Why Open Edge

US sovereign data residency illustration

The Cloud Built for Companies Like Yours

Hyperscalers are built for everyone — which means they are optimized for no one. Open Edge is purpose-built for mid-market enterprises that need real infrastructure, real support, and real cost predictability.

US Data Sovereignty

Your data stays on US soil. Period.

US data sovereignty — secure data nodes across the United States
  • US-Only Infrastructure — All compute, storage, and networking on US-based hardware
  • US-Person Access Controls — Infrastructure managed by US-based personnel
  • Contractual Guarantees — Data residency commitments in every customer agreement
  • Regulatory-Ready Infrastructure — Designed to support workloads subject to ITAR, CMMC, and state-level data privacy requirements
  • Full Transparency — We show you exactly where your data lives

For organizations in defense contracting, financial services, healthcare, and government-adjacent industries, data sovereignty is not optional. We built our infrastructure around it.

Predictable, Contract-Based Pricing

Cloud bills should not be a monthly surprise.

  • No Egress Fees — Transfer data out without penalty
  • No Hidden Surcharges — No charges for API calls, DNS queries, or load balancer hours
  • Contract Commitments — Agree on capacity and pricing upfront
  • Cost Center Tagging — Allocate costs to internal departments
  • Usage Visibility — Real-time dashboards showing consumption against contract

What Mid-Market Companies Actually Pay

Cost FactorHyperscalersOpen Edge
ComputeVariable hourly ratesFixed contract rates
Data Egress$0.08–0.12 per GBIncluded
Support$15,000+/year (Business tier)Included
Load BalancersHourly + per-GB feesIncluded
Managed ServiceThird-party MSP ($5K–20K/mo)Built in
Billing PredictabilityRequires optimization teamPredictable by design

White-Glove Managed Service

Your infrastructure is our responsibility.

  • Dedicated Account Team — Named engineers who know your environment
  • 24/7 Monitoring — Our operations team monitors around the clock
  • Proactive Management — We patch, update, and maintain infrastructure
  • Incident Response — We are already on it when something goes wrong
  • Managed Applications — We deploy and operate apps on your behalf
  • Onboarding & Migration — Structured migration plan from your current provider
Managed cloud service — monitoring dashboard with human oversight

What “Managed” Actually Means

ResponsibilitySelf-Service CloudOpen Edge
Hardware failuresYour problem to detectWe detect and remediate
OS patchingYou schedule and applyWe manage it
Security monitoringYou buy and configure toolsIncluded
Capacity planningYou guess and overprovisionWe plan with you quarterly
Incident responseYou open a ticketWe call you

No Hyperscaler Lock-In

Your workloads run on open standards, not proprietary APIs.

Standard APIs

OpenStack APIs, S3-compatible object storage, standard networking primitives. Use the tools you already know — CLI, Terraform, Ansible, SDKs.

Portable Workloads

Standard disk images (QCOW2, RAW, VMDK), standard networking (OVN), standard storage (Ceph). Your data is yours.

Your Choice

If you ever want to leave, you can. We believe you will stay because the service is excellent — not because migration is impossible.

Advanced Networking

Most cloud platforms treat networking as an afterthought. We built it as a differentiator.

Advanced networking — network topology with routers and nodes
  • Traffic Simulator — Test packet allow/deny before deploying rule changes
  • Effective Rules View — Merged view across all security groups per port
  • Shadowed Rule Detection — Find rules masked by broader rules
  • Quick-Apply Templates — One-click standard rulesets
  • Address Groups — Reusable IP sets referenced across rules
  • Full IPv6 — Dual-stack with automatic allocation from ARIN-assigned block
  • Visual Topology — Interactive network graph from external network to instances

These are not features you get by adding a $50,000/year third-party overlay. They are built into the platform.

Right-Sized for the Mid-Market

Enterprise-grade infrastructure without enterprise complexity.

You Matter

Your account is not an afterthought behind Fortune 500 clients. You talk to people who know your name and your architecture.

Enterprise Features Included

SSO, RBAC, secrets management, load balancing, and orchestration are all included and configured for you. No premium tier required.

One Vendor, One Relationship

Infrastructure, managed services, support, and applications from a single provider with a single contract. Grow at your pace with quarterly reviews.

How We Compare

CapabilityOpen EdgeAWS / Azure / GCPDigitalOcean / LinodeMSP + Colo
Managed infrastructureYesNo (DIY or add-on)NoVaries
US data sovereigntyGuaranteedBest-effortLimitedDepends
Predictable pricingContract-basedVariable, complexSimple but limitedFixed but rigid
Egress feesNone$0.08–0.12/GBLimited free tierVaries
Enterprise SSOIncludedExtra costNot availableVaries
Firewall intelligenceBuilt inBasic groupsBasicRequires appliances
Secrets managementIncludedSeparate service ($)Not availableThird-party
Dedicated supportEvery customer$15K+/yearCommunity/premiumIncluded
Lock-in riskNone (OpenStack)High (proprietary)ModerateLow

Ready to See the Difference?

Start with a conversation. We will walk you through the platform, discuss your workload requirements, and provide a transparent quote.