Proxmox Datacenter Manager
Shares rank 9 of 12 hypervisors by recommenders
Free tool for managing many Proxmox systems from one interface, which people say lets them build their own cloud without losing security.
7 people recommended Proxmox Datacenter Manager in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
5 of the 7 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.0 available”.
Summary written by Claude from 10 comments.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- mixed feelings
- 0
- warn against or regret it
- 1
The record
Recommended in 3 of 12 months
In 3 different threads.
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
- Recommended in 3 threadsNeeds 5 or more, not met.
- 5 of its 7 recommenders came from one threadNeeds half or less, not met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 10 of the 10 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Single pane for many systems
“PDM is rather handy for the likes of me that have loads of disparate systems down the end of VPNs.”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.0 available” “PDM allows me to use a single pane of glass to manage the lot, with no loss of security.”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.0 available” Long-awaited tool people wanted
“This looks like exactly what everyone wanted”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.0 available” “Finally, what we have all been waiting for!”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.0 available”
Other hypervisors people recommend
The four most recommended other hypervisors, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Mixed | Criticize | Approval | Months | Had for | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proxmox VE | 148 | 41 | 41 | 78% | 12 | 3 yrs15 people | Approved |
| Incus | 71 | 12 | 8 | 90% | 12 | — | Approved |
| KVM | 27 | 4 | 7 | 79% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Sylve | 16 | 1 | 2 | 89% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Proxmox Datacenter ManagerThis page | 7 | 0 | 1 | 88% | 3 | — | — |
Also compared with Hyper-V and bhyve hypervisor.
What people said
All 10 opinions about it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“with Proxmox Datacenter Manager”
“help beta-test Proxmox Datacentre Manager, and push for it”
“PDM allows me to use a single pane of glass to manage the lot, with no loss of security.”
“PDM is rather handy for the likes of me that have loads of disparate systems down the end of VPNs.”
“which would've been an actual killer feature”
“Something that gives me a viable software stack to build my own cloud on easily is a huge win”
“I spun up an instance the other day in a VM and have had no problems.”
“But a great step nonetheless!”
“Finally, what we have all been waiting for!”
“This looks like exactly what everyone wanted”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 3 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.