
Kubermatic Virtualization vs Proxmox VE: The Kubernetes-Native Proxmox Alternative
Compare Kubermatic Virtualization and Proxmox VE. Run VMs, containers and AI workloads on one Kubernetes platform with GitOps, multi-tenancy and 24/7 support.
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Compare Kubermatic Virtualization and Proxmox VE. Run VMs, containers and AI workloads on one Kubernetes platform with GitOps, multi-tenancy and 24/7 support.

See how BWI cut GPU provisioning from months to minutes with a sovereign, self-service AI infrastructure platform built on Kubermatic.

How Kubermatic and SVA helped BWI build a sovereign AI platform for defence.




Which Kubernetes Management Platform is right for you? Let’s compare VMware Tanzu and Kubermatic KKP EE Plus.

Which Kubernetes Management Platform is right for you? Let’s compare SUSE Rancher and Kubermatic KKP EE Plus.



KubeVirt vs Proxmox: a 2026 architectural decision guide for cloud architects and platform engineers. Learn why Kubernetes-native virtualization is the strategic choice for teams already running Kubernetes.


Discover how Software Defined Automation (SDA) separates software from hardware to reduce time to market, improve scalability, and simplify industrial automation.

Discover why enterprises are transitioning away from VMware after Broadcom’s acquisition and how KubeVirt-based platforms offer a seamless path to open-source virtualization on Kubernetes.


Let’s discuss how organizations can leverage Kubernetes to scale AI workloads, simplify day-two operations, and ensure data sovereignty across cloud and edge environments.

Discover how to combine Envoy AI Gateway and kube-bind into a “Provider-Consumer” architecture.





Discover how Swisscom transitioned to a CNCF-certified, cloud-native infrastructure with Kubermatic, delivering a sovereign Kubernetes service that ensures 100% Swiss data residency.




Let’s explore the core of Software Defined Automation (SDA).


At CDS25, CID GmbH shares how they leverage the Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform (KKP) to automate, scale, and simplify operations — enabling faster innovation and cloud-native transformation.

At CDS25, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin shares how they automate and scale Kubernetes environments using Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform (KKP) to drive digital transformation in healthcare.

This webinar explores the fundamental concepts of kcp, its usage of the Kubernetes Resource Model and how to publish and reconcile Kubernetes-like APIs to a multitude of users.

Let’s explore how Open Source already can help you to proactively assess and mitigate risks with tools for SBOM generation and threat detection.

Join us on our journey of evaluating the two CNCF projects Cilium and K8GB against real-world scenarios with complex multi-cloud deployments.

Learn best practices for migration timeouts, TLS toggling, and traffic isolation.

Learn how to enforce least privilege with RBAC, block unauthorized traffic using Network Policies, and detect anomalies in real-time with tools like Falco.

Explore ApeiroRA (EU IPCEI-CIS), a reference architecture to unify the multi-provider cloud-edge continuum.

Build dynamic multi-cluster controllers with controller-runtime! Learn to create a dynamic cluster provider for resources across a fleet of Kubernetes clusters.

CNCF Confidential Containers: Secure your cloud-native apps with confidential computing! Explore the vendor-agnostic stack, “peer pod” cloud approach, architecture, and a live demo.





Let’s explore how Open Source already can help you to proactively assess and mitigate risks with tools for SBOM generation and threat detection.

kcp expands the scope of platform engineering beyond the boundaries of individual Kubernetes clusters, transforming the scale at which platform teams and internal service providers can operate. This talk will cover patterns for both service providers and developers, highlighting how kcp simplifies their workflows.

This series will lift your vision beyond simple migration, showing you how to truly transform your VM-centric applications. Check out the second session.

This series will lift your vision beyond simple migration, showing you how to truly transform your VM-centric applications. Check out the first session.




In this webinar, we’ll cover Kubernetes’ inherent load balancing limitations and demonstrate how KubeLB provides a centralized solution to overcome them effectively.


In this session, Marko unpacks the tough calls behind Kubernetes breaking changes — why they happen, how they’re handled, and what you can do as a user to stay informed, give feedback, and support the community.

