Freedom251 › Kubernetes Management Platforms
Omni
What Omni is
Omni manages provisioning, configuration, upgrades, and backups for Talos clusters across bare metal, edge, and cloud environments. Platform teams can use it as SaaS or self-host it, including in disconnected and air-gapped settings. Listed infrastructure options include KubeVirt, libvirt, vSphere, Proxmox, AWS EC2, QEMU, UTM, PXE, and providers teams build themselves. Omni applies declarative cluster templates across a fleet and keeps clusters aligned with their specifications. Fleet-wide Talos and Kubernetes upgrades include health checks, atomic per-node updates, and automatic rollback on failure. Connections to nodes use a WireGuard tunnel; KubeSpan can extend encryption across clusters and sites. Workload Proxy creates an identity-provider-gated URL for an HTTP service and routes it to a cluster through the existing encrypted tunnel. Authentication supports SAML or OIDC, with per-cluster role-scoped access and change auditing through the UI or API. The Hobby plan costs $10 per month for up to 10 nodes and 2 users; Startup costs $25 per node per month and supports up to 50 nodes and unlimited clusters. A free 14-day trial is available without a credit card.
Who it suits
Omni is aimed at platform teams running Kubernetes across bare metal, edge, and cloud. It may suit teams managing Talos clusters across multiple environments, including disconnected or air-gapped deployments.
What it does well
- Available as SaaS or self-hosted.
- Supports fleet-wide Talos and Kubernetes upgrades.
- Automatic rollback on upgrade failure.
- Supports SAML or OIDC authentication.
- Free 14-day trial needs no credit card.
What to know first
- Hobby supports up to 10 nodes and 2 users.
- Startup costs $25 per node per month.
Limits
The Hobby plan costs $10 per month and includes up to 10 nodes and 2 users. Startup costs $25 per node per month and supports up to 50 nodes and unlimited clusters.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Omni · Hobby | forever · up to 10 nodes · 2 users · community support | Free |
| Omni · Startup | per node per month · up to 50 nodes · unlimited clusters · community edition Talos Linux | $25 a month |
| Omni · Edge | distributed edge scale · secure node enrollment · enterprise support | On request |
| Omni · Enterprise | included with Talos Enterprise Linux at $1,000 per node per year · enterprise assurance and support · enterprise Talos Linux | On request |
As siderolabs.com lists them, read 15 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Open the Omni website.
- Choose SaaS or self-hosted deployment.
- Start the free 14-day trial without a credit card.
- Select Hobby at $10 per month or Startup at $25 per node per month.
- Connect infrastructure such as bare metal, KubeVirt, libvirt, vSphere, Proxmox, or another supported provider.
Verdict
Omni combines Talos fleet management with provisioning, configuration, and upgrade controls across several deployment settings. Check node limits and per-node pricing against the scale of your clusters.
Questions
Is Omni free?
No. Omni is paid, with a free 14-day trial that requires no credit card.
How much does Omni cost?
Hobby costs $10 per month for up to 10 nodes and 2 users. Startup costs $25 per node per month and supports up to 50 nodes and unlimited clusters.
Can Omni be self-hosted?
Yes. Omni is available as SaaS or self-hosted, including in disconnected and air-gapped environments.
Which infrastructure does Omni support?
Listed environments include bare metal, KubeVirt, libvirt, vSphere, Proxmox, AWS EC2, QEMU, UTM, and PXE, as well as providers teams build themselves.
What authentication does Omni support?
It supports SAML or OIDC, per-cluster role-scoped access, and change auditing through its UI or API.
Facts from Omni's own pages
- API
- Omni exposes a gRPC API for cluster management, machine state and authentication. · docs.siderolabs.com, 15 Oct 2026
- CLI
- The omnictl command-line tool wraps the same Omni API and handles authentication for interactive use. · docs.siderolabs.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Clusters as code
- Declarative cluster templates are applied across fleets and reconciled to the specified configuration. · siderolabs.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company
- Sidero Labs lists its address as 490 South Fairview, Goleta, California 93117. · siderolabs.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Company founded
- LinkedIn lists Sidero as founded in 2019. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- LinkedIn lists headquarters in Santa Barbara, California. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- Crunchbase lists the legal name as Sidero Labs, Inc. · crunchbase.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company ownership
- Crunchbase lists Sidero Labs as acquired by Yardi. · crunchbase.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists the company size as 11–50 employees. · linkedin.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- Omni applies declarative cluster templates across a fleet and keeps clusters reconciled to the specification. · siderolabs.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Deployment
- Omni is available as SaaS or self-hosted, including disconnected and air-gapped environments. · siderolabs.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Documentation depth
- The documentation covers installation, self-hosting, infrastructure providers, cluster templates, Terraform, security, authentication, backups, audit logs, monitoring and troubleshooting. · docs.siderolabs.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Encrypted connections
- Omni reaches nodes over a WireGuard tunnel, and KubeSpan can extend encryption across clusters and sites. · siderolabs.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Extensibility
- Custom infrastructure providers can be written, and the documentation links provider code and build guidance. · docs.siderolabs.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Fleet upgrades
- Omni rolls out Talos and Kubernetes upgrades fleet-wide with health checks, per-node atomic operations and rollback on failure. · siderolabs.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2019 · siderolabs.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Funding investors
- Crunchbase lists Hiro Capital and Sony Innovation Fund among Sidero Labs' two investors, with two funding rounds shown. · crunchbase.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Hardware requirements
- The documented single-VM baseline for about 200 managed nodes is 4 vCPUs, 8–16 GB RAM, 500 GB SSD and 1 Gbps networking. · docs.siderolabs.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Goleta, California, United States · siderolabs.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Hobby plan limits
- The Hobby plan costs $10 per month and includes up to 10 nodes and 2 users. · siderolabs.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Identity and audit
- SAML or OIDC identity providers, role-scoped cluster access and audit logs are supported through the UI and API. · siderolabs.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Independent review praise
- Virtualization Howto described Omni as a purpose-built Talos Kubernetes management solution with GUI lifecycle operations, secure bootstrap and observability. · virtualizationhowto.com, 15 Oct 2026
- Infrastructure providers
- Documented providers include bare metal, KubeVirt, libvirt, vSphere and Proxmox, with third-party Oxide and TrueNAS providers also listed. · docs.siderolabs.com, 15 Oct 2026
- License
- Omni is distributed under the Business Source License; production use requires a commercial license while non-production use does not. · docs.siderolabs.com, 15 Oct 2026
Where Omni stands on Freedom251
- Kubernetes Management Platforms#12 of 29