Canonical MAAS vs MetalSoft Bare Metal Orchestrator
Canonical MAAS
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MetalSoft Bare Metal Orchestrator
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| Figure | Canonical MAAS | MetalSoft Bare Metal Orchestrator |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $2.50/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 1 |
| Spec score · Bare Metal Provisioning Software | 9.3 (#1) | 7.7 (#15) |
| Spec score · Data Center Automation | 9.3 (#1) | 7.8 (#10) |
| Spec score · Bare Metal as a Service (BMaaS) Software | 9.4 (#1) | 7.9 (#4) |
| Integrations | Canonical documentation names Juju, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, OpenStack and Kubernetes as MAAS automation or orchestration integrations. | The product page lists VMware, KVM, OpenShift, Terraform, Ansible, and HashiCorp Vault among its integrations. |
| Purpose | MAAS is an open source platform for centrally managing and provisioning physical servers as cloud resources. | Bare Metal Orchestrator provisions, re-provisions, and manages general-purpose and specialized servers across generations and vendors. |
Plans
Canonical MAAS
- FreeFree
- Self-supportFree
- Essential$30 a year
- Essential$30 a year
- Standard$50 a year
- Standard$50 a year
- Advanced$100 a year
- Advanced$100 a year
MetalSoft Bare Metal Orchestrator
- MetalSoft Bare Metal OrchestratorPriced on request
In their own words
Canonical MAAS
Canonical MAAS is an open source platform for provisioning physical servers as centrally managed cloud resources. It automates server discovery, inventory, commissioning, deployment, and decommissioning, and lets operators manage nodes through a web interface, command line, or API. Hardware discovery uses PXE boot and supports IPMI-enabled machines, as well as subnets, VLANs, and switch fabrics. MAAS integrates with Terraform, Juju, and Ansible for infrastructure automation. It can configure networking and storage, run hardware tests, and manage LXD and KVM virtual machines. Listed images include Ubuntu, CentOS, Windows, and RHEL; images can be synchronized or served from an onsite mirror for offline use. Canonical describes MAAS for private cloud with OpenStack, server automation, and bare-metal Kubernetes. A free self-support plan covers all machines but excludes HA support, RBAC, Knowledge Base, a Sev 1 response SLA, phone support, and ticket support. Paid plans start at $30 a year per managed machine. Ubuntu Pro is required for MAAS controllers; Canonical says it provides security patching and enterprise support for controllers and Ubuntu machines.
MetalSoft Bare Metal Orchestrator
MetalSoft Bare Metal Orchestrator has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.