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openQRM Enterprise
Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
What it is
openQRM Enterprise is a data centre management and cloud computing platform for managing IT infrastructure across bare-metal servers and virtual machines. Its diskless-boot technology streams operating systems and applications from a central location, without local server hard disks. Teams can automate configuration and application deployment with Puppet, and use Nagios and Collectd for monitoring and documentation. Network features include automatic IP address management, while storage plugins cover open-source and commercial technologies. Listed integrations and supported technologies include Proxmox, KVM, Xen, Amazon AWS EC2, Azure, OpenVswitch, Puppet, Nagios, and Collectd. The platform also offers OS image deployment, PXE bootstrapping, lifecycle management, hardware inventory, API access, and out-of-band management. The free Community plan costs nothing and includes community support and the plugin library. Its edition page says additional plugins are unavailable there, and full compatibility with official plugins and support is available only with Enterprise. Enterprise adds the full plugin library, enterprise add-ons, expert technical support, stable releases, and solution design and deployment. It includes one year of minor and security updates. Enterprise SLAs define support hours and response times; scheduled support without an active SLA is listed at 120,00 EUR per hour.
For and against
For
- Supports bare-metal and virtual machine deployment
- Streams operating systems for diskless boot
- Includes IP address management and storage plugins
- Enterprise includes one year of security updates
Against
- Community Edition cannot access additional plugins
- Full official-plugin compatibility is limited to Enterprise
- Scheduled support without an SLA costs 120,00 EUR per hour
The verdict
openQRM offers infrastructure management across bare-metal and virtual environments, with diskless boot, automation, and monitoring. The Community Edition has plugin and support limits; Enterprise adds full plugin access, technical support, and updates.
Who it suits
It suits professional IT users managing data centre infrastructure in production, research and development, or quality assurance environments. The Community Edition may suit users who can work within its plugin and support limits.
Plans and prices
Community
open-source version · community support · plugin library
Read 30 Sep 2026 · openqrm-enterprise.com
Enterprise
full plugin library · enterprise add-ons · expert technical support · stable releases
Read 30 Sep 2026 · openqrm-enterprise.com
On the record
- Automation
- It supports automated configuration management and application deployment with Puppet.openqrm-enterprise.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Community edition limit
- The Community Edition page says additional plugins are unavailable for that edition and full compatibility with official plugins and support is available only with Enterprise Edition.openqrm-enterprise.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Community release
- The Community Edition page identifies version 5.3.60, says it was tested on Debian 12, and states support for PHP 8+.openqrm-enterprise.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Company history
- The maker says openQRM went open source in 2004 and that its assets and intellectual property were acquired by Fiveways International Ltd in 2020, which appointed OPENQRM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD as master distributor.openqrm-enterprise.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- The platform supports bare-metal and virtual machine deployment.openqrm-enterprise.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Diskless boot
- Its core technology lets servers boot without local hard disks by streaming operating systems and applications from a central location.openqrm-enterprise.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The maker lists Proxmox, KVM, Xen, Amazon AWS EC2, Azure, OpenVswitch, Puppet, Nagios and Collectd among integrations or supported technologies.openqrm-enterprise.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Intended users
- The Enterprise Edition is described as intended for professional users and as suitable for production environments, research and development, and quality assurance.openqrm-enterprise.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Monitoring
- Nagios and Collectd monitoring and documentation are included.openqrm-enterprise.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Network and storage
- Features include automatic IP address management for the managed network and storage plugins for open-source and commercial storage technologies.openqrm-enterprise.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- openQRM is a data centre management and cloud computing platform for managing IT infrastructure.openqrm-enterprise.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Scheduled support
- Scheduled support without an active SLA is listed at 120,00 EUR per hour.openqrm-enterprise.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Security updates
- The Enterprise Edition page includes one year of minor and security updates; the SLA page also lists access to bug fixes and security patches.openqrm-enterprise.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- Enterprise SLAs define response times and support hours, offer direct professional-services access by phone, Skype and email, and are available 24/7.openqrm-enterprise.com · read 30 Sep 2026
