Optimize Workload Placement

Alternative Cloud Provider

Maximize workload performance. Minimize cloud spend.

State-of-the-art colocation in Phoenix
Physical link to major hyperscalers
API-driven bare metal deployed in minutes
Easily scalable Object Storage or Network File Storage
Industry-leading cloud Backup and DRaaS

Why Is phoenixNAP an Alternative Cloud Provider?

Hyperscale cloud provider offerings often include an array of unnecessary services that make management difficult. Struggling with environment complexity while justifying your skyrocketing cloud bills can be overwhelming for both CFOs and their developer teams.

Alternative cloud vendors like phoenixNAP eliminate management complexity and let you consume enterprise-grade cloud services with rock-solid performance, transparent pricing, and full control over your environment. Our hybrid cloud-ready solutions let you distribute your specific workloads to their ideal infrastructure, all while simplifying your deployments.

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Benefits

phoenixNAP: Your Ideal Google Cloud and AWS Alternative

phoenixNAP’s IT service portfolio addresses the requirements of small businesses and global enterprises alike. Pick from a variety of on-prem, bare metal, and cloud-based solutions for a perfect balance of availability, scalability, and security with straightforward, transparent pricing.

Simpler Hybrid Cloud

Avoid vendor lock-in. Mix, match, and bundle services for greater workload portability and easy distribution across hybrid or multi-cloud environments.

Optimized Workloads

Test pilot workloads, accelerate performance-sensitive applications, and secure business-critical data using a comprehensive portfolio of services.

Up to 80% Lower Costs

Optimize traditional, virtual, or containerized workloads. Save 20-80% on cloud bills while maintaining control over your IT resources.

Security, Compliance, & Privacy

Enjoy HIPAA-ready, PCI-compliant hosting solutions in a data center facility offering 24/7 physical and digital protection.

Global Reach

Bring your apps closer to your global target markets for lower latency, faster data transfer, and optimized user experience.

Future-Ready Hardware

Access hardware and data security technologies months before hyperscale cloud providers add them to their portfolio.

Services

phoenixNAP Alternative Cloud Services

Don’t settle for “best fit” solutions. phoenixNAP expands your options for workload placement by offering state-of-the-art colocation, cloud, or bare metal services. Create a well-rounded hybrid cloud infrastructure that offers advanced performance, security, and workload portability.

Colocation

Full and fractional cabinets
Private cages
40+ carriers
Direct link to AWS, GCP, and Azure
Hardware leasing
Redundant power and cooling

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Bare Metal Cloud

API-driven dedicated servers
50+ pre-configured instances
IaC integration
15 TB free bandwidth
Access to scale-out storage
As low as $0.08/hr

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Flexible Storage

S3-compatible Object Storage
Low-latency Network File Storage
Fast deployment
High performance
Petabytes of Object Storage

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Backup and DRaaS

Veeam Cloud Connect Backup and Replication
Managed Backup for Office 365
Zerto DRaaS
VMware Cloud Director Availability

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Bare Metal Cloud: Raw Performance, Cloud-Like Agility

Get affordable and reliable access to a DevOps-friendly infrastructure. Help your teams automate server provisioning and management to boost both workload performance and development speed. Set up an account and deploy your instances in mere minutes.

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Direct access to CPU, RAM, and NVMe storage resources
Infrastructure automation via custom-built IaC modules
Simple provisioning via API, CLI, or WebUI
Access to Repos, Actions, and SDKs on GitHub
Deployment of production Kubernetes clusters in 5 minutes

Up to 50 Gbps network speed
Public and private network and IP options
15 TB FREE bandwidth
Scale-out, low-latency Network File Storage
Petabytes of on-demand Object Storage

We Value
Your Trust

We pride ourselves on being the preferred choice for our clients.

