Public cloud pricing creates constant pressure to optimize VM utilization, turning DevOps teams into full-time cost managers. But underutilization only wastes money when you’re paying per instance. With fixed-cost bare metal infrastructure, that idle capacity becomes operational headroom you’ve already paid for.
Category: Cloud Costs
Ten bandwidth-intensive use cases with real cost comparisons. Video streaming, email infrastructure, game distribution, AI inference, and CDN workloads save millions annually on private cloud vs AWS per-GB egress pricing.
Learn to calculate hosted private cloud TCO with step-by-step methodology and real pricing data. Covers hidden costs like staff time, egress fees, and downtime. Real-world examples compare OpenMetal to AWS (70% savings) and on-premises (51% savings) over 5 years with break-even analysis.
Infrastructure cost audits uncover the same hidden risks across SaaS portfolios: spend volatility, networking blind spots, AI inference drift, and tool sprawl. This Runway Intelligence briefing shows how operating partners and VCs use audits to protect margins, runway, and valuation.
AI workload costs hit $85,521 monthly in 2025, up 36% year-over-year, while 94% of IT leaders struggle with cost optimization. Variable hyperscaler billing creates 30-40% monthly swings that make financial planning impossible. Fixed-cost infrastructure with dedicated GPUs eliminates this volatility.
Your infrastructure choice isn’t just technical—it’s financial. Broadcom’s VMware transformation and hyperscaler billing opacity create margin compression exactly when late-stage startups need improving unit economics. Open infrastructure provides the third path.
Learn how to reduce staging and development infrastructure costs by 30-50% through granular Ceph storage redundancy control. OpenMetal’s bare metal private cloud lets you configure replica 2 or erasure coding for non-production workloads while maintaining replica 3 for production, directly cutting hardware requirements.
Modern applications generate massive east-west traffic between internal services—often exceeding external user traffic. Hyperscale clouds hide these flows behind opaque pricing and shared networks. Discover how OpenMetal’s dedicated infrastructure gives enterprise teams transparent control over internal networking performance and costs.
Private equity firms are replacing variable cloud costs with fixed-cost infrastructure to improve EBITDA predictability and portfolio valuations. Learn how transparent, hardware-based pricing creates financial advantages for PE-backed SaaS companies.
Discover how OpenMetal’s strategically positioned data centers eliminate the “data tax” on globally distributed applications. Free east-west traffic between regions plus predictable 95th percentile bandwidth billing lets you architect for performance instead of cost avoidance, with typical savings of 30-60% versus public cloud.
Enterprise cloud networking costs have become unpredictable budget wild cards. AWS, GCP, and Azure charge per-GB for internal traffic, creating cost volatility that punishes distributed architectures. OpenMetal’s two-network model eliminates cross-AZ fees and uses 95th percentile billing to smooth traffic spikes.
Discover how portfolio managers are transforming blockchain startup growth with predictable infrastructure costs. OpenMetal’s fixed-cost bare metal eliminates unpredictable cloud expenses, delivering 30-60% savings when monthly spend hits $20,000. Learn the infrastructure strategy that’s reshaping blockchain investment returns.
Managed Kubernetes services like EKS and GKE promise convenience but deliver inflated costs, performance limitations, and vendor lock-in. Private cloud delivers 50% cost savings, consistent performance through dedicated hardware, and complete infrastructure control for growing organizations.
Hidden cloud costs are silently destroying SaaS profit margins. PE firms lose billions in portfolio value due to unpredictable usage fees, resource waste, and egress charges. Learn how private cloud infrastructure delivers 30-50% cost savings and predictable EBITDA improvement.
Discover how OpenMetal’s fixed-cost private cloud pricing eliminates the unpredictability and hidden costs of usage-based RUM models. Get predictable monthly costs, reduced egress fees, and enterprise-grade performance on dedicated infrastructure. Perfect for IT leaders managing steady workloads and budget certainty.
PE firms face mounting cloud costs across SaaS portfolios. Learn how OpenMetal’s private cloud delivers 30-60% cost savings, predictable pricing, and improved margins that directly boost portfolio valuations and exit multiples.
SaaS companies backed by private equity face mounting pressure to control cloud costs that often reach 50-75% of revenue. This comprehensive analysis compares private vs public cloud TCO, showing how infrastructure optimization can improve gross margins and company valuations.
Explore how OpenMetal’s transparent private cloud pricing model helps organizations eliminate surprise bills, cut data egress costs, and avoid licensing fees. With average real-world savings of over 50%, fixed monthly pricing, and open-source foundations, it’s a smarter alternative to public cloud.
When comparing GPU costs between providers, the price of the GPU alone does not reflect the total cost or value of the service. The architecture of the deployment, access levels, support for GPU features, and billing models significantly affect long-term expenses and usability.
Ceph’s scalability, cost efficiency, and automation make it a top choice for private clouds. Find out how you can save money while gaining performance benefits with Ceph.
OpenStack can reduce IT costs by up to 60%. We’ve proved this time and time again with our clients! Learn why it’s a smart choice for managing infrastructure and the financial + performance benefits of private cloud.
While colocation can be cost-effective at scale, it requires significant upfront investment and ongoing operational overhead. Private cloud offers a better solution, combining cost efficiency with operational flexibility. Learn how private cloud eliminates many of colocation’s hidden costs while providing the scalability and automation of public cloud.
This three part article series explores the challenges of public cloud pricing and offers strategies for startups and scaleups to manage costs while ensuring performance and scalability for growth.
In today’s world, the vast majority of organizations have adopted either a public cloud or private cloud, however, within these organizations, their IT professionals face the challenge of determining the best ROI with placement of their dollars against Cloud Services provided by either Public Clouds or Private Clouds.
Cloud cost optimization is the practice of efficiently managing the cost of your business’ cloud computing resources. An effective cloud cost optimization strategy ensures that your business gets the best value from its cloud investments. This strategy will find the right balance between performance, cost, compliance, and security for each workload or application your business has in the cloud.
On-demand private clouds have emerged as a viable solution for businesses to reap the benefits of both reduced costs and enhanced flexibility. In this blog post, we’ll explore the evolution and benefits of on-demand private clouds and alternative cloud infrastructure solutions, and how they can maximize ROI for many businesses.
When SaaS providers consume large amounts of public cloud, a move to a hosted private cloud may reduce current AWS costs up to 50%. This can free up existing capital to be used for new SaaS growth.
Effective cloud cost optimization will reduce unnecessary spending on cloud services, while still ensuring that the organization has access to the resources it needs. In this article, we’ll cover cloud cost management best practices and ways you can prevent spend from ballooning.
Without question, VMware has a good reputation for cloud security and virtualization within a single management framework. But, given its high price point compounded with new acquisition uncertainties, now may be a good time to reevaluate your options. More so, it may be a good time to consider adopting OpenStack vs VMware.
A vast majority of organizations have adopted either a public cloud or private cloud. Within these organizations, we’ve noticed a significant challenge for the IT professionals is to determine the right placement of their dollars against cloud services provided by either public clouds or private clouds.