In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to extend Kubernetes with KCP, build APIs, and design controllers to tackle multi-tenancy challenges.

In this session, Marko will share how his team designed a hands-on Cloud Native course that prepares students for industry by teaching DevOps, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and open source.

Which Kubernetes Management Platform is right for you? Let’s compare RedHat OpenShift and KKP.

Learn how to build controllers that reconcile resources across a dynamic fleet of Kubernetes clusters.

Learn how SIG Contributor Experience (ContribEx) is evolving to support long-term Kubernetes contributors in its second decade.

We caught up with Liz Rice at the biggest KubeCon ever - 12,500+ people and still buzzing on a Friday afternoon! Anthony Hodson, from Kubermatic, chats with Liz Rice from Isovalent, about what stood out this year: from real-world Kubernetes adoption stories to the growing focus on business and leadership tracks.

In this Panel Discussion at KubeCon London 2025, platform owners will understand what’s needed to move Kubernetes into primetime in an organisation.

The MELLODDY project successfully used federated machine learning to train ML and AI models for pharmaceutical companies.

Discover how MELLODDY leveraged federated machine learning to revolutionize drug discovery using AI and ML predictive models.

Learn more about the Kubernetes Developer Platform featuring Marvin Beckers at KubeCon London.
This is a special German-language episode recorded live at KubeCon EU 2025! We explore topics like digital sovereignty, Kubernetes Cluster Platform (KCP), Agentic Platform Engineering and more.

In this session at Cloud Native Rejekts, Koray Oksay, from Kubermatic, explores how Kyverno brings policy management to Kubernetes. This talk breaks down its role in admission control, security, and automation within your clusters.

In this talk at Cloud Native Rejekts, Nicolai Ort and Tobias Schneck will take you through the real-world lessons learned while evaluating global load-balancing solutions for Kubernetes.


Discover the most common challenges in implementing Kubernetes and how to overcome them!



Discover how application architectures have evolved and how KubeLB’s distributed microservices can dramatically reduce the operational impact of microservices-based application architectures.

Explore all the benefits of Internal Developer Platforms, including centralized service management, automation, flexibility, scalability, and more.

Explore how to maximize developers’ productivity and accelerate innovation using KDP. Powered by Kubernetes API and based on CNCF Sandbox Project kcp, KDP allows service management through a centralized catalog and other features explored in this solution brief.


Our webinar on kcp explores the fundamental concepts of kcp, its usage of the KRM and how to publish and reconcile Kubernetes-like APIs to a multitude of users.



Discover valuable insights into Kubernetes and the world of container orchestration with Mario Fahlandt in this episode of Einfach Komplex.


Discover how bioinformaticians at the Berlin Institute of Health optimized Kubernetes cluster management with Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform, enhancing research efficiency and scalability.

Get actionable insights for managing IT infrastructure, ensuring business continuity, and leveraging emerging technologies. Solution Brief includes a roadmap for CIOs to assess current dependencies, explore alternative technologies, and optimize existing infrastructure.

In this panel discussion, experts will discuss how new technologies, like containers and AI at the edge, are reshaping the landscape, and what this means for the future of industrial operations.


During this episode, you will hear all about multi-tenant solutions, cluster management utilities, and the advantages of KCP over traditional Kubernetes setups.

Discover how Kubermatic Virtualization transformed a legacy VMware-based infrastructure into a cost-effective, flexible private cloud solution for a telecommunications leader.

As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Kubernetes, don’t miss this fireside chat to learn more about the insights into the evolution of Kubernetes, its impact on the tech industry, and the future directions it might take!

Watch this talk to discover more about the evolution of container isolation from sandboxing to confidential containers, the use cases & concerns that confidential container addresses & how it differs from sandboxing.

kcp expands the world of platform engineering beyond the limits of single Kubernetes clusters, and therefore transforms the scale at which platform teams and internal service providers can operate. Have a look at this talk to explore patterns for both service providers and developers and how kcp makes their lives easier.

