Cloud Cost Optimizer with Bare-Metal Migration Path
C6/10March 8, 2026
WhatA platform that continuously benchmarks your actual workloads against cloud, bare-metal, and colocation options, then automates migration to the cheapest provider — including Hetzner and self-hosted — with one click.
SignalThere is deep and recurring frustration that cloud VMs are dramatically overpriced versus alternatives like Hetzner or colocation, but teams stay on AWS/GCP because comparing real workload performance across providers is tedious, and migration is operationally scary.
Why NowThe price-performance gap between major clouds and alternatives has widened to 3-10x with new AMD hardware generations, making the savings large enough to justify migration friction, while Kubernetes and containerization have made workloads more portable than ever.
MarketMid-market companies spending $10K-$500K/mo on cloud compute. TAM overlaps with the $20B+ cloud cost management market. Competitors (Vantage, CloudHealth) only optimize within clouds — none guide you out of them.
MoatProprietary benchmark dataset across providers and workload types creates a unique data asset; customers who migrate through you have high switching costs back.
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