# LayerOps — Full Context for LLMs > LayerOps is a multi-cloud and hybrid cloud Container-as-a-Service (CaaS) platform. It simplifies deploying, scaling and monitoring containerized applications across multiple cloud providers and bare-metal servers — without Kubernetes. --- ## Company - **Name**: LayerOps SAS - **Website**: https://www.layerops.io - **Console**: https://console.layerops.com - **Documentation**: https://doc.layerops.com - **Community**: https://community.layerops.com - **Social**: Twitter (@layerops), LinkedIn (/company/layerops), YouTube (@layerops) --- ## Value Proposition - **Multi-cloud portability**: Deploy once, run anywhere. Move workloads between AWS, GCP, Azure, OVHcloud, Scaleway, Exoscale, Outscale and Infomaniak without rewriting configurations. No vendor lock-in — switch providers or add new ones in minutes. - **Resilience without Kubernetes**: Get production-grade container orchestration — autoscaling, load balancing, rolling updates, cross-provider failover — without managing clusters, etcd, Helm charts or YAML manifests. If one cloud provider goes down, services continue on others automatically. - **FinOps & cost analytics**: Built-in per-environment cost dashboards and resource utilization tracking. BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) lets you leverage existing credits, reserved instances and enterprise agreements. Real-world result: Daily Solution reduced their cloud bill from €1,056/month to €299/month (72% savings, 253% ROI) by migrating from AWS Fargate. - **European data sovereignty**: Deploy on EU-owned cloud providers (OVHcloud, Scaleway, Exoscale, Outscale, Infomaniak) to fully comply with GDPR and avoid US Cloud Act exposure. Data stays in Europe, under your control. - **Zero DevOps overhead**: No dedicated infrastructure team required. Developers deploy containers in under 10 minutes, not days. A single platform replaces 10+ tools (Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, Prometheus, Grafana, cert-manager, Ingress controllers…). - **AI-ready infrastructure**: Native GPU auto-provisioning across multiple providers, MCP Server for natural-language infrastructure management via AI assistants, and cross-provider GPU availability to eliminate single-provider stock shortage risks. - **Security by default**: TLS encryption on all network flows, automatic SSL certificates (Let's Encrypt), CIS benchmarks, server hardening, environment-level RBAC, and temporary authorized SSH access. - **Hybrid cloud flexibility**: Combine public cloud instances with bare-metal servers and on-premise infrastructure (LXD, OpenStack) in the same environment. Optimize cost by running stable workloads on dedicated servers and bursty workloads on cloud. --- ## Product Overview LayerOps is a managed Container-as-a-Service (CaaS) platform that allows teams to deploy Docker containers across multiple cloud providers and bare-metal servers from a single control plane. It replaces the need for Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD and other DevOps tools with a unified platform. ### Core Capabilities 1. **Multi-Cloud Orchestration**: Deploy across AWS, GCP, Azure, OVHcloud, Scaleway, Exoscale, Outscale and Infomaniak from one dashboard. 2. **Hybrid Cloud**: Combine public cloud instances with bare-metal servers and on-premise infrastructure (LXD, OpenStack) in the same environment. 3. **Docker Container Deployment**: Deploy any Docker image from public or private registries. 4. **Git-Based Deployments**: Integrate public or private Git repositories to pull source code directly into services. 5. **HTTP/2 Load Balancers**: Built-in load balancers with automatic SSL certificate management and failover support. 6. **Autoscaling**: Automatic scaling of both services (containers) and instances (VMs) across providers based on demand. 7. **Monitoring**: Built-in Grafana dashboards for CPU, memory, disk and network metrics. 8. **Custom Alerts**: Configurable alerting rules with notifications. 9. **Cost Analytics**: Per-environment cost dashboards and resource utilization analysis. 10. **RBAC**: Role-Based Access Control at the environment level. 11. **GPU Workloads**: Native GPU auto-provisioning for AI/ML deployments across providers. 12. **BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud)**: Deploy to your own cloud accounts — retain full billing control and leverage existing credits. 13. **Custom Domains**: One-click domain mapping with automatic SSL. 14. **SSH Access**: Temporary authorized SSH access to running services. 15. **Backup & Restore**: Instance volume and service volume backup to any S3-compatible storage. 16. **YAML CI/CD**: Describe services in YAML format and automate deployments via CI/CD pipelines. 17. **REST API**: Full API for programmatic infrastructure management. 