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Open source alternative to AWS
Ubicloud is an open source cloud that can run anywhere. Our cloud services include elastic compute, block storage, virtual networking, managed Postgres, K8s, AI inference, and powerful IAM. Ubicloud provides these services on bare metal providers, such as Hetzner, Leaseweb, or AWS Bare Metal. You can self-host our software or use our managed service to reduce your cloud costs by 3-10x.
Ubicloud provides open source cloud services that run on bare metal providers (e.g., Hetzner, Leaseweb, AWS Bare Metal) and can be self-hosted or managed, offering cost reductions and cloud-like convenience with a focus on avoiding vendor lock-in.
Ubicloud offers IaaS-style cloud features on bare metal infrastructure, including dedicated virtual machines, virtual networking with public/private options, block storage with encryption, ABAC-based access control, and managed PostgreSQL with automatic backups and high availability. It supports deployments on bare metal providers and can be used self-setup or via a managed service. It also provides Ubicloud Compute for cost-efficient dedicated VMs and Ubicloud PostgreSQL with PITR, while integrations such as GitHub Actions allow cheaper, isolated CI runners.
Who it’s for: startups and enterprises seeking open-source, cost-efficient cloud infrastructure with minimal vendor lock-in, who want both self-managed and managed options on bare metal providers
raised seed funding ($16 million), multiple use cases and customer testimonials
Previously visiting partner at YC for W23 and S23; now co-founder at Ubicloud. Co-founder and CEO of Citus Data (S11), the creators of the distributed PostgreSQL database Citus. Led the PostgreSQL product team at Azure, after Citus Data was acquired in 2019 by Microsoft.
AmazonI’m the cofounder of Ubicloud (YC W24), an open source alternative to AWS. We're on a mission to rebuild the cloud market with different values. Previously, I was a partner at Microsoft, leading PostgreSQL engineering teams. I came to Microsoft through its acquisition of Citus Data (S11). I was the cofounder and CTO at Citus, and I learned a lot about doing startups there. Before all this, I built distributed systems at Amazon.
I am one of the founders of Ubicloud. I've contributed to a number of control planes from an early phase, starting at Heroku, in what would become Heroku Postgres. Since then, I've serially created new control planes and infrastructure cloud products with some close colleagues, at Citus Cloud and Crunchy Bridge. Ubicloud is the fourth such system.
Ubicloud is an open source cloud that can run anywhere.
Ubicloud provides open source IaaS capabilities that run on bare metal providers (e.g., Hetzner, Leaseweb, AWS Bare Metal) and offers a managed service to cut cloud costs by 3-10x, with features including elastic compute, virtual networking, block storage, managed PostgreSQL, and IAM for self-hosting or managed use.
From the original launch (Mar 2024) — may be outdated.
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