# OpenStack Ironic vs phoenixNAP Bare Metal Cloud

| Attribute | OpenStack Ironic | phoenixNAP Bare Metal Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 37.8 (21% (low)) | 43.1 (30% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 0 | - |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 64,999 | - |
| adoption.github_stars | 50,060 | - |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | An open source system that handles the complete operational lifecycle of physical servers, from initial hardware discovery and enrollment through deployment, maintenance, and eventual decommissioning. | A bare metal server platform that automates provisioning of dedicated physical servers for performance-critical workloads. Offers hourly, monthly, and annual billing with full CPU and RAM isolation, no virtualization overhead, and integration with Infrastructure-as-Code tools. |
| integrations.count | - | 6 |
| integrations.list | - | `[{"name":"Terraform"},{"name":"Ansible"},{"name":"Pulumi"},{"name":"Chef"},{"name":"Puppet"},{"name":"S3"}]` |
| language.primary | CSS | - |
| license.spdx | MIT | - |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | - | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://ironicbaremetal.org/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-20T16:32:18.019Z"}` | `{"type":"hybrid","summary":"Pay-per-use hourly billing or monthly/yearly reservations; use calculator for custom quotes","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://phoenixnap.com/cloud-pricing-calculator","retrievedAt":"2026-08-18T22:05:20.825Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 113 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/1.0.4","date":"2025-04-19T14:02:58Z","type":"stable","version":"1.0.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/1.0.3","date":"2024-12-27T20:28:08Z","type":"stable","version":"1.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/1.0.2","date":"2024-07-25T15:02:20Z","type":"stable","version":"1.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/1.0.1","date":"2024-05-20T16:40:40Z","type":"stable","version":"1.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/1.0.0","date":"2024-03-21T17:55:47Z","type":"stable","version":"1.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/0.9.4","date":"2022-05-08T13:50:59Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/0.9.3","date":"2021-06-18T17:45:30Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/0.9.2","date":"2021-01-26T19:22:14Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/0.9.1","date":"2020-09-28T22:40:29Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/0.9.0","date":"2020-06-07T12:53:29Z","type":"stable","version":"0.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/0.8.2","date":"2020-04-11T12:18:38Z","type":"stable","version":"0.8.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/0.8.1","date":"2020-03-23T14:11:08Z","type":"stable","version":"0.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/0.8.0","date":"2019-10-18T01:15:00Z","type":"stable","version":"0.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/0.7.5","date":"2019-05-19T11:09:18Z","type":"stable","version":"0.7.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/0.7.4","date":"2019-02-08T11:41:21Z","type":"stable","version":"0.7.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/0.7.3","date":"2019-02-07T19:37:56Z","type":"stable","version":"0.7.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/0.7.2","date":"2018-10-12T09:05:50Z","type":"stable","version":"0.7.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/0.7.1","date":"2018-04-18T16:31:58Z","type":"stable","version":"0.7.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/0.7.0","date":"2018-04-13T15:42:35Z","type":"stable","version":"0.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/jgthms/bulma/releases/tag/0.6.2","date":"2018-01-10T17:48:40Z","type":"stable","version":"0.6.2"}]` | - |
| security.scorecard | 2.8 | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=bulma&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | - |

## Capabilities (Bare Metal Hosting)

| Capability | OpenStack Ironic | phoenixNAP Bare Metal Cloud |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Provisioning speed | - | - |
| Billing unit | - | - |
| GPU bare metal | - | - |
| Private networking vlan | - | - |
| Ddos protection included | - | - |
| Oob management | - | - |
| Custom os pxe | - | - |
| K8s cluster API provider | - | - |
| Terraform iac provider | - | - |
| Datacenter regions | - | - |
| Nvme storage | - | - |
| HIPAA eligible | - | - |
| Open source self hostable | - | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:39:52.128Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*