Stakater Cloud Orchestrator
Stakater Cloud Orchestrator is a self-hosted platform that adds a branded self-service portal, service catalog, tenant isolation, governance, metering, and b…
What Stakater Cloud Orchestrator is
Stakater Cloud Orchestrator is a self-hosted platform that adds a branded self-service portal, service catalog, tenant isolation, governance, metering, and billing above Kubernetes infrastructure. Providers can define services, sizes, quotas, and pricing tiers for virtual machines, clusters, databases, and GPU pools. VMaaS and OSaaS are generally available, while PostgreSQL, S3-compatible storage, OpenBao, and NetBird services are in preview. Tenants provision resources through the provider’s logo and domain. Each project receives a dedicated virtual API endpoint, isolated networking, quotas, and independent role-based access control. Organizations can connect LDAP, SAML, or OIDC identity providers. Metering covers vCPU-hours, RAM, storage, and GPU-hours, with billing exports to SAP, Oracle, or Zuora. Governance includes audit events, approval workflows, SIEM and ServiceNow integration, and policy-as-code definitions. Portal actions work through REST, Terraform, and GitOps, while the XaaS SDK wraps Kubernetes workloads as managed services. Red Hat OpenShift and IBM Fusion are validated platforms.
Good
- Provides a white-label self-service portal
- Supports hard multi-tenancy and network isolation
- Meters resources for billing
- Offers REST, Terraform, and GitOps access
- Supports policy governance and audit events
Watch out
- Pricing is available only on request
- Several services remain in preview
- Self-hosted deployment requires a Kubernetes cluster
- SUSE Rancher support is still in progress
Who it suits
Stakater Cloud Orchestrator suits cloud providers, managed service providers, enterprises, telcos, banks, government, defence, GPU providers, and internal developer platforms. It fits teams needing self-hosted Kubernetes services with tenant isolation, automation, governance, and billing.
Verdict
Stakater Cloud Orchestrator turns Kubernetes infrastructure into catalog-based services with isolation, automation, governance, and usage billing. Its self-hosted model and preview service status should be weighed against the control it offers providers.
Plans and prices
From Stakater Cloud Orchestrator's own pricing page, checked 2 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Stakater Cloud Orchestrator | Priced on request | Pricing not stated; book a call |
The facts
Each one read from Stakater Cloud Orchestrator's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API access
- Portal actions are available through REST, Terraform and GitOps, and the XaaS SDK can wrap Kubernetes workloads as managed services.checked 30 Sep 2026
- APIs and tools
- Portal actions are available through REST, Terraform, and GitOps, and its XaaS SDK can wrap Kubernetes workloads as managed services.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Available services
- VMaaS and OSaaS are generally available, while PGaaS, S3aaS, OBaaS and NBaaS are in preview.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- SCO runs self-hosted on Red Hat OpenShift on bare metal and does not require external cloud accounts or public-cloud connectivity unless a service needs it.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Governance
- The product page lists immutable audit trails, SIEM and ServiceNow integration, and approval workflows.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Identity
- Each organisation has isolated identity management and can integrate its own LDAP, SAML or OIDC provider.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Installation and isolation
- Public documentation says SCO is installed on a Kubernetes cluster and describes isolated project workspaces, network separation, and no direct user access to host clusters.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Listed integrations include Active Directory, LDAP, SAML, OIDC, ServiceNow, HashiCorp Vault, OpenBao, Prometheus, Grafana, ArgoCD, Flux, Terraform, and Ansible.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The product page identifies cloud service providers, telcos, enterprises and banks, government and defence, AI and GPU cloud providers, and internal developer platforms as intended audiences.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Isolation
- Each project has a dedicated virtual API endpoint, network isolation, resource quotas and independent role-based access control.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Multi-tenancy
- The product describes dedicated compute, isolated networks, and separate storage per tenant, with security policies applied at provisioning time.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Portal
- Its white-label portal lets tenants provision resources using the provider’s logo and domain.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Stakater Cloud Orchestrator adds a self-service portal, service catalog, hard multi-tenancy, metering, and billing above Kubernetes infrastructure.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Security controls
- Stakater lists EU data residency, least-privilege RBAC, policy-as-code enforcement, audit logging, and encryption in transit and at rest.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Security posture
- Stakater says its compliance posture includes GDPR alignment and CIS Benchmark Level 2 hardened clusters; SOC 2 Type II is in progress and ISO 27001 is planned.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Self-service portal
- The white-label portal lets tenants provision resources under the provider’s logo and domain.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Service availability
- VMaaS and OSaaS are marked generally available; PostgreSQL, S3-compatible storage, OpenBao, and NetBird services are marked in preview.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Service catalog
- Providers can define services, sizes, quotas and pricing tiers for offerings such as VMs, clusters, databases and GPU pools.checked 30 Sep 2026
The company
- Company
- Stakater says it was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Stockholm.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2015checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Stockholm, Swedenchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Metering and billing
- It meters per-tenant vCPU-hours, RAM, storage, and GPU-hours, and can push data to SAP, Oracle, or Zuora for chargeback or invoicing.checked 2 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform support
- The product lists Red Hat OpenShift and IBM Fusion as validated platforms, SUSE Rancher as in progress, and support for any CNCF-conformant Kubernetes.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Supported platforms
- The product page lists Red Hat OpenShift and IBM Fusion as validated, SUSE Rancher as in progress, and any CNCF-conformant Kubernetes.checked 2 Oct 2026
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