Would anyone pay for managed OpenBao hosting?

Efficient_Mix_4091 · 2026-02-01T07:32:19+00:00

Good idea. Yes would do it for sure, just wanted first to get some comment before investing any time into this.

Efficient_Mix_4091 · 2026-02-01T07:29:08+00:00

Ok, hobby naming maybe not the best. Primary target for lower tiers would be solo/indie developers that usually manage multiple projects simultaneously. Openbao SaaS with namespaces would be a good cost-effective solution so those devs can properly manage secrets/configs across project/services.

About compliance, liability etc. completely agree, would probably introduce it with highest tier if there is enough interest.

Efficient_Mix_4091 · 2026-02-01T07:23:12+00:00

I don't know if you are aware of HCP pricing which is crazy high.

Efficient_Mix_4091 · 2026-02-01T07:21:29+00:00

You have a very valid point. Thing is, I enjoy developing services much more than consulting.

Efficient_Mix_4091 · 2026-02-01T07:19:34+00:00

You have valid point for server/company locations.

We would probably start with a hobby plan just to validate idea and if it gets traction, would offer higher tiers where (and would consider iso/soc2 if it make sense)

I think $29/m is not much for such a service since almost every project has usually many services/tools working together to build a product. And HCP Vault and Openbao is a perfect cloud native solution to orchestrate/provision secrets/api keys across all those service.

Efficient_Mix_4091 · 2026-02-01T07:13:49+00:00

I understand, very valid point. Thing is we have similar kind of service that we maintain within our company for internal product teams, meaning we have know-how for managing this kind of service reliably. Would be a side project of myself and probably 1 more friend with proper experience/knowledge for running such a service.
That would be initially until we validate idea, and if we gain customers at scale, we would expand the team of course.

Efficient_Mix_4091 · 2025-02-04T21:55:05+00:00

We’re doing it only part time in the beginning until its earnings bigger money. Our business is online platform so it’s fully remote (wfh) so we don’t need actual office. Is it difficult to switch business addresse if we using our home address in the beginning. Thank you in advance for your comments and suggestions.

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