Ubicloud (YC W24)
Open source alternative to AWS
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Ozgun Erdogan

Ubicloud (YC W24) - Open source alternative to AWS

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Ubicloud is an open source cloud that can run anywhere. Our services include compute, block storage, load balancer, firewall, managed Postgres, and GitHub runners. You can self-host our software or use our managed service to reduce your cloud costs by 3-10x.

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Ozgun Erdogan
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Hey all, we've been watching our friends launch on Product Hunt from the sidelines. Today, we're making the jump ourselves! TLDR: Ubicloud is an open source alternative to AWS. Previously, if you wanted to launch a web app on Ubicloud, you'd have to go through many hurdles. Today, we're launching our Kamal integration. This way, you can launch your web apps in an open source, portable, and cost-effective manner. We also have a special perk available to Hunters. Email us at product-hunt@ubicloud.com during our launch week and we'll set you up with credits equivalent to 15,000 free compute minutes (standard-2). We'd also love to hear your feedback about anything Ubicloud related! Why this, why now? The cloud has become too expensive. Public cloud providers have proprietary solutions that lock you in. We think the time has come for an open source and cost-effective alternative. What is Kamal? Kamal is an open source project from Basecamp that lets you deploy web apps anywhere. DHH has a great video that explains how it works here - https://kamal-deploy.org What does it mean to use Kamal with Ubicloud? Kamal lets you deploy any kind of web app that can be containerized. It still requires certain primitives from the underlying infrastructure. These include compute, database, load balancer, DNS, and certificates. We've been working for months to provide these primitives in our open source and on managed offerings. They are available starting today. Do you have any experience with building this sort of thing? Our founding team comes from Azure; and worked at Amazon and Heroku before that. We also have start-up experience. We were co-founders and founding team members at Citus Data, which was acquired by Microsoft. Ubicloud provides compute (VM), block storage, firewall & load balancer, managed PostgreSQL, and GitHub runners. Again, if you have feedback for us, we'd love to hear it. Please chime in!
Pradhumn Vijayvargiya
@ozgun Looks pretty amazing, will share it with the friends who are in the initial days of building. Any specific type of user that can make the most by opting for Ubicloud> BTW does "Kamal" have any connection with the flower Lotus? (Called Kamal in hindi)
Ozgun Erdogan
Maker
@prad_vv - thanks a bunch! We'd expect new web apps to work best with Ubicloud + Kamal! Originally built for Rails apps, Kamal will work with any type of web app that can be containerized. On naming, DHH originally named the project MRSK. I'm guessing Maersk didn't like that, so they renamed the project. Kamal is named after the ancient Arab navigational tool used by sailors to keep course by determining their latitude via the Pole Star. https://kamal-deploy.org
Samuel Darwin
Launching soon!
@ozgun Interesting! I'm curious about the performance of your NVMe-based PostgreSQL compared to AWS RDS. Have you done any benchmarks? Also, how do you handle automated backups and point-in-time recovery for databases?
Ozgun Erdogan
Maker
@a_samueldarwin - yes we have! You can find our performance benchmarks here: https://www.ubicloud.com/docs/ma... As a quick note, we picked a working set that fit into memory in these benchmarks. So, most reads were served from memory for AWS and Ubicloud. If your working set didn't fit into memory, the performance difference would have been higher.
Andreea S.
@ozgun Congrats on launching Ubicloud!
Umur Cubukcu
Maker
Ubicloud started with encrypted VMs, storage and networking primitives, ABAC, and managed PostgreSQL. Now you can deploy anything that can be containerized, using a completely open source and simplified toolchain -- all the way from Linux, to Kamal, to Ubicloud. We are excited to reduce costs by 3x for core cloud services (and by 10x with our Github managed runners), to run anywhere, and to bring more freedom with open source. Would love to hear your feedback!
Sai Krishna Srirampur
Congrats Ubicloud team! We at PeerDB (https://github.com/PeerDB-io/peerdb) have been using Ubicloud since many months to speed-up our CI builds. It has been a great experience both from a performance and cost savings (over 10x savings) standpoint. Kamal integration will be a game changer for app devs, making it seamless to deploy managed web apps, now anywhere! 🚀
Engin Dogusoy
Congrats, Ubicloud team 🎉 We are using Ubicloud GitHub Runners 24/7 at Lifemote Networks and having a great time with them. I'm looking forward to what's next!
Arda Bulut
Finally I don't have to pay half of my runway to AWS
Tobia De Angelis
Incredible product from a top team. Go Oz and team!
Lukas Fittl
Excited to see Ubicloud on Product Hunt! I've worked with members of the team in the past at Citus Data and Azure, and can attest to their focus on technical excellence and building a long-lasting product. We've been using Ubicloud successfully for many months now here at pganalyze (https://pganalyze.com/), to power part of our test and deployment pipeline. It's clear that the combination of cost efficient infrastructure powered by world-class infrastructure automation can make a difference, especially when you're experiencing excessive compute costs with traditional cloud providers.
Kyrylo Silin
Hey Ozgun, I'm curious about the performance comparison between Ubicloud and traditional cloud providers. Have you conducted any benchmarks? Also, for companies considering migration, what's your approach to ensuring a smooth transition from existing cloud setups? Congrats on the launch!