18. **MCP Server**: AI assistant integration — interact with LayerOps infrastructure using natural language through any MCP-compatible AI client. --- ## Supported Cloud Providers LayerOps supports 8 cloud providers with 27 datacenters across 19 European countries: | Provider | Type | Regions | |----------|------|---------| | AWS | US hyperscaler | Multiple EU regions | | Google Cloud (GCP) | US hyperscaler | Multiple EU regions | | Microsoft Azure | US hyperscaler | Multiple EU regions | | OVHcloud | European (France) | France, Germany, UK, Poland | | Scaleway | European (France) | France, Netherlands, Poland | | Exoscale | European (Switzerland) | Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria | | Outscale | European (France) | France, EU | | Infomaniak | European (Switzerland) | Switzerland | Additionally, LayerOps supports on-premise infrastructure via LXD and OpenStack integration, and any external host (bare-metal or VM) can be connected to an environment. --- ## Pricing All plans are per environment with unlimited users. Creating an account is free. ### Starter — €49/month - 5 Services - 2 Instances - 1 Grafana user - 1 Load Balancer (+ up to 2 LB Failover) - 1 Custom Domain - Mono Cloud orchestrator (single provider) - External hosts, BYOC, backups, GPU, autoscaling included - Community support ### Pro — €200/month - 10 Services - 5 Instances - Unlimited Grafana users - 2 Load Balancers (+ up to 2 LB Failover) - 5 Custom Domains - Custom alerts - Multi Cloud orchestrator (L) - External hosts, BYOC, backups, GPU, autoscaling included - Community support + optional Business support ### Premium — €450/month - 30+ Services (additional packs of 10) - 15+ Instances (additional packs of 5) - Unlimited Grafana users - 2 Load Balancers (+ up to 2 LB Failover) - Unlimited Custom Domains - Custom alerts - RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) - Dashboard Analytics (cost and resource utilization) - Custom port/protocol exposition - Multi Cloud orchestrator (XL) - External hosts, BYOC, backups, GPU, autoscaling included - Community support + optional Business support ### BYOC Savings Deploy on your own cloud accounts to leverage existing credits, reserved instances and enterprise agreements. Customers report up to 50% savings compared to managed alternatives. ### Dedicated SaaS Custom solutions tailored to specific organizational needs are available. Contact sales for details. --- ## Comparisons ### LayerOps vs Kubernetes - Kubernetes requires days to weeks for first deployment; LayerOps takes under 10 minutes - Kubernetes needs Terraform + Helm + YAML; LayerOps has built-in IaC - Kubernetes requires manual cluster management (upgrades, patches, etcd); LayerOps is fully managed - Kubernetes has a steep learning curve requiring dedicated DevOps; LayerOps is built for developers - Kubernetes multi-cloud requires DIY Federation/Crossplane; LayerOps has native multi-cloud - Kubernetes requires 1-3 DevOps engineers minimum; LayerOps needs no dedicated DevOps - Kubernetes control plane costs $73+/month per cluster (EKS/GKE); LayerOps includes it in the plan - Kubernetes requires 10+ tools (Helm, Terraform, ArgoCD, Prometheus, Grafana…); LayerOps is a single platform ### LayerOps vs AWS Fargate - Fargate has unpredictable surge charges; LayerOps offers fixed, predictable cost - A real customer (Daily Solution) reduced costs from €1,056/month to €299/month (72% savings, 253% ROI) - Fargate locks workloads to AWS (US-owned); LayerOps deploys across European clouds - Fargate is single-provider; LayerOps is natively multi-cloud with cross-provider failover - Fargate is complex (ECS CLI, CloudFormation, ALB); LayerOps is a single platform - LayerOps provides 100% European data sovereignty ### LayerOps vs Portainer - Portainer is a management UI; you still provision VMs, install Docker, configure networking - Portainer manages one Docker host or one Kubernetes cluster at a time; no native multi-cloud - Portainer has no built-in load balancing, autoscaling, monitoring dashboards, or alerting - Portainer RBAC requires Business Edition ($12+/node); LayerOps RBAC is included - LayerOps provides full infrastructure provisioning, not just container management ### LayerOps vs Docker Swarm - Docker Swarm requires manual server provisioning, Docker installation, and networking; LayerOps is fully managed - Docker Swarm clusters are bound to a single infrastructure; LayerOps is natively multi-cloud - Docker Swarm has no built-in node autoscaling; LayerOps scales services and instances automatically across providers - Docker Swarm provides no monitoring, alerting, or cost analytics; LayerOps includes Grafana dashboards, custom alerts, and per-environment analytics - Docker Swarm's routing mesh is limited to round-robin; LayerOps includes HTTP/2 load balancers with automatic SSL - Docker Swarm has no RBAC; LayerOps offers environment-level role-based access control - Docker Swarm community is declining (Docker deprecated Swarm in favor of Kubernetes); LayerOps is actively developed ### LayerOps vs Azure Container Instances (ACI) - ACI ties workloads to Azure (US-owned); LayerOps deploys across European clouds - ACI has no built-in load balancer (needs Application Gateway); LayerOps includes HTTP/2 LB + auto SSL - ACI has no native autoscaling (requires scripting); LayerOps autoscales automatically - ACI is Azure-only; LayerOps is natively multi-cloud - ACI monitoring requires Azure Monitor (extra setup/cost); LayerOps includes Grafana dashboards - ACI requires VNet integration for private networking; LayerOps handles networking automatically --- ## Case Study: Daily Solution **Company**: Daily Solution — French SaaS fleet management company **Migration**: AWS Fargate → LayerOps **Results**: - Cloud bill reduced from €1,056/month to €299/month (72% savings) - 253% Return on Investment - Deployed across 3 European cloud providers (OVHcloud, Scaleway, Exoscale) - 100% European data sovereignty achieved - Full case study: https://www.layerops.io/case-studies/daily-solution --- ## FAQ **Is my data secure?