4.4/5
G2 rating
~40 reviews
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Should I Use OpenMetal?
Depends
DependsBuy if you have in-house DevOps skills and steady workloads where fixed-cost dedicated hardware beats AWS, GCP, or VMware bills.
Fixed-price OpenStack private cloud on bare metal. Great for ops-strong teams dodging hyperscaler bills; overkill for small workloads.
Confidence: Medium
$1,173.60/mo
Large private cloud
fixed monthly, dedicated hardware
Yes
Free trial
self-serve on-demand deployment
Up to $100,000
Startup credits
applied to cloud spend
Value for money
4
Fixed pricing undercuts hyperscalers per its own case studies
Ease of use
3
Automated deploy, but OpenStack still needs expertise
Feature depth
4
Full OpenStack, GPU clusters, confidential computing
Security posture
4
HIPAA options, confidential computing, hardening docs
Pros
- Fixed-price clouds cut surprise hyperscaler bills; documented $450K GCP case²
- Fast automated deployment on 100% dedicated hardware with full root access
- HIPAA-compliant options on single-tenant hardware⁵
- GPU servers and clusters for private AI and HPC workloads⁷
- Up to $100,000 in cloud credits for startups⁸
Cons
Gotchas
- mediumEgress is billed separately — run their egress calculator before committing10
- mediumShared-responsibility security: OpenStack hardening is on you, per their own docs⁶
- mediumStartup credits ($100K max) are promotional; long-run costs revert to list price⁸
- mediumCloud sizes start around $1,174/mo — small workloads overpay¹
Best for
- DevOps teams wanting OpenStack without building it
- SaaS providers escaping hyperscaler bills
- Hosting companies needing multi-tenant infrastructure
- Healthcare teams needing HIPAA-eligible single-tenant hardware
Not for
- Small teams that just need a VPS or managed PaaS
- Startups with no sysadmin — OpenStack ops is real work
- Spiky workloads needing serverless autoscaling
- Anyone wanting zero infrastructure responsibility
Companies that use it
- Convesio⁹
- InMotion Hosting
Pricing
Hosted private cloud (Large v4)
$1,173.60/mo
- Fixed monthly cost, dedicated hardware
- OpenStack APIs, full root access
Bare metal dedicated servers
Catalog-priced per server
- Single-tenant on-demand servers
- Hosting, AI/HPC use cases
Startup credits
Up to $100,000
- Applied to cloud spend
- Qualifying startups only
Security
No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
What users say
Public reviews are limited (~4.4/5 G2) but generally positive, with sysadmins on Reddit naming it among reliable bare-metal and OpenStack options.
Alternatives
Compare OpenMetal with each alternative.
Hetzner
Cheaper dedicated servers; DIY, no OpenStack layer.
OpenMetal vs HetznerOVHcloud
Larger bare-metal provider with more regions and services.
OpenMetal vs OVHcloudDigitalOcean
Simpler managed cloud for small teams without ops staff.
Rackspace
Managed OpenStack private cloud if you want vendor-run ops.
OpenMetal vs RackspaceFull analysis
Based on 30+ public sources; vendor case studies dominate, independent review depth is thin.
Sources
official
review
review
- Why HIPAA-Compliant Cloud Hosting Mattersopenmetal.iosecurity
- How to Secure OpenStack Networkingopenmetal.iosecurity
- OpenMetal launches GPU servers and clustersdatacenterdynamics.comnews
- Convesio Customer Success Storyopenmetal.ioreview
- Egress Pricing Calculatoropenmetal.ioofficial
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