Open-source alternative  ·  Virtualization

Replace VMware vSphere with Proxmox VE.

Full open source hypervisor. KVM + LXC, clustering, live migration, HA, web UI. Zero licensing cost.

You'd keep~R51 996 to ~R210 000/year

Current licence  ·  Virtualization

VMware vSphere

~R51 996 – ~R210 000/yr

10-user estimate

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Proxmox VE

Self-hosted, R0 licence

You keep ~R210 000/yr

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Today's licence price

3 tiers. VMware vSphere's prices.

Vendor-advertised pricing converted to ZAR, 10-user estimate. Pick the tier closest to what your team is on today.

Foundation (2 sockets)

R51 996/yr

R4 333/month

Flat rate

With Proxmox VE

Keep R51 996/yr

Standard (4 sockets)

R105 000/yr

R8 750/month

Flat rate

With Proxmox VE

Keep R105 000/yr

Enterprise (8 sockets)

R210 000/yr

R17 500/month

Flat rate

With Proxmox VE

Keep R210 000/yr

Enterprise and negotiated pricing varies. Book a free audit for your exact number.

Five years on the books

What the spend looks like compounding.

VMware vSphere grows around 10% per year on average. Proxmox VE hosting stays flat. Watch the gap open up.

R0kR93kR186kR279kR372kYear 0Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5R338kR21k flatSalesforce (50 users, 10%/yr inflation)SuiteCRM (self-hosted, maintained)

Five-year cumulative saving

R1.49M

Salesforce alone, single tool, 50 users. Stack multiple tools and the maths compounds harder.

How this migration runs

VMware vSphereProxmox VE, in four moves.

01

Audit

Workflows, customisations, integrations, users. Mapped against the OSS feature set.

02

Plan

Migration sequence, rollback path, parallel-run schedule. You approve every step before we move.

03

Migrate

Stream the data, verify checksums, replay the audit trail. Both stacks run side by side until cutover passes every test.

04

Operate

Documentation in your repo, monitoring on your infra. We stay on as the team that maintains and grows it.

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Free audit. 30 minutes. We map your current setup, surface the real licence costs, and show you the migration in time and rand.