Originally coming from free-level VMware before Broadcom happened, I really like Proxmox. Proxmox gives you a relatively easy to use web interface to "spin up" container services and VMs as needed. There are also community repos with plenty of pre-built containers for popular self-hosting services. I find this setup generally easier to use and maintain than Docker (tho I'm sure die-hard Docker fans heartily disagree). I really appreciate that I can update my services at will without waiting for someone to build an updated docker image first.