Building a private cloud from scratch is expensive and operationally demanding. Public cloud is easy to start on, but costs grow as you do, and by the time your bill becomes a problem, you’re already locked in.
OpenMetal sits in between. Our hosted private cloud and dedicated bare metal servers run on hardware that is yours alone, deployed in minutes, at a fixed monthly rate. No shared resources, no metering, no bill that requires a spreadsheet to decode. Just private cloud infrastructure that is straightforward to get into and built to stay cost-effective as you scale.
Why OpenMetal
Most organizations eventually hit the same wall with public cloud: costs that are hard to predict, bills that are hard to read, and pricing that penalizes you for growing. Building your own private cloud solves that problem but requires serious time, expertise, and capital before you get anything running.
OpenMetal is a modern public cloud alternative that gives you dedicated private cloud and bare metal infrastructure without building it yourself.
Your hardware is yours alone, deployment takes minutes, and pricing is a fixed monthly rate regardless of usage. You get root-level access to your environment, named engineers who know your setup, and a platform built on open source foundations with no proprietary lock-in or licensing fees.
You gain infrastructure you control at a price you can plan around.
Who We Serve Best
OpenMetal is a strong fit for organizations that have outgrown public cloud pricing or need more control than a hyperscaler will give them.
Our customers and use cases span SaaS companies, managed service providers, hosting and public cloud providers, DevOps and infrastructure teams, compute-intensive workloads like AI and machine learning pipelines, blockchain validators, big data pipelines, and compliance-sensitive applications with data residency requirements.
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.
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 founded by the team behind InMotion Hosting, one of the most recognized and trusted names in web hosting. After years of building and running large-scale infrastructure on OpenStack and Ceph, we kept running into the same problem: serious private cloud infrastructure was either locked behind confusing pricing models or required building and maintaining everything yourself.
We built OpenMetal to close that gap. In 2021, the conversation around cloud costs started shifting in a meaningful way, with organizations of all sizes waking up to the long-term cost of handing their infrastructure to a handful of public cloud providers. We had already been building toward a better answer.
Today, OpenMetal operates from Tier III data centers across four locations in the US, EU, and APAC, delivering hosted private cloud and dedicated bare metal infrastructure to companies that want the performance and control of private infrastructure without the overhead of running their own data center.
Our platform is built on open source technology, and we believe that matters. We are an OpenInfra Foundation member and active contributor to the open source communities that make our infrastructure possible. If you want to learn more about how we operate or meet the team, we would love to talk.
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.