ubicloud
The premium Open Source alternative to AWS / DigitalOcean
🎯 Best for:Companies building private clouds or cheaper public clouds
What is ubicloud?
Replaces proprietary public cloud infrastructure by turning bare metal servers into elastic compute clouds. Uses Firecracker microVMs to provide secure, transient virtual machines on standard Linux hardware.
Tech Stack
RubyInfrastructure & Cloud
Why ubicloud?
- • Drastically lower compute costs
- • Portable across bare metal providers
- • Uses industry-standard Linux networking
Limitations
- • High complexity to manage hardware
- • Smaller ecosystem than AWS
- • Requires deep networking knowledge
1/14/2026
Last Update
535
Forks
74
Issues
AGPL-3.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on AWS / DigitalOcean)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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