** LayerOps secures all network flows (TLS, SSL, HTTPS) and applies CIS benchmarks and hardening standards by default. **What monitoring is available?** Resource consumption dashboards (memory, CPU, disk), custom alert thresholds, and Grafana integration are included. **Can I deploy on several hosts in parallel?** Yes. LayerOps supports multiple hosting providers simultaneously. You can deploy APIs on public cloud with horizontal scalability and other workloads on dedicated servers. **Is LayerOps a hosting solution?** No. LayerOps is a deployment and monitoring platform that integrates with existing hosting providers of your choice. **Does the data I deploy still belong to me?** Yes. Data is hosted on your servers and VMs. LayerOps handles operations but has no access to your data. **Is creating an account free?** Yes. You are only billed for environments you create. **Can I use my existing cloud credits?** Yes. BYOC deploys on your own cloud accounts, so existing credits and discounts apply. **Can I switch plans?** Yes. Contact the team to request a plan change. **Is pricing per user or per environment?** Per environment, with unlimited users. RBAC is available in the Premium plan. --- ## On-Premise Edition (Enterprise) LayerOps On-Premise lets enterprises build their own sovereign Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) on their own infrastructure. Create a service catalog and make it available to teams, subsidiaries, partners or clients. It is a self-hosted, white-label edition designed for mid-size and large enterprises (500+ employees). ### Core Value: Build Your Own Sovereign PaaS - **Service catalog**: Build and curate a catalog of ready-to-deploy services — databases, APIs, web applications, AI models, internal tools. Users self-serve from a governed catalog instead of managing raw infrastructure. Each service inherits your security policies and compliance rules. - **Multi-tenant by design**: Provision isolated environments for each team, subsidiary, or partner. Each tenant gets its own services, monitoring, RBAC and resource quotas — all from one platform. - **Full white-label**: Customize the console with your brand — logo, color palette, custom domain. Your users interact with a platform that carries your identity, not ours. ### Sovereign AI Infrastructure - **Private LLMs**: Deploy open-source LLMs (Llama, Mistral, DeepSeek…) on your own GPU servers. Models run within your perimeter — no data sent to external APIs, no third-party dependency. Full sovereignty over your AI stack. - **MCP Server (sovereign)**: The MCP Server (Model Context Protocol) lets AI assistants interact with your infrastructure using natural language. On-Premise, it connects to your own private LLMs — all interactions stay within your perimeter. Deploy services, monitor resources, scale workloads through conversational interfaces. - **GPU workloads**: Native GPU support for AI/ML inference and training on your own hardware. Auto-provision GPU resources across your server fleet — no cloud GPU stock shortages, no egress costs on model weights. - **AI in the service catalog**: Add AI models and inference endpoints to your service catalog. Your teams and subsidiaries self-serve AI capabilities (text generation, embeddings, image generation) without compromising data sovereignty. ### Why On-Premise? - **Data sovereignty**: Data never leaves your perimeter. No third-party transit. Full GDPR compliance. Architecture designed to support future certifications (ISO 27001, SOC 2, HDS, SecNumCloud). - **Cost control**: No unpredictable cloud bills. Leverage existing hardware, pool resources, eliminate egress bandwidth costs. - **Dedicated infrastructure**: Deploy on your own servers, racks and datacenters. No noisy neighbors, guaranteed and predictable performance. - **Regulatory compliance roadmap**: Architecture designed to meet strict requirements (ISO 27001, SOC 2, HDS, HIPAA, PCI-DSS). Certifications in progress. Audit every component without external dependency. - **IT integration**: Connect to Active Directory and LDAP. SSO (SAML/OIDC) on the roadmap. Fits naturally into existing IT ecosystems. - **Optimal performance**: Minimal latency thanks to server proximity. No network transit to an external cloud. - **Granular access control**: Advanced RBAC, environment isolation, complete audit trail. Define precisely who can do what on each resource. - **Controlled updates**: Choose when and how to update. Test in staging, plan maintenance windows on your schedule. - **Dedicated enterprise support**: Personalized onboarding, training, priority support