Baidu Cloud Compute (BCC)
5.5#8 in infrastructure as a service (iaas) softwareWebAPILinuxWindows
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OpenStack Barbican
6.1#3 in key management softwareFree planFree planAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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| Fact | Baidu Cloud Compute (BCC) | OpenStack Barbican |
|---|---|---|
| API | BCC APIs support instance operations including creating, stopping, querying, reinstalling, and releasing instances. | The barbican-api service provides an OpenStack-native REST API for provisioning and managing secrets. |
| Purpose | BCC is an elastically scalable cloud computing service for creating and managing cloud server instances. | Barbican is the OpenStack Key Manager service for secure storage, provisioning, and management of secrets such as keys, certificates, passwords, and raw binary data. |
Baidu Cloud Compute (BCC) plans
- Postpaid BCC instancePriced on request
- Prepaid BCC instance—
- Reserved Instance—
OpenStack Barbican plans
- Open source BarbicanFree
Pick Baidu Cloud Compute (BCC) if…
BCC suits users who need cloud server instances with adjustable resources, multiple instance families, or hybrid connections to private data centers. Users should account for its certification and postpaid balance requirements before creating an instance.
Pick OpenStack Barbican if…
Barbican suits OpenStack operators who need secret management through an API and can configure its plugins and deployment requirements. It is relevant where software stores or HSM-backed secret storage are needed.