Ozgun Erdogan
Maker
Hey @kyrylosilin - insightful question! We ran performance benchmarks for different use-cases. We should do this for Ubicloud + Kamal as well. * https://www.ubicloud.com/docs/gi... * https://www.ubicloud.com/docs/ma... We should run numbers for Ubicloud + Kamal as well. My guess would be that Ubicloud and AWS would perform similarly for most workloads, give or take 10-15% of each other. Our bare metal providers give us 4th gen AMD CPUs, so we'd be similar on CPU performance. I'd expect AWS to do better than that when your workload is network heavy. I'd expect Ubicloud to do better if you're writing to local disk (we use local NVMes). On companies considering migration, the specific steps depend on the use-case. Moving CI/CD workloads is straightforward, moving a database is naturally much harder. If you have a particular workload in mind, please do hit us up! Also, if you're deploying new workloads, please try us out and tell us what you think.
Emir Karşıyakalı
A promising startup that reduces cloud costs with multiple figures. A successful, incredibly talented team that previously exited a product to a giant like Microsoft, inspiring confidence because they clearly know what they are doing. I have no doubt they will become a unicorn. Congrats on the launch!
Furkan Sahin
Maker
Hey all! As one of the software devs here at Ubicloud, I am very proud that now, we have all the primitives to host a web app! You can use our Load Balancers, DNS hostnames, Certificates, free of charge! Our VMs, managed PostgreSQL database is also at a fraction of the cost of AWS! More to come!
moses omondi
💡 Bright idea
Im happy to see Ubicloud. Been through a lot trying to use AWS. Add Gmail and GitHub as signup/login alternatives.
Ozgun Erdogan
Maker
@moses_omondi1 - thank you! We heard this feedback from a few people before. I'm cc'ing @enescakir, who is looking at improving our sign-in / sign-up flow as we speak.
moses omondi
@enescakir @ozgun can we have a trial version?
Ozgun Erdogan
Maker
hey @moses_omondi1 - Of course. Our product hunt launch comes with 15,000 free minutes (standard-2 equivalent) for you to try out Kamal + Ubicloud. Please email us at product-hunt@ubicloud.com and we'd be happy to apply the credit to your account! Also, if you have any questions or comments for us, please drop us a line and we'd be happy to chat anytime.
Cihat Imamoglu
Looks great! The world needs more open alternative cloud providers.
Furkan Sahin
Maker
@cihat_imamoglu1 Thank you Cihat :)
Utku Sen
looks great. will definitely try it
Allen
Congratulations on launching Ubicloud! I'm really intrigued by the concept of an open-source cloud that can run anywhere, especially with the promise of significant cost savings on cloud services. I find the inclusion of managed Postgres and GitHub runners particularly exciting, as these features can really enhance productivity and streamline workflows for developers. It's impressive to see such a comprehensive set of services all in one platform! I'm curious, how does the self-hosting process work compared to your managed service? Additionally, are there any plans to expand the service offerings in the future? Keep up the amazing work—Ubicloud has great potential!
Furkan Sahin
Maker
@allen_xu1130 Hey Allen, thanks for your kind words! On the self-hosting, our current focus is on the managed service. This way, we can quickly collect feedback, iterate, and develop the self hosted version better. Essentially, anyone can setup their own Ubicloud at the moment, however, it requires some manual labor to configure everything. On the expanding the service offerings, we continuously collect feedback on new essential services. We definitely have more services in our roadmap. If you don't mind me asking, what services would you be interested in? Which ones would be a must have and some nice to haves?
Anne Boehm
This could really help startups and smaller teams manage their infrastructure more effectively.
Zishan Iqbal
Launching soon!
@ozgun Ubicloud offers an exciting solution with its open-source cloud services and flexible hosting options, especially with the potential to significantly reduce cloud costs. The range of features like managed Postgres and GitHub runners is a great addition. I’m curious how the platform scales when handling larger, more complex workloads—any plans for expanding those capabilities?
Zishan Iqbal
Launching soon!
@ozgun That sounds like a solid plan for expanding your cloud services. Adding managed Kubernetes and a CloudWatch alternative should be very beneficial. Are there any particular features or capabilities you're considering for the AI service, and how do you prioritize which services to develop next?
Congratulations on the launch of Ubicloud! This open-source alternative to AWS offers significant cost savings and flexibility. Will there be support for additional managed services like Redis or MongoDB, and are there plans to enhance the user interface for easier navigation and deployment management?
Furkan Sahin
Maker
Thanks a lot @flowsz ! We definitely have more services in our road map. We'll also immediately focus on making the app deployment easier and user friendly :)
HackerQED
Wow, really an ambitious product, and a contribution to the open source. Congratulations for the launch!
Necati Özmen
AWS can get super expensive if you’re not keeping an eye on it, so it’s nice to see something that offers similar features without the crazy costs. Congrats on launch.
Dilek DAYINLARLI KOCAATA
As a VC heavily invested in dev tools, I've seen firsthand how cloud costs can cripple startups. That's why I'm thrilled to partner with Ubicloud. Their open-source alternative to AWS, coupled with Kamal integration, offers devs an affordable, flexible solution without compromising on performance. The potential for 3-10x cost savings is a game-changer. Excited to see Ubicloud democratize cloud computing for developers everywhere. Congrats on the launch @Ubicloud team!