SwarmEngine
The infrastructure layer Proxmox couldn't scale to.
The one OpenStack was too complicated to be.
An API-first bare-metal cloud engine for hosting providers who are serious about owning their stack. Multi-tenant. Billing-aware. Deployed on hardware you control.
The Gap Nobody Wanted to Fill.
If you've ever tried to build a hosting business on existing tools, you already know the problem.
Proxmox
Built for single operators.
Proxmox is a brilliant bare-metal hypervisor for a team managing their own infrastructure. But it has no multi-tenant model, no billing logic, no headless API designed for a SaaS provider. It was never meant to be the engine behind a cloud business — and it shows.
OpenStack
Built for enterprises with 20-engineer ops teams.
OpenStack is technically impressive and deeply capable — but deploying it requires a dedicated platform team, months of configuration, and an organization built around maintaining it. For most providers, it’s an ops burden that consumes more resources than it unlocks.
SwarmEngine
Built for the operator in the middle.
You know your hardware. You know your market. You don’t need a managed cloud and you don’t need twenty engineers. You need an engine that handles KVM orchestration, multi-tenancy, and billing enforcement — and stays out of the way while you run your business.
You've been asking for this.
SwarmEngine was built because we needed it ourselves. We run our own hosting platform on bare-metal hardware, and we needed an engine that was multi-tenant from the API level, billing-aware from day one, and headless so we could build whatever interface we wanted on top of it. That tool didn't exist. So we built it.
Now we license it. You get the same engine we run our business on — deployed on your hardware, under your brand, with your Stripe account collecting the revenue.
Provider Program — No Hardware RequiredThe Hosting Provider
Small to enterprise-scale hosting companies who want to own their cloud stack and build custom branded control panels. Stop paying per-seat fees to panels that limit your architecture.
The SaaS Builder
Developers building infrastructure-as-a-service products who need a programmable compute backbone. SwarmEngine’s REST API is your foundation — build the product layer on top.
The Reseller Provider
Don’t have your own hardware? Our Provider Program gives you a fully licensed SwarmEngine deployment on our infrastructure, under your brand, billing through your Stripe account.
What's Under the Hood
Three interconnected layers — the hypervisor, the API, and the operator console — engineered to work as a single coherent system.
The Hypervisor Layer
- Bare-Metal KVM OrchestrationWe don't wrap Proxmox or SolusVM. SwarmEngine talks directly to the KVM hypervisor — no legacy middleware, no abstraction tax on performance.
- Resource Bucket LogicSell pools of compute (e.g. 100GB RAM, 20 vCPU) that tenants carve into as many VMs as they want. This is how AWS does it. Now you can too.
- Multi-Node Cluster ManagementManage multiple bare-metal nodes from a single Master Console. Add nodes, rebalance resources, and monitor hardware health across your entire fleet.
- IP Address Management (IPAM)Automated allocation, release, and tracking of IPv4 and IPv6 pools across your node fleet. No spreadsheets, no manual IPAM tools.
The Multi-Tenant API
- API-First with UI OptionsBuilt for developers who want a pure REST API, but flexible enough for providers who need a turn-key solution. Choose from headless orchestration, modular UI components, or a full panel takeover that replaces Commerce Engine entirely.
- Native Tenant IsolationEvery provider gets tenant-scoped API keys, isolated resource pools, and strict permission layers. Multi-tenancy is not an afterthought — it's the architecture.
- Billing Hooks Built InNative 402 Payment Required status codes, webhook events, and Stripe-compatible integration patterns. Your billing platform stays in control; SwarmEngine just enforces the rules.
- Non-Destructive EnforcementWhen a tenant's billing lapses, SwarmEngine freezes new resource creation — it never destroys live VMs. Your clients don't lose data because of a missed payment.
The Provider Console
- Industrial Operator DashboardPurpose-built for the operator, not the end-user. High-density, data-first interface for managing nodes, licenses, tenant allocations, and system health.
- Socket License TrackingEvery SwarmEngine instance runs on a socket-based license tied to your hardware. Real-time license health, expiry tracking, and heartbeat status — visible at a glance.
- Audit Logs & Event StreamEvery API call, resource allocation, and tenant action is logged with timestamps and actor context. Full accountability from the moment SwarmEngine is deployed.
Flat. Predictable. Yours.
One annual fee per physical server socket. We never take a cut of your revenue, never charge per VM provisioned, never see your customer billing data.