The strategic VMware alternative
Co-designed hardware and software.
One-time purchase with no licensing fees.
Predictable economics
Fixed infrastructure investment. No per-core billing that grows with usage.
Built for automation
API-first infrastructure that works like the cloud you know. Terraform, Kubernetes, and your existing automation.
Verified infrastructure
Hardware root of trust with open-source firmware. Every layer is verified from silicon up.
How Oxide compares
Cloud-native, on-prem economics
Migrate workloads to infrastructure with predictable pricing and no consumption billing
Scale without penalty
One-time infrastructure purchase. Run as many workloads as capacity allows with no meter running.
No surprise price hikes
No subscription licenses to renew, all software is freely available.
Zero egress fees
Move data between storage and compute without transfer costs. Large datasets don't penalize your budget.
With the tools you already use
Open APIs and integrations. No proprietary orchestration required
Plus broad compatibility
Oxide runs standard VMs, so your existing toolchain works out of the box
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Resources
Introduction to Oxide
An overview of the Oxide rack-scale computing system, from hardware components and networking to the integrated control plane API.
The Cloud Computer
Oxide's announcement of the world's first commercial cloud computer.
Working with Windows VMs
Prepare Windows images with virtio drivers and cloudbase-init, configure VPC firewall rules for RDP, and access instances via SSH, serial console, or Remote Desktop.
SDKs
Official Rust, TypeScript, and Go clients for programmatic access to the Oxide control plane API.
Terraform
Declaratively provision and manage Oxide instances, disks, VPCs, and projects with the official Terraform provider.
Packer
Build and upload custom machine images to Oxide using HashiCorp Packer.