Fusing the best of all worlds: the flexibility and power of bare metal, the ease of public cloud, and the security and control of private cloud.
Building and maintaining a private cloud is complex and expensive. It requires a deep understanding of cloud computing technologies and a significant investment in hardware and software. As a result, private clouds have traditionally been only accessible to large enterprises with the resources to invest in them.
Many organizations need the flexibility and control of a private cloud, but lack the resources to build and maintain one themselves. OpenMetal makes it possible for organizations of all sizes to have access to this transformative technology via our hosted private clouds – without the complexity and expense of building one themselves.
In addition to our on-demand OpenStack hosted private clouds, we also offer dedicated bare metal servers as a service, providing a wider range of options to meet your IT infrastructure needs.
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Why OpenMetal
OpenMetal is the first company to offer an on-demand, open source hosted private cloud solution that is both affordable and easy to use.
OpenMetal’s platform is based on OpenStack, a leading open source cloud computing platform. This means that OpenMetal customers have access to the latest cloud computing technologies at a fraction of the cost of proprietary cloud solutions. No licensing fees and costs that are much lower than the larger cloud providers means more savings for our clients.
Our team is also committed to personal customer service. OpenMetal customers have direct access to our engineering, customer success, and executive teams for onboarding support, troubleshooting, and integration assistance.
Who We Serve
Businesses of all sizes, from startups to large enterprises, have found success on OpenMetal Cloud.
Companies that are currently using public clouds, but are looking for a new cloud deployment model with more flexibility and control are ideal candidates for our platform. Other potential fits include businesses that are running their own on-premises infrastructure, but are looking to migrate to the cloud.
Our clients span a wide range of industries and use cases including SaaS providers, hosting and public cloud providers, and managed service providers, and organizations that need to reduce cloud costs, find a public cloud alternative, build big data infrastructure, find S3 alternatives, run Kubernetes workloads, utilize a managed private cloud, or launch large IaaS deployments.
A New Alternative to the Mega Clouds
Many organizations are either building and maintaining their own private clouds, or using a mega-cloud provider.
However, building and maintaining your own private cloud is complex and expensive, and the big public cloud providers can be costly and inflexible.
We provide an open source alternative with lower costs, more transparency and control, and greater flexibility, all tailored to your unique needs.
Our fully hosted, dedicated bare metal servers provide another option for businesses looking for a hybrid or more dynamic infrastructure approach. Integrate with an OpenMetal cloud or take advantage of standalone bare metal to support even your most demanding workloads. Our powerful automation allows you to deploy and get to business faster than other cloud IaaS providers.
Making OpenStack Accessible
While a powerful open source cloud platform, OpenStack has a reputation for being difficult and complex to launch and manage. We truly believe in the power of open source and wanted to make it a realistic option for organizations looking for an alternative to mainstream cloud options like AWS and GCP.
With OpenMetal, you can launch a production-ready cloud in 45 seconds – without the expensive hardware investment or steep learning curve. We’re on a mission to make OpenStack accessible to everyone.
Tom Fanelli, CEO and Co-Founder
Your team is the kind of people we would dream of having on our own team. And the great thing about working with you is that it feels like they are part of our team. This quickly won over trust with us.
Nebo Nikolic, CEO
OpenMetal is an essential partner that aligns with our values and ambitions. They grasp the significance of fostering creativity and building a strong sense of community. They are an extension of who we are.
Gary MacDougall, CTO
We are now able to spin up new environments very cost-effectively, get to market faster with our solutions, and still create an agile environment that supports existing production customers while enabling net-new customer opportunities.
Arys Andreou, Head of Infrastructure
I would definitely recommend OpenMetal. The key points would be an excellent support staff with deep knowledge and troubleshooting steps that are relevant to the issue and don’t begin with the basics.
OUR STORY
OpenMetal was originally created by InMotion Hosting. InMotion had long used open source as a foundation and as the company grew and matured, they increasingly used larger and more complex open source systems.
Two of those systems, OpenStack and Ceph, became core to our business. As they did, we collectively realized that accessibility to these incredibly powerful systems was limited to a relative handful of small companies like us or very, very large organizations.
As the consolidation of IT into the hyper-scalers grew rapidly in recent years, their costs also become more clear. Putting aside the dangers of oligopolies, for now, these high costs began to create increasing frustration for all-sized companies with significant IT spending.
In 2021, many firms and analysts began to wake up to this danger to bottom lines and critical thought leaders began to take stances against “mega clouds”. A clear example from large investment firm Andressen Horowitz, titled “The Cost of Cloud, a Trillion Dollar Paradox“, broke this publicly.
In addition to the inherent problems of high costs from public clouds, we believe that the massive consolidation of infrastructure and software into a tiny set of public cloud providers is dangerous on numerous levels.
A balancing force of clouds, operated by smaller companies, smaller governments, and even individuals, is critical to the long term health of IT.
Open Source Commitment
We believe that it is critical to build in monetary and operational support to do our part in the open source world.
Guiding Principles
Critical to the success of OpenMetal’s goals is to set clear guiding principles that can guide short- and long-term decisions.
Team
We hope we get a chance to meet you in “real life” (aka Slack and video…). Reach out to us if you have any questions.
Industry Awards and Recognition
The CloudX Awards celebrate innovation and excellence, honoring the best companies, products, and services in the cloud industry. OpenMetal was chosen as the winner in the Cloud Infrastructure category.
The Cloud Awards program identifies and celebrates the most innovative organizations, technologies, individuals and teams. OpenMetal was selected as a Finalist in the Best Cloud Infrastructure category.
The Superuser Awards recognize organizations using open infrastructure to improve business while contributing back to the community. OpenMetal was selected as a Nominee in 2022 and 2023.