“We wanted to focus our efforts on developing and improving our software. But our tight budget and staff shortage prevented us from deploying our own infrastructure, especially one with the strict security standards our applications and workloads demand. The administrative overhead would have simply been too much for us to keep up with.“

Ed Shaffer, CSO, Kaligent

“Migrating to phoenixNAP’s Bare Metal Cloud yielded a 50% monthly cloud cost reduction compared to our previous home-rolled solution in AWS. And our in-house solution was already 40% cheaper than the AWS-managed OpenSearch! We were able to leverage consistent speeds of over 20 Gbps between Bare Metal Cloud and multiple dedicated storage servers simultaneously, allowing us to separate the processing and data storage aspects of our infrastructure to optimize both speed and costs.“

Ryan McLaughlin, Senior DBA, SpyFu

“One of the things I like about phoenixNAP is that it’s the right size solution for me, but it’s also the right price. I can take advantage of existing expertise, use the same tools everywhere, and take advantage of compute at every location. This enables me to reduce the overall cost of my infrastructure to a quarter or fifth of what I have with AWS.“

Chuck Boecking, Founder of chuck-stack.org

Use Cases

Which Applications Benefit from Alternative Cloud?

Our state-of-the-art colocation services let you overcome on-prem infrastructure limitations and ensure always-on availability. Meanwhile, phoenixNAP’s Bare Metal Cloud streamlines workflows and CI/CD pipelines for fast-paced DevOps organizations that need maximum performance with automated server provisioning capabilities. Pick Data Security Cloud as the ideal compliance-ready, VMware-verified cloud environment for your colo-hosted apps. phoenixNAP’s scale-out storage options and top-notch availability services help you design a well-rounded hybrid cloud that offers advanced performance, security, and workload portability.

Dynamic Workloads

Easily adapt your infrastructure to global traffic peaks through opex-friendly, flexible servers and direct links to popular hyperscalers.

ML/AI Workloads

Process demanding workloads faster using pre-configured servers with the latest Intel CPUs packed with workload accelerators.

Sensitive Workloads

Protect data in transit, at rest, and in use by leveraging Intel’s confidential computing technologies and other data protection services.

Kubernetes and DevOps Workloads

Automate infrastructure management using familiar IaC tools (Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, Chef) and deploy geo-distributed HA K8s clusters in 5 minutes.

Compliance Workloads

Stay in line with strict standards through our PCI-DSS-compliant, SOC Type 2-audited, AZ Ramp-certified, and HIPAA-ready data center in Phoenix, Arizona.

Mission-Critical Workloads

Ensure an always-on environment with redundant power, cooling, and networking to resist business disruptions with ease.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, there are alternatives to public cloud (hyperscale) environments. You can find many providers of private cloud or hybrid cloud solutions, but your organization can also make use of alternatives to cloud computing in general. On-premises deployments, colocated servers, or leased IT hardware are options that provide better reliability and infrastructure control, making them more suitable for latency-sensitive or mission-critical workloads.

An alternative cloud provider like phoenixNAP offers you more competitive pricing models and more flexible billing options to help you optimize your IT spend. With our versatile portfolio of services, you can customize deployments, configurations, and services at scale without vendor lock-in. Our alternative cloud offering also improves visibility and control over your infrastructure, with 24/7 access to expert support.

While we don’t offer public cloud services, our portfolio includes services that you can combine to best meet the needs of your applications and build a cost-effective, workload-optimized hybrid cloud solution. These services include API-driven dedicated servers, premium colocation services, secure-by-design cloud infrastructure solutions, and industry-leading backup and disaster recovery options.

Our global footprint spans 5 continents. With phoenixNAP, you gain access to 15+ data centers and network PoPs across the U.S., Europe, and APAC. Also, our flagship data center in Phoenix is one of Arizona’s only AWS Direct Connect, Google Cloud Interconnect, and Azure ExpressRoute locations, making it easy to establish a low-latency connection to the most popular hyperscaler public cloud services.

Absolutely. We operate a high-performance, redundant infrastructure with multiple data centers and geographically distributed availability zones to ensure maximum reliability, scalability, and SLA-backed network uptime for your mission-critical workloads.

To get started with our colocation, bare metal, or cloud services, simply click on the “Get Started” button above to get in touch with our solution experts. Our cloud repatriation and migration specialists will work closely with you to assess your existing environment, help you develop a customized migration plan, and shift your workloads with minimal disruption to your operations. For self-service access to dedicated servers provisioned and managed as cloud, visit bmc.phoenixnap.com.

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