Cloud teams can launch infrastructure in seconds, but the story around that infrastructure falls apart just as fast. Who created this VM? Which project owns it? What has it cost since March? Answering those questions usually means stitching together a billing portal, a DNS dashboard, a deployment tool, and a provider console.
LayerRail is our answer: an open source cloud control plane where the resources and the receipts live in the same place.
What you can run today
- Virtual machines — shared, dedicated, and burstable plans across the US, UK, and South Africa, with Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, and Rocky boot images.
- Private networking — subnets, default-deny firewalls, and load balancers wired from the same console.
- Managed PostgreSQL and Kubernetes — provisioned, monitored, and recovered on VM-backed infrastructure.
- GitHub runners — project-scoped CI compute billed by the minute.
- AI inference — available open and premium frontier models, including Azure Foundry, billed by usage from the first token.
Billing that never surprises you
Everything duration-based is billed per minute and capped at 672 hours per monthly invoice window. Usage and pricing records sit next to the resources they describe, so a budget review takes minutes instead of a spreadsheet weekend.
AI inference has no free monthly token allowance. It is billed separately from subscriptions and other cloud charges at $10 accrued, or at month end for balances of at least $1. Smaller balances carry forward, and existing monetary credits apply before payment. Pay usage invoices through the Bachs checkout link on your project's billing page. Further inference pauses when payment is due and resumes after payment is confirmed. Check the console for current model pricing and availability.
Open, and staying that way
The control plane is AGPL-3.0. You can read it, audit it, and run it on your own infrastructure with your own provider account. If you outgrow us — or just disagree with a decision — the exit door is part of the product.
Start at console.layerrail.com, read the docs, or star the repo.
Build your next layer.
Run compute, networking, and managed services from one project-centered console.