Omni
Omni manages provisioning, configuration, upgrades and backups for Talos clusters across bare metal, edge and cloud environments.
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 a SaaS service or self-host it, including in disconnected and air-gapped settings. It supports infrastructure such as KubeVirt, libvirt, vSphere and Proxmox, as well as providers teams build themselves. Declarative templates keep clusters aligned to a specified configuration. Fleet-wide Talos and Kubernetes upgrades include health checks, atomic per-node updates and automatic rollback after failure. Omni connects to nodes through WireGuard; KubeSpan can extend encryption across clusters and sites. Identity options include SAML or OIDC, role-scoped access by cluster 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 does not require a credit card.
Good
- Supports SaaS and self-hosted deployment.
- Fleet upgrades include health checks and automatic rollback.
- Access supports SAML or OIDC and per-cluster roles.
- Free 14-day trial requires no credit card.
- Hobby includes up to 10 nodes and 2 users.
Watch out
- Hobby costs $10 per month.
- Startup costs $25 per node per month.
- Hobby is limited to 10 nodes and 2 users.
Who it suits
Omni is aimed at platform teams managing Kubernetes fleets across bare metal, edge and cloud. Its SaaS and self-hosted options may suit teams with different deployment constraints, including disconnected environments.
Verdict
Omni combines cluster lifecycle management with fleet upgrades, configuration controls and audited access. The Hobby and Startup plans have clear node and user limits, while self-hosting is available for teams that need it.
Plans and prices
From Omni's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Omni · Hobby | Free | up to 10 nodes · 2 users · community support · forever |
| Omni · Startup | $25 a month | up to 50 nodes · unlimited clusters · community edition Talos Linux · per node per month |
| Omni · Edge | Priced on request | distributed edge scale · secure node enrollment · enterprise support |
| Omni · Enterprise | — | enterprise assurance and support · enterprise Talos Linux · included with Talos Enterprise Linux at $1,000 per node per year |
The facts
Each one read from Omni's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- Omni exposes a gRPC API for cluster management, machine state and authentication.checked 15 Oct 2026
- CLI
- The omnictl command-line tool wraps the same Omni API and handles authentication for interactive use.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Clusters as code
- Declarative cluster templates are applied across fleets and reconciled to the specified configuration.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- Omni applies declarative cluster templates across a fleet and keeps clusters reconciled to the specification.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- Omni is available as SaaS or self-hosted, including disconnected and air-gapped environments.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Documentation depth
- The documentation covers installation, self-hosting, infrastructure providers, cluster templates, Terraform, security, authentication, backups, audit logs, monitoring and troubleshooting.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Encrypted connections
- Omni reaches nodes over a WireGuard tunnel, and KubeSpan can extend encryption across clusters and sites.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Extensibility
- Custom infrastructure providers can be written, and the documentation links provider code and build guidance.checked 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.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Funding investors
- Crunchbase lists Hiro Capital and Sony Innovation Fund among Sidero Labs' two investors, with two funding rounds shown.checked 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.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Identity and audit
- SAML or OIDC identity providers, role-scoped cluster access and audit logs are supported through the UI and API.checked 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.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Infrastructure providers
- Documented providers include bare metal, KubeVirt, libvirt, vSphere and Proxmox, with third-party Oxide and TrueNAS providers also listed.checked 15 Oct 2026
- License
- Omni is distributed under the Business Source License; production use requires a commercial license while non-production use does not.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company
- Sidero Labs lists its address as 490 South Fairview, Goleta, California 93117.checked 29 Sep 2026
- Company founded
- LinkedIn lists Sidero as founded in 2019.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- LinkedIn lists headquarters in Santa Barbara, California.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- Crunchbase lists the legal name as Sidero Labs, Inc.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company ownership
- Crunchbase lists Sidero Labs as acquired by Yardi.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists the company size as 11–50 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2019checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Goleta, California, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Hobby plan limits
- The Hobby plan costs $10 per month and includes up to 10 nodes and 2 users.checked 29 Sep 2026
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