Looking for EVE-NG online?
This is the browser-native one.
Search “EVE-NG online” and you find guides to stand up your own EVE-NG server on a VPS, then reach its console over the web. There is no official hosted EVE-NG. netplex. is built the other way round: it is browser-native from the start - install it once on a host (a spare box or a cloud VPS) and every engineer, student or teammate opens it in a browser, no client install anywhere.
EVE-NG isn't a hosted service - it's software you install and maintain on a server. Its HTML5 console runs in a browser once the server is up, but standing up, patching and sizing that server is on you. netplex. collapses that into one install that everyone then reaches from a browser - the online model people are actually searching for.
You host it yourself.
netplex. hosts the lab, not your laptop.
There is no hosted EVE-NG
EVE-NG ships as an OVA/ISO you install on VMware, ESXi or bare metal. “Online” means you rent a VPS and run it there yourself - then keep it patched and sized.
Browser-native by design
netplex. serves its whole UI - canvas, consoles, packet capture - over the browser. Nothing is a local desktop app, so “online” isn't a workaround, it's the default.
Put it on any cloud, share a link
Install netplex. on a cloud VPS or your own host once. Share a lab with a URL; teammates view it live, account holders clone it - no server each.
Nothing to install on clients
A borrowed laptop, a Chromebook, a tablet - if it has a browser, it can drive a full lab. No OVA to download, no VM to boot.
EVE-NG (self-hosted) vs netplex.
The short version.
| Feature | EVE-NG (self-hosted) Community / Pro |
netplex. tier shown per row |
|---|---|---|
| Official hosted / online edition | No — you self-host on a VPS | Browser-native by design |
| Runs fully in a browser | HTML5 console (once server is up) | Whole UI — canvas, consoles, capture |
| Install on client machines | OVA / VM per environment | Nothing — any browser |
| Share a lab by link | Export .unl file | Shareable URL · clone to your account |
| Access from any device | Anything that reaches the server | Any browser, any OS |
| Multi-user on one host | Pro only | Teamauth, RBAC, quotas |
| Time to first lab | Build + size the server first | Under 5 minutes |
EVE-NG facts from eve-ng.net documentation and community sources (2026). netplex. rows are code-verified.
Straight with you
EVE-NG's HTML5 console genuinely works in a browser, and self-hosting gives you full control of the box - if that's what you want, it's a fine path. netplex. just removes the “stand up and maintain a server for every person” step: one install, everyone gets a browser link. You still run netplex. on a host - the difference is nobody installs anything on their own machine.
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