--- title: OpenStack description: Canonical OpenStack - your own professional cloud for sophisticated workloads, including AI/ML, and full control over your sensitive data url: https://canonical.com/openstack?format=md --- # Canonical OpenStack Get a public cloud-like experience while hosting your applications in your own data center. Strengthen your business with flexible infrastructure that meets the highest industry standards. [Try Canonical OpenStack](https://canonical-openstack.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/tutorial/get-started-with-openstack/) [Download the OpenStack e-book](https://ubuntu.com/engage/openstack-ebook-beginners) --- ## Canonical OpenStack in numbers --- **10+** Years on the market --- **500+** Clouds in production --- **~30 minutes** To spin it up in your lab --- ## Keep your future in your hands with your own professional cloud Transform your data center into a fully functional and professional cloud environment. Take advantage of cloud-based operations, while retaining all the benefits of owning your computing infrastructure. [Get in touch](https://canonical.com/contact-us) --- ### Improve your business' efficiency Equip your teams with a self-service IT infrastructure. Canonical OpenStack delivers a cloud-like experience and on-demand resources to serve your business' computing needs. --- ### Reduce and optimize your infrastructure costs Deploy it in your existing multi-cloud ecosystem and benefit from a long-term TCO reduction. With Canonical OpenStack there is no hidden license or subscription cost. --- ### Re-gain control over your data Keep your sensitive data on your premises where you have full control over the underlying infrastructure. Canonical OpenStack helps you build sovereign clouds and adhere to local policies and regulations. --- ### Avoid lock-in and costly surprises Bet on a product that uses stable, mature and distilled upstream open source code underneath. Benefit from years of community collaboration, while relying on us for security updates and support with guaranteed SLAs. --- ### Accelerate your digital transformation Plug in your GPUs and get an extendable Kubernetes layer running on top of Canonical OpenStack in minutes. Use with confidence for your sophisticated AI/ML and other cloud-native workloads. --- ### Build with ease and operate at scale Launch your own instance of Canonical OpenStack in your lab in a few simple steps. Scale out with ease and benefit from full bottom-up automation for daily operations. --- ## Endorsed by executives, globally --- > *Canonical is miles ahead of other providers where every server is manually configured.* Hubert Tsang CIO, Pacific Textiles --- > *We recently reassessed our cloud strategy, and one of the parameters was cost-efficiency. We observed that Canonical OpenStack is helping us to achieve two-to-three times more cost-efficiency than using public clouds.* Cléber Alexandre Agazzi Head of Infrastructure & IT Operations, Sicredi --- > *Migrating our OCS application to the cloud will give us the base and agility we need in order to consistently offer best-in-class solutions for our customers. This selection [Canonical OpenStack] was an obvious choice to enable us to scale our charging capabilities to a future-proofed private cloud platform.* Flavio Matiello Head of PrePaid Platforms & OCS, Telefonica Brazil --- ## Where does Canonical OpenStack fit? * General-purpose cloud computing on your premises * An alternative to proprietary virtualization solutions * Implementing a sovereign cloud for digital sovereignty * Building a local/regional public cloud for your customers * Performance-intensive workloads such as HPC and AI/ML * Telco network function virtualization infrastructure (NFVI) * Edge infrastructure distributed across thousands of sites --- ## Proven record of success [Watch the video ›](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oFnOHJrRQs) [Read the announcement ›](https://www.unicc.org/news/2023/10/19/unicc-partners-with-canonical-to-build-unicc-cloud/) [Read the case study ›](https://ubuntu.com/engage/kubernetes-openstack-case-study-firmus) [Read the case study ›](https://ubuntu.com/case-study/sbi-bits) --- --- ## Get Canonical OpenStack Self-deployed or Canonical-deployed? This is the only dilemma you have to deal with when getting started with Canonical OpenStack. Choose the option that suits you best and start your journey with your own professional cloud today. --- ### Self-deployed You deploy Canonical OpenStack yourself by relying on public-facing materials, such as [product documentation](https://canonical-openstack.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/) and [tutorials](https://ubuntu.com/openstack/tutorials). Once deployed according to Canonical's best practices, your cloud qualifies for various levels of [commercial services](https://canonical.com/contact-us). [Start on your own](https://canonical-openstack.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/tutorial/get-started-with-openstack/) --- ### Canonical-deployed We deploy Canonical OpenStack for you. Together, we find the design that suits your use case and requirements best. We will share our best practices and hand over the cloud to you once it's built, tested and validated by us. 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