This session delves into the intersection of supply chain security and platform engineering by exploring GitOps, Sigstore, and OCI artifacts and registries. You will learn how easy it is to store helm releases in an OCI registry, secure them with Cosign, and verify the signature with Flux with a well-designed demo.

The virtualization landscape is undergoing a significant shift. Modernization of applications via containerization with platforms like Kubernetes is one driver, but the current shift is dominated by the question: What platform should I be using for virtualization in future? Learn more about this in this talk!

Discover the power of Kubernetes APIs in our latest podcast featuring Marvin Beckers at ContainerDays 2024 in Hamburg.

Discover a new security paradigm in the cloud native world in this talk at KCD’s Munich 2024. It will introduce the concepts of zero-trust security, shift-left security, and continuous security, and explain how these concepts can be applied to cloud native environments!

Have a detailed walkthrough of transitioning from a YAML-based pipeline to a Dagger-based setup, illustrating the process with real-world examples and best practices in this session!



Explore how to streamline Kubernetes management to enhance consistency, efficiency, and security while reducing costs and risks.
Discover real-life case studies and practical strategies to transition from legacy infrastructure to a robust, and secure cloud native architecture.

Ensure a smooth journey to a VMware alternative with our four-phase migration strategy: Uncover, Analyze, Pilot, Plan.




Learn all the benefits of reducing the carbon footprint on your data center and discover the 5 steps you need to take to achieve it.


Discover how going cloud-native can future-proof your company by enhancing agility, reducing operational costs, and fostering innovation.

Discover a new security paradigm in the cloud native world in this talk. It will introduce the concepts of zero-trust security, shift-left security, and continuous security, and explain how these concepts can be applied to cloud native environments!



Watch this webinar to explore the journey from legacy systems to cloud-native solutions. Learn how you can build a platform on your existing hardware in a cloud native way.

Discover how a leading automotive company tackled the challenge of scaling Kubernetes integration within their private cloud infrastructure.


Explore Vonage’s journey in efficiently managing Kubernetes at scale, leveraging Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform for streamlined cluster management.

Watch this talk to get insights on the current state of the ecosystem, open source and cloud native landscape. Let’s find out if it is possible to create out of the results a real future business case for ARM based revolution in Data Centers.

This talk is about extending Kube, adapting its architecture to be a better fit for a world where instead of container orchestration two new personas are at the center.

Explore the core concepts that kcp adds to the Kubernetes API and discover how kcp could be the right fit for your next platform based on cloud native technologies.

This session provides a great reference for many years for all Kubernetes subprojects on how they can make their release processes more efficient and aligned with the Kubernetes release process.

This talk discusses how kcp supercharges platform engineering with a global control plane for all internal services.

Follow Mario in this session, creating your own fine-tuning of an LLM with Kubeflow and taking LocalAI for a spin inside our cluster to use this very model as a base.


CNCF Swift Multicloud Migration: Accelerating the Transition of Kubernetes’ Core Infrastructure




Kubermatic and our partner Fraunhofer HHI were able to successfully run a private 5G Campus Network on Kubernetes end-to-end.

Exploring the benefits of Industry 4.0, the challenges it presents, and how Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform (KKP) empowers manufacturing operations with unparalleled data management, availability, scalability, and security.

This keynote addresses the key challenges of edge computing and how Kubernetes enables efficient edge deployments and makes cost-effective edge computing a reality through a cloud-native approach.

This talk discusses the practicality of launching a Go debugger (Delve) within an ephemeral container to remotely debug an application both on the CLI and in VS Code.

This talk explores the importance of securing the Kubelet API and the risks of exposing it with a demo.

In this session, we want to explore how to build a true portable datacenter what can travel easily and brings enough power to support certain applications.

In this session, dive into Kubernetes secrets and secret management!


Explore the opportunities that Crossplane offers in building an integrated Infrastructure as Code solution, centered around Kubernetes.


With Kubermatic’s products, SVA has enabled simple and fast provisioning of Kubernetes clusters in self-service for bioinformaticians

This lightning talk explores the importance of securing the Kubelet API.

Ephemeral containers are an amazing recent feature in Kubernetes with great potential. We will explore that potential by running a live debugger session alongside an application pod and debug it remotely.

