What is OpenStack Ironic?
Ironic is an open source project that provides infrastructure management for physical servers. It discovers and catalogs hardware, then manages provisioning, configuration, maintenance, and retirement through a vendor-neutral API interface.
OpenStack Ironic pricing
We don't have OpenStack Ironic's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What OpenStack Ironic does
The capabilities that matter for bare metal hosting, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- 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
- Open source self host
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Self-hosted
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
OpenStack Ironic FAQ
Common questions about OpenStack Ironic, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is OpenStack Ironic?
Ironic is an open source project that provides infrastructure management for physical servers. It discovers and catalogs hardware, then manages provisioning, configuration, maintenance, and retirement through a vendor-neutral API interface. It is indexed under Bare Metal Hosting.
Source: https://ironicbaremetal.org/
Is OpenStack Ironic free to use?
OpenStack Ironic is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://ironicbaremetal.org/
Can OpenStack Ironic be self-hosted?
Yes. OpenStack Ironic can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://ironicbaremetal.org/
Is OpenStack Ironic open source?
Yes. OpenStack Ironic is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
OpenStack Ironic alternatives
Other bare metal hosting we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Hetzner Dedicated Serverslow · 43%
- Leaseweb Dedicated Serverslow · 40%
- Latitude.shInfrastructure platform for deploying global bare metal servers and GPUs with cloud-like simplicitymedium · 50%
- phoenixNAP Bare Metal CloudOn-demand dedicated physical servers provisioned via API with cloud-like agility and managementlow · 41%
- Liquid Web Dedicated ServersDedicated servers with built-in management, security, and expert supportmedium · 53%
- OVHcloud Bare MetalDedicated servers providing full hardware resources, deployable worldwide within minuteslow · 33%
Compare OpenStack Ironic
Side by side against other bare metal hosting, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for OpenStack Ironic, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 56 | 0.09 | 5.3 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 46 | 0.06 | 2.9 | ✓ |
| Security score | 35 | 0.04 | 1.5 | ✓ |
| Stars | 52 | 0.03 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 59 | mediumsource · 2026-09-18 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 4 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 69% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pricing model: open-source-self-host · Oob management: Yes · Open source self hostable: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-02 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Python | highsource · 2026-09-18 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-09-18 · 95% |
Pricing
Security
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