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Control Plane
What it is
Control Plane virtualizes cloud infrastructure into an AI-native cloud for deploying workloads across infrastructure selected by the customer. It supports combinations of bare metal, Kubernetes, and regions from AWS, GCP, Azure, and OCI, with container, virtual machine, and ephemeral isolated sandbox workloads. Universal Cloud Identity is designed to provide credential-free access to services across clouds without embedding credentials in workloads. Networking includes a service mesh, per-workload firewalls, and outbound-only Cloud Wormhole tunnels to private networks. The platform also lists infrastructure provisioning, governance policies, infrastructure as code, role-based access control, audit logs, and Kubernetes management. Named integrations include Terraform, Pulumi, Datadog, Logz.io, and Coralogix. Control Plane says its Capacity AI right-sizes resources and that most customers cut their cloud bill by 30–50%. Usage-based pricing is billed monthly with no contracts, minimums, or lock-ins. Listed rates are CPU at 0.06205654 USD per millicore-month, memory at 0.00706330 USD per megabyte-month, and general purpose SSD at 0.21224989 USD per GB-month. The first 100 GB-months of observability storage and 50M metrics samples are free. NVIDIA GPU compute is billed per second, subject to availability.
For and against
For
- Supports AWS, GCP, Azure, and OCI regions.
- Handles containers, virtual machines, and isolated sandboxes.
- Includes per-workload firewalls and a service mesh.
- First 100 GB-months of observability storage are free.
- Monthly billing has no contracts, minimums, or lock-ins.
Against
- NVIDIA GPU compute is subject to availability.
- GPU compute is billed per second.
- Listed CPU, memory, and storage rates are usage-based.
The verdict
Control Plane brings multiple infrastructure types and cloud regions under a common deployment layer, with identity, networking, and governance features. Its usage-based rates and per-second GPU billing are worth reviewing against the workloads planned.
Who it suits
Control Plane is aimed at development teams that want to use infrastructure across clouds as though it were one cloud. Its listed workload and governance tools may suit teams deploying across mixed cloud and bare-metal environments.
Plans and prices
Usage-based pricing
CPU $0.06205654 per millicore-month · memory $0.00706330 per megabyte-month · general purpose SSD $0.21224989 per GB-month · 100 GB-months observability storage free
Read 29 Sep 2026 · controlplane.com
On the record
- Cloud identity
- Universal Cloud Identity provides credential-free access to services across clouds without embedding credentials in workloads.controlplane.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Company history
- The About page says Doron Grinstein left VMware in 2019 to build Control Plane.controlplane.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Compute
- It supports combinations of bare metal, Kubernetes, and regions from AWS, GCP, Azure, and OCI.controlplane.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Cost optimization
- Control Plane says its Capacity AI right-sizes resources and that most customers cut their cloud bill by 30–50%.controlplane.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Free usage
- The pricing page says the first 100 GB-months of observability storage and first 50M metrics samples are free.controlplane.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The platform names AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI, Terraform, Pulumi, and integrations including Datadog, Logz.io, and Coralogix.controlplane.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Networking
- Built-in networking includes a service mesh, per-workload firewalls, and outbound-only Cloud Wormhole tunnels to private networks.controlplane.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Pricing detail
- The pricing page lists pay-as-you-go NVIDIA GPU compute billed per second, subject to availability.controlplane.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Product
- Control Plane virtualizes cloud infrastructure into an AI-native cloud for deploying workloads across infrastructure chosen by the customer.controlplane.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Security
- The maker lists SOC 2 Type II, PCI DSS Level 1, HIPAA, and GDPR, and its compliance page describes encryption at rest and in transit.docs.controlplane.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Support
- The site lists [email protected] as its support contact.controlplane.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Who it is for
- The company describes its mission as letting development teams use cloud infrastructure as though it were one cloud.controlplane.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Workload types
- The platform describes container, virtual machine, and ephemeral isolated sandbox workloads.controlplane.com · read 29 Sep 2026