In this talk, Marko and Patryk will talk about how the new Prow build cluster running on AWS looks like and what is the current status of the cluster, together with some common issues and lessons learned along the way.

In this session, Verónica and Marko will show how Kubernetes influenced many other projects in the community by providing them with tooling that they can use to release their projects securely.

Interhyp AG, Germany’s largest private construction financing broker, teams up with Kubermatic to slash time to market from 2 days to 1 hour. Here’s how!

There are a number of security challenges that need to be addressed in order to properly secure a Kubernetes deployment. In this talk, you will learn how to run Kubernetes clusters securely and how to proactively counteract security challenges.

In this talk, I will explain why we should care about IPv6 in Kubernetes clusters, and when it makes sense to use dual-stack. I will also give an overview on different levels of IPv6 support across several cloud providers, to help with choosing the one which matches your dual-stack use-case best.

In the Kubernetes world, it is a common use case to convert API resources written in Go to YAML manifests for further distribution whether as part of helm chart, kustomize template or other tools.

Many IT organizations are facing the challenge that there is no fast and self-service based way to consume the service of other expert teams.

Imagine your manufacturing line is controlled by services running in your datacenters’ Kubernetes clusters. You have facilities in locations all over the world.

In my session, I would like to showcase live demo with multiple environments and how ArgoCD can help use GitOps effectively in Helm repository scenario and Git repository scenario.

CRDs and operators work well in a single cluster. In a multi- or post-cluster world they don’t. Managing CRDs and operators themselves becomes awkward and a problem in itself.

Are your Kubernetes cluster safe from vicious attacks? Sure? You better be safe than sorry.

Are your Kubernetes cluster safe from vicious attacks? Sure? You better be safe than sorry.

Policies help secure and automate Kubernetes. To standardize and simplify the management of policy reports across multiple tools, the Kubernetes Policy WG created a reusable PolicyReport Custom Resource Definition (CRD).

In this session the SIG UI leads will provide an overview of what was accomplished over the past year, including new views, functions, internationalizations, leadership changes etc.

With the advent of 5G, the era is going through the exciting phase of bringing Cloud Computing to Edge, with Businesses working on finding an ideal solution to meet their specific demands depending on their reality, use case, and scale.

Your production line must keep working because downtime (always) costs money. That was the challenge to solve, and we did it!

Here’s your chance to rewatch Mario’s and Tobi’s wild journey on running Kubernetes on a production line.





Find out how CUBE Bikes built a highly available Kubernetes
Here comes our super special sneak-preview of start.kubermatic! Let’s grab the GitOps principles for all levels of your ecosystem – not only for managing your application workload but use it for declaratively managing your cloud infrastructure as well.

In the past years, Kubernetes has seen an extraordinary rate of adoption in large organizations worldwide. Here is what you need to know as a C-level Executive.


WOBCOM leverages KKP to turn their data center into a high
In the quest for superior speed, agility, and scalability, businesses around the world are adopting Kubernetes.


In this demo, we show you how you can easily deploy and manage your Kubernetes clusters across any infrastructure with open source Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform.



The Information Service Group (ISG) and EuroCloud Native (ECN) initiative were conducting a study to evaluate the status quo of the cloud native market in Germany. Read on to see the results.

To start building a valid business case for Kubernetes, you need to know what your Return on Investment will be. Our Kubernetes ROI Calculator will help you assess the potential cost savings by migrating your workloads to Kubernetes.
With the latest Kubernetes 1.21 release, pod security policy has been deprecated, leaving many Kubernetes users at risk of being exposed to various exploits. So what are the alternatives?

