# Ubicloud

**Source:** https://geo.sig.ai/brands/ubicloud  
**Vertical:** Infrastructure  
**Subcategory:** Cloud Services  
**Tier:** Emerging  
**Website:** ubicloud.com  
**Last Updated:** 2026-04-14

## Summary

Open-source AWS alternative with elastic compute, managed Postgres, and GitHub Actions runners at 3x lower cost; $16M YC seed in 2024 from ex-Citus Data (Microsoft) PostgreSQL team targeting cloud cost reduction.

## Company Overview

Ubicloud is an open-source cloud platform providing an alternative to AWS for infrastructure teams — offering elastic compute, block storage, managed Postgres, load balancers, and GitHub Actions runners at approximately 3x lower cost than AWS through efficient resource utilization and self-hosting optionality. Founded by the former Citus Data team (PostgreSQL scaling engineers whose company was acquired by Microsoft in 2019, building Azure Database for PostgreSQL Hyperscale Citus) and backed with $16 million in seed funding in January 2024 from Y Combinator, 500 Global, and Emerging Europe, Ubicloud targets infrastructure teams seeking AWS-comparable managed services without hyperscaler pricing and vendor lock-in.

Ubicloud's deployment flexibility is the key architectural differentiator: teams can self-host Ubicloud on their own bare metal servers or use Ubicloud's managed cloud service — both options run the same Apache 2.0 open-source codebase, eliminating proprietary lock-in that makes AWS migration technically complex. The managed Postgres offering (leveraging the founding team's deep PostgreSQL expertise from Citus Data) is the flagship product — providing distributed PostgreSQL scaling capability for high-throughput applications at a fraction of Amazon RDS costs. The GitHub Actions runner service provides 3-5x faster CI/CD pipeline execution at significantly lower cost than GitHub's native hosted runners.

In 2025, Ubicloud competes in the cloud infrastructure market with AWS (the dominant hyperscaler), DigitalOcean (NASDAQ: DOCN, developer-friendly cloud), Hetzner (budget German cloud), and Fly.io for cost-efficient cloud alternatives. Total cloud cost has become a major enterprise concern — organizations spending millions monthly on AWS actively seek cost reduction without migration risk. Ubicloud's open-source model (Apache 2.0) builds trust with infrastructure-conservative engineering teams skeptical of proprietary cloud alternatives. Y Combinator's investment provides the startup ecosystem customer pipeline. The 2025 strategy focuses on GitHub Actions runners as the primary low-friction entry point (immediate, measurable cost savings), growing managed Postgres customers who benefit from the founding team's database expertise, and expanding the service catalog toward broader AWS coverage.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### What is Ubicloud?
Ubicloud is an open source cloud platform company that provides an alternative to AWS. Founded in 2023, the company aims to deliver 3-10x cost reduction compared to traditional cloud providers while offering compatible cloud services.

### What products and services does Ubicloud offer?
Ubicloud offers elastic compute, block storage, load balancer, firewall, managed PostgreSQL, and GitHub Actions runners. These services can be deployed either as self-hosted or as a managed service, approximately 3x cheaper than AWS.

### Who should use Ubicloud?
Ubicloud targets cloud users looking for cost-effective alternatives to AWS, particularly those with long-running workloads, GitHub Actions runner needs, and PostgreSQL database requirements. The platform serves customers seeking open source cloud solutions with significant cost savings.

### When was Ubicloud founded?
Ubicloud was founded in 2023 and participated in Y Combinator's W24 batch.

### Where is Ubicloud located?
Ubicloud is based in San Francisco, California, with its 10 employees distributed across San Francisco, Amsterdam, and Istanbul.

### How much funding has Ubicloud raised?
Ubicloud raised $16M in seed funding in January 2024 from Y Combinator, 500 Emerging Europe, and angel investors.

### What cost savings can customers expect with Ubicloud?
Ubicloud achieves 3-10x cloud cost reduction compared to traditional providers, with their managed services approximately 3x cheaper than AWS.

### What is Ubicloud's technology approach?
Ubicloud is built as an open source cloud platform, allowing customers to either self-host the infrastructure or use it as a managed service. The platform provides AWS-compatible services with significant cost advantages.

### Who founded Ubicloud?
Ubicloud was founded by Ozgun Erdogan, Umur Cubukcu, and Daniel Farina, who previously co-founded Citus Data, a distributed PostgreSQL company that was acquired by Microsoft in 2019.

### What products are seeing the most demand at Ubicloud?
Ubicloud is seeing strong demand for GitHub Actions runners, long-running workloads, and PostgreSQL databases.

## Tags

b2b, platform, cloud-native, infrastructure, developer-tools, saas

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*Data from geo.sig.ai Brand Intelligence Database. Updated 2026-04-14.*