Solus is a strong, modern KVM provisioning panel from the WebPros family. But when you need native billing, object storage, managed Kubernetes, and managed databases out of one product, Hypervisor.io ships the whole stack instead of asking you to bolt it together.
Accurate as of May 2026. Solus is actively developed, so verify current features at solus.io before deciding.
| Capability | Hypervisor.io | Solus |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial layer | ||
| Native billing (meter to invoice to payment to tax) | Meters usage; invoicing via WHMCS | |
| Built-in payment gateways | Payments handled by external billing system | |
| WHMCS / Blesta / HostBill modules | WHMCS and HostBill for SolusVM 2 (Blesta module is v1 only) | |
| Self-service customer storefront | Self-service panel; ordering via WHMCS | |
| Real-time WebSocket UI | Modern UI, no documented WebSocket layer | |
| AI provisioning assistant | No AI provisioning assistant | |
| Compute, networking and resilience | ||
| Live migration (all storage types) | Best with shared storage; some downtime | |
| HA / automatic evacuation | HA needs shared storage, more complex setup | |
| VPC + security groups | VPC (KVM only); no security groups | |
| NAT gateway + load balancers | Configurable load balancing; NAT limited | |
| Cloud services | ||
| Managed Kubernetes + autoscaler | No managed Kubernetes or autoscaler | |
| S3-compatible object storage | No S3 object storage service | |
| Managed databases (DBaaS) | No managed database service | |
| GPU / vGPU passthrough | PCI/GPU passthrough not implemented | |
| Footprint and model | ||
| Single-node capable (low footprint) | Low footprint, single compute resource | |
| Multi-hypervisor support (beyond KVM) | Adds OpenVZ/Virtuozzo containers beyond KVM | |
| Open governance / vendor-neutral | Proprietary, WebPros single vendor | |
Solus tracks usage and hands the numbers to WHMCS to turn into money. Hypervisor.io includes the whole revenue chain in the product: hourly metering across twelve services flowing into proforma and tax invoices, credit notes, a tax engine, promos and refunds, and built-in Stripe, Razorpay, and PayPal gateways. If you would rather not stand up and maintain a separate billing system to take a payment, the difference is felt on day one.
A VPS panel gets you instances. Hypervisor.io adds the services customers now expect alongside them: tenant S3-compatible object storage with per-bucket keys, quotas, and bandwidth billing; managed Kubernetes with a multi-pool autoscaler and rolling upgrades; managed databases with backups and point-in-time recovery; and GPU and vGPU passthrough. On Solus these become someone else's product to integrate.
Solus live migration works best with shared storage and can incur downtime, and its HA story expects a shared backend. Hypervisor.io performs real live migration across all storage types, including local disks streamed over NBD, so you can move a running VM off a busy or draining node even without a shared backend. Automatic HA evacuation, like most platforms including Solus, still benefits from shared storage, but day-to-day live moves do not.
Hypervisor.io drives its admin and tenant UIs over a live WebSocket layer, so task progress, instance state, and migrations update without refreshing, and it ships an AI provisioning assistant with seventy-plus tools for guided operations. Solus offers a clean, modern panel but does not advertise a real-time event stream or an AI layer, so day-to-day operations feel more request-and-reload.
If these matter most to you, Solus is the better choice and we will say so.
Virtualization breadth. Solus manages OpenVZ/Virtuozzo containers alongside KVM, while Hypervisor.io is KVM/QEMU only.
Ecosystem maturity. Backed by WebPros (cPanel, WHMCS, Plesk) with a large installed base of hosting providers, deep WHMCS integration, and a long operational track record.
Billing-system neutrality. First-class, well-documented WHMCS and HostBill integration suits operators who have already standardized on an external billing stack.
If you want a single product that meters, invoices, and collects payment while also serving object storage, Kubernetes, and managed databases on your KVM fleet, see what Hypervisor.io ships out of the box.