One of the most common questions for a developer-focused product is whether to build or buy. At first glance, building in-house seems to offer full control and customization, at the cost of significant time, resources, and ongoing maintenance—often diverting engineers from core product innovation.
A while ago I wrote, why Terraform tool is not enough for SaaS here. Today, I am extending the same series for Helm -- covering the purpose they serve and why they are NOT enough to build your cloud offering or control plane.
Helm charts are widely used for Kubernetes application deployment, offering a templated approach to package and manage applications. However, when it comes to building a full-fledged SaaS control plane, relying solely on Helm is not enough.
In our previous post on BYOA/BYOC, we discussed different approaches to SaaS distribution and specifically discussed BYOA/BYOC model in detail.
However, many of our BYOA/BYOC customers also have the need for a complementary delivery mechanism to distribute their software on-premises or manually, all while maintaining control over licensing, upgrades, and customer management.
An Omnistrate powered application can be deployed (as a Managed Service) within an end-customer’s AWS, GCP or Azure cloud account. This ability was a primary topic for most of our customer conversations in 2024, and perhaps one of the most common reasons that companies chose Omnistrate today.
I want to explain why this matters, why it is hard, and why you may want to look for Omnistrate’s help to support your customers BYOA asks as well.
"We chose Omnistrate because it empowered us to deliver on our promise to create a safety-first approach to building & managing AI Applications. The Omnistrate Control Plane as a Service streamlined our deployment process, eliminated infrastructure complexity, and allowed us to focus on innovation and customer experience. With Omnistrate’s robust capabilities, we launched ahead of schedule, under budget and our customers are able to securely deploy our solution anywhere they need it." Haroon Choudery, CEO Autoblocks AI
Omnistrate, if you don’t know it already, is your developer platform to build your B2B SaaS!
Percona, known for providing world-class open-source database software, has always been at the forefront of innovation. When they needed a fully-managed user experience for databases, they trusted Omnistrate to bring their vision to life with Ivee, in record time.
Omnistrate, if you don’t know it already, is your developer platform to build your B2B SaaS!
Feed your new AI Application the data it needs with FalkorDB’s new Multi-Cloud SaaS offer, powered by Omnistrate.
“Omnistrate dramatically accelerated our GTM, cutting launch time from months to weeks. Their secure platform and exceptional support enabled us to deploy features rapidly and efficiently." Guy Korland CEO, FalkorDB
FalkorDB offers blazing fast graph databases optimized for low latency and high throughput scenarios. With the explosion of new data hungry LLM powered GenAI Applications coming to market, FalkorDB sought to meet that demand by bringing its ultra-low latency Graph Database to market as a fully managed Multi-Cloud SaaS offer.
And they needed it done fast.
Omnistrate, if you don’t know it already, is your SaaS Co-Pilot to build and operate a SaaS Control Plane in days!