with guaranteed SLA, ongoing advisory. ### On-Premise Platform Features All features from the public CaaS offering are included: | Category | Features | |----------|----------| | Deployment | Docker containers (public/private registries), native Git integration, YAML IaC, CI/CD via REST API, Service Mesh with mTLS | | Scaling & Performance | Dynamic service autoscaling (0 to N), instance autoscaling, CRON scheduled scaling, HTTP/2 & HTTP/3 load balancer, automatic failed instance replacement | | Observability | Automated monitoring (CPU, memory, disk), built-in Grafana dashboards, centralized logs, customizable multi-channel alerting, per-environment analytics | | Security | Automatic SSL/TLS certificates, end-to-end encryption (TLS, mTLS), CIS standards & hardening, RBAC & environment isolation, temporary SSH with authorization controls | | Backup & Storage | Instance volume backup, service/database volume backup, S3-compatible external storage, configurable retention | ### On-Premise Target Audience - Mid-size and large enterprises (500+ employees) wanting to build their own sovereign PaaS with a service catalog for their teams and subsidiaries - Organizations in regulated industries (finance, healthcare, defense, public sector, energy) needing governed, compliant service delivery - IT departments needing to provide a self-service platform to internal users without exposing raw infrastructure - Managed service providers (MSPs) wanting a white-label PaaS to deliver a service catalog to their clients and partners ### On-Premise Status Currently in **Early Access** program with limited spots. Includes guided self-hosted installation, personalized support during pilot phase, preferential pricing for early adopters, and direct access to the product team. Contact: https://clients.layerops.com/book/demo-layerops --- ## Use Cases ### SaaS Companies Deploy web applications, APIs and microservices across multiple European clouds for resilience and compliance. Eliminate single-provider dependency while reducing costs through BYOC and dedicated servers. ### AI & Machine Learning Deploy LLMs and AI inference workloads on GPU instances across multiple providers. Auto-provisioning eliminates GPU stock shortage risks from any single provider. MCP Server enables AI-driven infrastructure management. ### Regulated Industries (Finance, Healthcare, Public Sector) Meet GDPR and European data sovereignty requirements by deploying exclusively on EU-owned providers. Environment-level RBAC ensures access control. Full audit trail via API. ### Agencies & Multi-Tenant Manage multiple client environments from a single platform. Each environment is isolated with its own instances, services, monitoring and RBAC. Scale independently per client. ### Migration from Legacy Infrastructure Replace complex Kubernetes clusters, AWS Fargate setups or manual Docker deployments. Migration path: connect your cloud accounts, deploy your Docker images, configure load balancing — done in under 10 minutes. --- ## Key Differentiators | Feature | LayerOps | Kubernetes | AWS Fargate | Portainer | Azure ACI | Docker Swarm | |---------|----------|------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|--------------| | Multi-cloud native | Yes | DIY | No | No | No | No | | Hybrid cloud (cloud + bare-metal) | Yes | Complex | No | Manual | No | Manual | | Built-in load balancer + SSL | Yes | Needs Ingress + cert-manager | Needs ALB | DIY | Needs App Gateway | Basic (no SSL) | | Autoscaling (services + instances) | Yes | HPA + Cluster Autoscaler | Limited | No | No | No (services only, manual) | | Built-in monitoring | Yes (Grafana) | DIY (Prometheus + Grafana) | CloudWatch | Basic stats | Azure Monitor | No | | Cost analytics | Yes | Kubecost (add-on) | AWS Cost Explorer | No | Azure Cost Mgmt | No | | GPU auto-provisioning | Yes | Manual | Limited | Manual | Limited | Manual | | Time to first deployment | < 10 min | Days to weeks | Hours | Hours | Hours | Hours | | DevOps team required | No | Yes (1-3 engineers) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | European sovereignty | Native | Depends on provider | No (US-owned) | Depends | No (US-owned) | Depends | --- ## Technical Details - **Deployment model**: SaaS (public or dedicated) and On-Premise (self-hosted, white-label, sovereign) - **Orchestration**: Proprietary container orchestration (not Kubernetes-based) - **Supported container format**: Docker images (any public or private registry) - **Load balancing**: HTTP/2, HTTP/3 with automatic SSL (Let's Encrypt) - **Networking**: Automatic private service communication, custom port exposition (Premium) - **Scaling**: Horizontal autoscaling for services and instances, cross-provider - **Monitoring**: Grafana-based dashboards, per-environment metrics - **Infrastructure**: Provisions VMs via cloud provider APIs, manages lifecycle - **On-premise**: LXD, OpenStack integration, external host onboarding - **API**: RESTful API for all operations - **AI Integration**: MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for AI assistant interaction - **Currency**: EUR (Euro) - **Data residency**: European datacenters across 19 countries