Self-Hosted Alternatives to Popular Services

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/Same-Philosophy5134 on 2025-01-25 17:04:21+00:00.

I see a lot of people choosing Proxmox and setting up multiple VMs or containers for their services. Isn’t this less efficient compared to running everything on bare metal?

I have a modest setup with Ubuntu Server running around 10 Docker services, along with a subnet router configured with Tailscale and Nginx Proxy Manager. Things have been working great so far, and I’ve learned a lot along the way.

That said, am I missing out by not using Proxmox? I understand that Proxmox makes it easier to spin up VMs for testing new things, but since Docker containers are already a form of virtualization, I’m not sure what additional benefits Proxmox brings. Thoughts?