About us

At Sidero Labs, we have a vision for Kubernetes

Kubernetes that lives up to its promise.
Secure – automatically.
Easy to deploy ā€“ anywhere.
Easy to manage – even across multiple locations and cloud providers.

Inherent Control. Infinite Adaptability.

Our Story

Kubernetes has revolutionized how applications run, and SideroĀ® is building tools to bring that same transformation to the infrastructure underneath. We believe everything should be managed by API and controlled by specification.

Sidero LabsĀ® was born out of real life Kubernetes experience ā€“ and problems. The founders had been running production KubernetesĀ clusters for SaaS companies. Running KubernetesĀ on a general purpose OS such as RHEL or Ubuntu required a lot of tools to ensure security, and frequent patching of the operating system and packages. These operational headaches introduced fragility into the system.

Sidero was born to solve this. The first project was Talos Linux, a radically new operating system, designed purely for Kubernetes. Minimal, hardened and immutable.

The Sidero platform automates the installation and security of KubernetesĀ out of the box.

It eases the work of deploying and managing bare metal, and running multiple clusters in multiple locations ā€“ all while guaranteeing security and integrity.Ā 

Real life problems. Solved.

Why the names ā€œSideroā€ and ā€œTalosā€?

Talos was an automaton created by the Greek god of the forge to protect the island of Crete. He would patrol the coast and enforce laws throughout the land. We felt it was a fitting name for a security focused operating system designed to run and protect Kubernetes.

ā€œSideroā€ is a word meaning both iron and the stars. As Sidero simplifies running Kubernetes on iron (metal), Talos the automaton was made of metal, and weā€™re shooting for the stars in creating the API managed datacenter, it seemed appropriate.

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Leadership Team

Andrew Rynhard

Founder and CTO

Spencer Smith

Director of SRE and Customer Success

Andrey Smirnov

Engineering Lead

Steve Francis

CEO

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Sean SaperStein

Sales Lead

Kim McMahon

Head of Marketing

Justin Garrison

Head of Product

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Hobby

For home labbers
$ 10 Monthly for 10 nodes
  • Includes 10 nodes in base price
  • Limited to 10 nodes, 1 user
  • Community Support

Startup

Build right
$ 250 Monthly for 10 nodes
  • Includes 10 nodes in base price
  • Additional nodes priced per node, per month
  • Scales to unlimited Clusters,
    Nodes and Users
  • Community Support

Business

Expert support
$ 600 Monthly for 10 nodes
  • Volume pricing
  • Scales to unlimited Clusters,
    Nodes and Users
  • Talos Linux, Omni and Kubernetes support from our experts
  • Business hours support with SLAs
  • Unlimited users with RBAC and SAML

Enterprise

Enterprise Ready
$ 1000 Monthly for 10 nodes
  • Business plan features, plus...
  • Volume pricing
  • 24 x 7 x 365 Support
  • Fully Managed Option
  • Can Self Host
  • Supports Air-Gapped
  • Private Slack Channel
On Prem
available

Edge

Manage scale
$ Call Starting at 100 nodes
  • Pricing designed for edge scale
  • 24 x 7 x 365 Support with SLAs
  • Only outgoing HTTPS required
  • Secure node enrollment flows
  • Reliable device management
  • Can Self Host On Prem
  • Private Slack Channel
On Prem
available