# Compute Engine

**Compute Engine** on the IONOS Cloud platform delivers the following core [Virtual Machine (VM)](#user-content-fn-1)[^1] resources for your infrastructure, allowing you to provision and manage powerful servers tailored to your needs:

* **Dedicated Core Servers**: Built for performance-intensive tasks like data processing and real-time analytics, these servers feature dedicated physical cores for maximum power.
* **vCPU Servers**: Offering cost-effective performance and scalability, these are ideal for environments such as databases, development or testing, and essential software services.

Begin with the [<mark style="color:blue;">Compute Engine User Guide</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/compute-services/compute-engine) to understand the fundamental concepts and configuration options, and later follow step-by-step instructions in the following tutorial to deploy your advanced workflows:

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Install Plesk on IONOS Cloud Virtual Machines (VMs)</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to install Plesk on IONOS Cloud.</td><td><a href="compute-engine/installing-plesk-on-ionos-cloud">installing-plesk-on-ionos-cloud</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

[^1]: The virtualization or emulation of a computer system is based on computer architectures and provides the functionality of a physical computer. Virtual machines are based on computer architectures and provide the functionality of a physical computer.