This video provides a demo of the Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform (KKP), with Damian Marquez, Senior Solutions Architect at Kubermatic South America.
Let’s take some time and reflect on the recent developments on Edge in various industries.
Discover how simple applications can enhance project velocity from 28.800 minutes of discussions down to 15 minutes of doing - Factor 1920. Kubermatic proudly presents the next generation of cloud native GitOps, ready to be snatched away by you live.
Let’s grab the GitOps principles for all the levels of your ecosystem – not only for managing your application workload but use it for declaratively managing your infrastructure as well.
With the latest Kubernetes 1.21 release, pod security policy has been deprecated, leaving many Kubernetes users at risk of being exposed to various exploits.
This talk will provide best practices for writing Dockerfiles to improve build performance, enhance security and reduce final image size.
As Kubernetes becomes mainstream established companies want to benefit from the advantages Kubernetes brings in, too. However, a lot of them underestimate the technical and organizational implications they will face.

In this webinar, we take a close look at Day 2 operations.


KubeCarrier is an open-source project for managing services across multiple Kubernetes clusters and provides facilities to provide services to internal and external users in a self-service catalog. Learn more about it.





Complex application services consisting of multiple interconnected components can benefit from deployment in multiple Kubernetes clusters.







Watch our Live Office Hours session and learn from the Kubermatic technical experts.


In this tutorial, we show you how to master the challenge of managing multiple clusters and applications with our open source platforms : Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform and KubeCarrier.

Recently, AWS introduced Amazon EKS-Distro, a Kubernetes distribution based on and used by Amazon EKS to create reliable and secure Kubernetes clusters.

In this KubeCon Europe talk, we explain what a deployment of multi-cluster services looks like, with the help of Kubernetes operators, the KubeCarrier service hub and the Submariner cross-cluster connectivity provider.





To help you determine quickly and easily if you are ready to run Kubernetes in production, we’ve created a very handy and comprehensive checklist.

With the rise of Kubernetes popularity across various use-cases, including edge computing, IoT, 5G, or AI/ML, single-cluster Kubernetes deployments are increasingly becoming an exception rather than the norm.

Kubernetes is a complex system. But installing Kubernetes doesn’t need to be hard.

In this short clip, our Software Engineer Rastislav Szabo gives a brief overview of how a typical monitoring, logging & alerting stack in a Kubernetes cluster looks like.

At Kubermatic, we build software that operates Kubernetes and everything in between. In this short clip, our software engineer Jiacheng Xu explains why writing operators for Kubernetes is a good idea.

Let’s talk about the edge again – but in a different setup this time. Role change: the guest of our previous episode, Sriram Vishwanath, CEO & Co-Founder at GenXComm, is our host and welcomes his guests, Sebastian and Sascha.


Typically, resources at the edge are limited. However, the still most common setup is that both, the control plane and the worker, are running on the edge. Why not change this?




Tired of Kubernetes the hard way? With the recently announced Amazon EKS Distro (EKS-D) and Kubermatic KubeOne, deploying and managing secure and reliable Kubernetes clusters becomes a piece of cake.


Over the past years, the DevOps movement has received a large amount of attention, and rightly so; practices under this term have been evidenced to improve the time to market, the overall software quality and even make teams happier.



Have you ever thought about migrating your Kubernetes clusters to Google Cloud to get your services closer to your customers? Yes? Us too!


Given the sudden surge in demand for digital offerings, businesses need to have a long-term perspective on both digital operations and digital growth.



How FHE3 leveraged Kubermatic KubeOne to deploy and operate the setup requested by their client

In our Kubernetes 101 series, we cover the theoretical and technical fundamentals of Kubernetes and cloud native technologies and help you get started with containers and Kubernetes.



Kubermatic KubeOne automates the deployment and Day 2 operations of Highly Available clusters to make your life easier everywhere: It works in the cloud, the datacenter, as well as in edge and IoT environments.

Have you ever thought about migrating your Kubernetes clusters to another cloud provider to save costs? Yes? Us too!

This talk details a real world solution design of a high performance KubeVirt for running mission critical enterprise workload.





In our Kubernetes 101 series, we cover the theoretical and technical fundamentals of Kubernetes and cloud native technologies and help you get started with containers and Kubernetes.


Businesses are facing increasing pressures to digitize their products and services yet many lag significantly behind in their IT modernization efforts.



In our Kubernetes 101 series, we cover the theoretical and technical fundamentals of Kubernetes and cloud native technologies and help you get started with containers and Kubernetes.

