Apache CloudStack vs Control Plane

Apache CloudStack is free, open-source software for deploying and managing networks of virtual machines as a highly available, scalable IaaS cloud platform. Organizations can use it to build public, private, or hybrid clouds. Its features include compute orchestration, network services, account management, resource accounting, a web interface, and an open API. Operators can manage clouds through a web UI, command-line tools, or REST API, with optional AWS EC2- and S3-compatible APIs. Supported hypervisors include XenServer or XCP, KVM, Hyper-V, and VMware ESXi with vSphere. Storage options include iSCSI, NFS, Ceph RBD with KVM, volume encryption, snapshots, and storage tiering. Authentication options include OAuth2 single sign-on, two-factor authentication, TOTP, SAML, and LDAP. The project says CloudStack can manage tens of thousands of physical servers across geographically distributed data centers. Long Term Support releases receive bug and security fixes for 18 months after the main release. Operators remain responsible for protections such as monitoring, host security, and defenses against DoS and brute-force attacks.

Control Plane virtualizes cloud infrastructure into an AI-native cloud for deploying workloads across infrastructure selected by the customer. It combines bare metal, Kubernetes, and regions from AWS, GCP, Azure, and OCI. Supported workloads include containers, virtual machines, and ephemeral isolated sandboxes. Universal Cloud Identity provides credential-free service access across clouds without embedding credentials in workloads. Networking includes a service mesh, per-workload firewalls, and outbound-only Cloud Wormhole tunnels to private networks. The platform lists infrastructure provisioning, governance policies, infrastructure as code, role-based access control, audit logs, and Kubernetes management. Integrations include Terraform, Pulumi, Datadog, Logz.io, and Coralogix. Capacity AI is described as right-sizing resources; the company says most customers cut cloud bills by 30–50%. Usage pricing is billed monthly without contracts, minimums, or lock-ins. CPU is $0.06205654 per millicore-month, memory $0.00706330 per megabyte-month, and SSD $0.21224989 per GB-month.