control panels and game panels beside it, and turns whatever they manage into one inventory with one capacity figure.
So the real question is not "which one", it is "do you need the layer above at all".
When SolusVM alone is enough
If VPS is the only thing you sell, on your own hardware, with one panel and one billing system, SolusVM does the job on its own. You do not need what we add, and adding it would be a line on your invoice for a problem you do not have.
Come back when a second kind of product appears: shared hosting, game servers, a second hypervisor, a reseller who needs their own slice. That is the moment the layer above starts to earn its keep.
When the layer above starts to matter
A second product type. The day you sell hosting accounts next to VPS, you have two panels, two APIs, two permission models and two places to look when a customer asks why something is down. Provibr covers web hosting panels and game panels next to Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere and oVirt, with one API and one activity log.
Suspension that means something commercially. In Provibr a suspended resource stops counting towards what you pay for: the dunning step you already wanted also frees the slot. That is a property of the layer above, not of a hypervisor panel.
Nothing listening on the internet. Our agent connects outbound; you open no inbound port for us and run no VPN.
The licensing models are shaped differently
SolusVM licenses the infrastructure: a management node, plus compute capacity per node.
SolusVM lists a Management Node at $21.25 per year and a Management Node with Virtualization at $102.00 per year, with compute licensed per node: Unlimited at $102.00 per year, Mini at $51.00 per year for up to 5 VPS, and Micro at $25.50 per year for up to 2 VPS.
Provibr licenses the resources you sell: €0.20 per virtual machine per month, €0.10 per web server, €0.10 per game server, €0.40 per dedicated server. That is capacity, not usage, known before the month starts.
That difference cuts both ways and it is worth being blunt about it:
- Dense nodes favour SolusVM's shape. One node with a hundred VPS on an unlimited licence is a fixed annual cost; the same hundred VMs cost more per month with us. If your business is packing nodes as full as they go, do that sum before anything else.
- Mixed and sparse inventories favour ours. Twelve VPS, forty hosting accounts and a handful of game servers spread over four machines is where per-node licensing gets awkward and per-resource pricing does not.
Neither model is cleverer than the other. They are answers to different questions, and the arithmetic depends on your inventory, which is why this page does not show you a chart with one bar conveniently shorter.
The table
| Provibr | SolusVM | |
|---|---|---|
| What it manages | Panels of every kind: VPS, hosting, game | Virtual machines on your nodes |
| Deployment | SaaS, agent inside your network | Self-hosted |
| Licensed per | Resource sold | Node |
| Billing period | Monthly, prepaid | Annual (monthly available) |
| Proxmox VE (KVM/LXC) | Available now | Available now |
| VMware / ESXi | Available now | Not published |
| Web hosting panels | 8Available now | Not offered |
| Game panels | 6Available now | Not offered |
| Runs the hypervisor itself | No, it talks to Proxmox | Available now |
| Inbound firewall ports | None | Depends on your deployment |
They are not mutually exclusive
The row that matters most is the second-to-last one. SolusVM runs virtualisation; we talk to it. A provider who runs SolusVM today and adds shared hosting tomorrow does not have to replace anything. The layer above sits on top of what is already there.
Today that layer speaks Proxmox for virtual machines, and not SolusVM. If your VPS estate is on SolusVM, we cannot drive it, and that is a limitation of ours and not a criticism of theirs.
Frequently asked questions
Can Provibr manage a SolusVM estate?
No. Provibr speaks Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere and oVirt for virtual machines, and not SolusVM. If your VPS estate runs on SolusVM we cannot drive it, and that is a limitation of ours rather than a criticism of theirs.
Which licensing model works out cheaper?
That depends on your inventory, because the two are shaped differently. SolusVM licenses the infrastructure per node, so one node packed with a hundred VPS on an unlimited licence is a fixed annual cost. Provibr licenses the resources you sell, which suits mixed and sparse inventories. Do that arithmetic with your own numbers before anything else.
Do I have to replace SolusVM to add a layer above it?
No. SolusVM runs virtualisation; Provibr talks to panels. A provider who adds shared hosting tomorrow is not replacing anything, as long as the virtual machines themselves are on Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere or oVirt.
When is SolusVM on its own enough?
When VPS is the only thing you sell, on your own hardware, with one panel and one billing system. A layer above would then be a line on your invoice for a problem you do not have.
Read next
- SolusVM alternatives: the wider field
- Integrations: what each platform actually does, with its status
- Pricing: the calculator, with your own numbers