Covid-19 has become a forcing function for cloud native - not for the sake of the buzz word but to enhance innovation, productivity, and efficiency.



In this talk Bill Mulligan from Kubermatic and Camille Marini from Owkin speak about the machine learning based drug discovery consortium “MELLODDY”.

As cloud native adoption accelerates, operation teams are confronted with the complexities of service management across multiple clusters, clouds, and regions.

In our Kubernetes 101 series, we cover the theoretical and technical fundamentals of Kubernetes and cloud native technologies and help you get started with containers and Kubernetes.

The Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform is an open source project that allows individuals and enterprises to manage multiple Kubernetes clusters in a declarative automated way.



In our Kubernetes 101 series, we cover the theoretical and technical fundamentals of Kubernetes and cloud native technologies and help you get started with containers and Kubernetes.

The Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform is an open source project that allows individuals and enterprises to manage multiple Kubernetes clusters in a declarative automated way.

Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform and Pure Service Orchestrator deliver together Kubernetes-as-a-Service and Container Storage-as-a-Service to build cloud native Cluster-as-a-Service.

In this Google K8s Podcast, Kubermatic Co-founder and CEO Sebastian talks to Craig & Adam about the platform, how the company came about and why it was namend Loodse in the first place.


In our Kubernetes 101 series, we cover the theoretical and technical fundamentals of Kubernetes and cloud native technologies and help you get started with containers and Kubernetes.


We all know the cattle vs. pets analogy as it applies to servers, but have you ever considered that you may be doing the same thing with your Kubernetes clusters?

In our Kubernetes 101 series, we cover the theoretical and technical fundamentals of Kubernetes and cloud native technologies and help you get started with containers and Kubernetes.



In this podcast, you learn how businesses can use Kubernetes and Kubernetes Operators to automate IT operations.



In our Kubernetes 101 series, we cover the theoretical and technical fundamentals of these breakthrough technologies and help you get started with containers and Kubernetes.

To prove that a 5G cloud native approach can work and to identify new requirements a diverse group of expert companies, Kubermatic among them, built and showcased the first end-to-end 5G cloud native network.

In this talk, Nikhita Raghunath will first go over what audit logs are and how to leverage them to stay informed with what goes on in your cluster.

Nikhita Raghunath and Ihor Dvoretskyi share their insights on becoming a contributor and an active community member in the world of open source.

What if I told you that there is no such thing as a container? Surprised? The first time I heard this I was taken aback as well.

In this session, Steve Kuznetsov from Red Hat and Alvaro Aleman from Kubermatic dive into some of the major features they added to Prow, including how they are implemented, and the challenges they faced.

This panel discussion covers the participants journey in becoming a member of K8s, and share anecdotes on how to start contributing to K8s, eventually obtain membership, and beyond.

Kubelet is one of the central components in the Kubernetes cluster. Most people are taking it for granted that it would just work and start containers.

Beast with many moving parts. With a front-end written in Angular, and a back-end written in go, the project has a complex set of needs to support development.

Kubernetes is its community. The foundation of this thriving community lies on the Kubernetes Community Values.

As a hosting provider, SysEleven has the challenge to run and manage multiple Kubernetes clusters for various customers on their infrastructure in a secure way.

For developers, the benefits of a cloud native approach are quickly clear. However, these advantages are not as readily apparent to people who don’t code – yet those same people usually hold decision making and budgetary power.

In this 30 minute session, Nikhita Raghunath from Kubermatic and Christoph Blecker from Red Hat, speak about the SIG’s automation and contributor flow roadmap.

5G is forcing telecommunication companies to reconsider how to effectively and efficiently deliver their services. Many are looking towards cloud native architectures first pioneered in enterprise and data center use cases.

Failure to properly manage multiple Kubernetes clusters can lead to security holes, unauthorized deployments, and under-utilized resources.








Find out why SysEleven chose to partner with Kubermatic to create MetaKube, a white label of the Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform.





Do you want to contribute to Kubernetes? Not sure how or where to begin? It can be overwhelming! But fear not - you can join the thousands of successful contributors too!



