# Canonical MAAS vs OVHcloud Bare Metal

| Attribute | Canonical MAAS | OVHcloud Bare Metal |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 41.5 (18% (low)) | 47.4 (33% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 92 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 148 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | An open source system that automates deployment and administration of physical servers, offering programmatic control through APIs and integration with infrastructure-as-code tools. | High-performance physical computing infrastructure with exclusive access to hardware resources, modern processors, fast NVMe storage, and no virtualization overhead. Includes integrated DDoS protection and management through OVHcloud's platform. |
| features.capabilities | - | `{"billing_unit":"monthly","nvme_storage":true,"pricing_model":"monthly-contract","hipaa_eligible":true,"datacenter_regions":"global >15","provisioning_speed":"instant-API","ddos_protection_included":true,"open_source_self_hostable":false}` |
| integrations.count | 7 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Terraform"},{"name":"Juju"},{"name":"Ansible"},{"name":"LDAP"},{"name":"Active Directory"},{"name":"SAML"},{"name":"Ubuntu Pro"}]` | - |
| language.primary | HTML | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":["GB","CA","US","AU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":["AU","CA","CI","AE","IN","MA","NO","NZ","GB","SN","SG","CH"],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | - | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://maas.io/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T22:06:47.440Z"}` | `{"type":"quote","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T08:28:33.512Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | no |
| pricing.model | commercial | quote |
| pricing.price_level | free | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Bare Metal Hosting)

| Capability | Canonical MAAS | OVHcloud Bare Metal |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Provisioning speed | - | Instant API |
| Billing unit | - | Monthly |
| GPU bare metal | - | - |
| Private networking vlan | - | - |
| Ddos protection included | - | ✓ |
| Oob management | - | - |
| Custom os pxe | - | - |
| K8s cluster API provider | - | - |
| Terraform iac provider | - | - |
| Datacenter regions | - | Global >15 |
| Nvme storage | - | ✓ |
| HIPAA eligible | - | ✓ |
| Open source self hostable | - | ✗ |
| Pricing model | - | Monthly contract |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:29:05.457Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*