Private Cloud · Engineering partnership
You dream it.
We build your cloud.
ZCP Private Cloud is not a template you rent. ZSoftly engineers sit with you, scope the outcome, pick the right stack for your workloads, build it, and stay on the line as you operate it. Compute, storage, networking, security, observability, assembled to fit your environment, not ours.
Moving off VMware? We scope and execute full migrations to an open-source virtualization platform. No licence renewal pressure, no vendor lock-in.
ZSoftly operates and manages private cloud and bare metal deployments across carrier-neutral and enterprise-grade facilities globally. ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, and HITRUST certified sites. Your data stays in the jurisdiction you choose.
Your stack, not ours
We are not religious about the stack. We pick what fits you.
Most providers ship one opinionated stack and force every customer into it. ZSoftly does the opposite: we start from a proven open-source baseline, then mix and match components for your workloads, compliance posture, integrations, and operational model.
The result is a private cloud shaped like your environment instead of a copy of someone else's. No closed virtualization stack, no proprietary agents, no vendor lock-in baked into the architecture. If you outgrow ZCP, you take your workloads. The stack is yours.
Talk to our architects →Hypervisor
KVM (default)
Bring your hypervisor preference: KVM, Xen, or evaluation of vendor stacks. We deploy the one matching your operational team.
Orchestration
Apache CloudStack or OpenStack
We fully support both Apache CloudStack and OpenStack as the IaaS orchestration layer, backed by extensive in-house research and development. CloudStack is our default; we scope the right fit for your governance and operations in the design workshop.
Distributed storage
Ceph (default)
Ceph for most. We have run with alternate distributed-storage choices where customer hardware, performance, or compliance specs call for it.
Networking & firewall
Open-source SDN (OPNsense, pfSense, VyOS)
Software-defined routing and firewall built on open-source tools such as OPNsense, plus WireGuard VPN. Enterprise firewall integrations (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco) supported on request. Nothing is fixed, we match your environment.
Observability
Prometheus + Grafana (default)
Prometheus + Grafana + Alertmanager is the default stack. We integrate with your existing Datadog, Splunk, or New Relic when you have one.
Portal & billing
Cloud Management Platform (CMP)
Branded, white-label self-service portal on top of either CloudStack or OpenStack. Headless API-only deployment is supported for customers with their own customer-facing UI.
Identity & SSO
Keycloak or Authentik
Full single sign-on and social login: Google, GitHub, and any OIDC or SAML provider, or integrate the identity system you already run.
Mix and match, not lock-in. Your private cloud will not look like our reference architecture, and this is the point.
Reference stack details →Build-out tiers
Private Cloud Build-Out
One-time setup fee + monthly managed service fee. All prices CAD. Prices subject to finalization. Volume discounts available.
- Dedicated compute, block, and object storage
- OPNsense firewall + VPN
- White-label self-service portal
- 1 tenant environment
- Monthly check-ins
- Full compute, block, and object storage
- OPNsense HA pair per zone
- WireGuard inter-zone VPN
- Prometheus + Grafana included
- SLA 99.5% · DR runbook
- Multi-region or customer-supplied colocation
- Managed Kubernetes + PaaS layer
- SLA 99.9% + SLO commitments
- Dedicated ZSoftly engineer
- Compliance packaging available
One-time
Professional Services
Recurring
Managed Infrastructure
All prices CAD. Prices subject to finalization. Volume discounts available. Contact info@zsoftly.com for a scoped proposal.
What you get
A private cloud built around you.
Operated by our engineers.
The defaults below are the baseline our engineers ship most often. Every layer is negotiable in the design workshop, you tell us your constraints and integrations, we assemble the stack to fit. The operations underneath are non-negotiable: we run it.
Compute: IaaS virtualization platform
Industry-proven IaaS orchestration on Apache CloudStack or OpenStack, both fully supported. API-driven VM provisioning, KVM virtualization, portable workloads.
Storage: Block and object storage
Distributed block storage for VMs and S3-compatible object storage. NVMe SSD, SSD, and HDD tiers. Replicated across nodes.
Network: open-source SDN + VPN
Software-defined firewall and routing on open-source tools such as OPNsense (pfSense, VyOS, or your existing firewall also supported), with WireGuard inter-zone VPN. HA pairing on Standard and above.
White-label Portal: CMP layer
Your clients get a branded self-service portal for VM provisioning, billing, and usage reporting, with single sign-on and social login. Multi-tenant ready.
Identity & SSO
Single sign-on and social login via Keycloak or Authentik, integrating Google, GitHub, and any OIDC or SAML provider, or your existing identity system.
Observability: Prometheus + Grafana
Included on Standard and above. Full metrics stack, alerting, and dashboards for your operations team.
Managed by ZSoftly
We hold the infrastructure. We handle upgrades, security patches, and on-call. Monthly check-ins on Starter, SLA-backed on Standard+.
Global data center footprint
Deploy where your data needs to be.
ZSoftly builds and operates private clouds and bare metal deployments across 28 data center facilities in four countries, with new African capacity planned in Nigeria. Every facility meets enterprise compliance standards. Your workloads stay in the jurisdiction you choose.
Canada
11 locations
Ottawa (ON) confirmed. Additional sites across the country. Canadian-controlled, not subject to US Cloud Act. Government-ready.
United States
Boyers, PA + Manassas, VA
HITRUST i1 certified facilities. Suitable for healthcare, financial services, and US federal compliance requirements.
United Kingdom
London area
UK infrastructure for GDPR and UK data residency. Not subject to US Cloud Act. London area facility.
Europe
Continental Europe
European mainland infrastructure for EU data residency and GDPR compliance. Not subject to US Cloud Act.
Australia
Perth + Melbourne
Australian data residency for APAC deployments. Not subject to US Cloud Act. State-of-the-art facilities opened 2024.
Nigeria
Lagos area (planned)
African data residency on the roadmap. Sovereign infrastructure for Nigeria and West African deployments, in-country and not subject to US Cloud Act.
Facility certifications across ZCP data center locations
GPU infrastructure available for Private Cloud and Bare Metal
GPU-optimized servers are available for private cloud deployments and dedicated bare metal. GPU is not available on the public cloud (ZCP shared infrastructure) at this time. Contact us to discuss GPU options for your private or bare metal deployment.
Get started
Ready to scope your
private cloud?
Tell us about your current environment: VMware, on-prem, or starting fresh. We'll scope a build-out proposal within a few business days.
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