Omni
Goleta, California, United States
What it is
Omni manages provisioning, configuration, upgrades, and backups for Talos clusters across bare metal, edge, and cloud infrastructure. It is available as SaaS or self-hosted software, including disconnected and air-gapped deployments. Listed environments include KubeVirt, libvirt, vSphere, Proxmox, AWS EC2, QEMU, UTM, PXE, and infrastructure teams build themselves. Omni applies declarative templates across fleets and keeps clusters aligned with their specifications. Fleet-wide Talos and Kubernetes upgrades include health checks, atomic per-node updates, and automatic rollback after failure. Nodes connect through WireGuard, while KubeSpan can extend encryption across clusters and sites. Workload Proxy creates an identity-provider-gated URL for an HTTP service and routes traffic through the encrypted tunnel. SAML or OIDC authentication, per-cluster roles, and UI or API audit records are supported. Hobby costs $10 per month for up to 10 nodes and two users; Startup costs $25 per node per month for up to 50 nodes and unlimited clusters. A 14-day trial requires no credit card.
For and against
For
- Manages provisioning, upgrades, configuration, and backups
- Supports SaaS and self-hosted deployment
- Provides fleet-wide upgrades with rollback
- Uses WireGuard encrypted node connections
- Offers SAML or OIDC and audit trails
Against
- Hobby limited to 10 nodes and two users
- Startup billed per node monthly
- Enterprise and Edge pricing requires contact
The verdict
Omni centralizes Talos fleet operations across varied infrastructure and deployment conditions. Its upgrade safeguards, encrypted connectivity, and role-based auditing appeal to platform teams, with plan limits and per-node pricing shaping larger deployments.
Who it suits
Omni suits platform teams operating Kubernetes fleets across bare metal, edge, cloud, or air-gapped environments. It supports both SaaS and self-hosted deployment models.
Plans and prices
Omni · Hobby
up to 10 nodes · 2 users · community support
Read 15 Oct 2026 · siderolabs.com
Omni · Startup
up to 50 nodes · unlimited clusters · community edition Talos Linux
Read 15 Oct 2026 · siderolabs.com
Omni · Edge
distributed edge scale · secure node enrollment · enterprise support
Read 15 Oct 2026 · siderolabs.com
Omni · Enterprise
enterprise assurance and support · enterprise Talos Linux
Read 15 Oct 2026 · siderolabs.com
On the record
- API
- Omni exposes a gRPC API for cluster management, machine state and authentication.docs.siderolabs.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- CLI
- The omnictl command-line tool wraps the same Omni API and handles authentication for interactive use.docs.siderolabs.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Clusters as code
- Declarative cluster templates are applied across fleets and reconciled to the specified configuration.siderolabs.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company
- Sidero Labs lists its address as 490 South Fairview, Goleta, California 93117.siderolabs.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Company founded
- LinkedIn lists Sidero as founded in 2019.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- LinkedIn lists headquarters in Santa Barbara, California.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- Crunchbase lists the legal name as Sidero Labs, Inc.crunchbase.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company ownership
- Crunchbase lists Sidero Labs as acquired by Yardi.crunchbase.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists the company size as 11–50 employees.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- Omni applies declarative cluster templates across a fleet and keeps clusters reconciled to the specification.siderolabs.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- Omni is available as SaaS or self-hosted, including disconnected and air-gapped environments.siderolabs.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Documentation depth
- The documentation covers installation, self-hosting, infrastructure providers, cluster templates, Terraform, security, authentication, backups, audit logs, monitoring and troubleshooting.docs.siderolabs.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Encrypted connections
- Omni reaches nodes over a WireGuard tunnel, and KubeSpan can extend encryption across clusters and sites.siderolabs.com · read 29 Sep 2026
- Extensibility
- Custom infrastructure providers can be written, and the documentation links provider code and build guidance.docs.siderolabs.com · read 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.siderolabs.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Funding investors
- Crunchbase lists Hiro Capital and Sony Innovation Fund among Sidero Labs' two investors, with two funding rounds shown.crunchbase.com · read 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.docs.siderolabs.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Hobby plan limits
- The Hobby plan costs $10 per month and includes up to 10 nodes and 2 users.siderolabs.com · read 29 Sep 2026
