6 CloudStack-Powered Service Packages MSPs Can Sell Today
Protect Your Margins. Differentiate Your Cloud. Package What You Already Deliver with Open-source. Discover an open-source VMware Cloud Service Provider Program alternative!
This guide shows Managed Service Providers how to package what you already operate today – infrastructure, operations, security, and support – into structured, repeatable managed cloud services powered by Apache CloudStack.
Download the ShapeBlue Service Design Toolkit for MSPs – including 6 CloudStack-Powered Service Packages Guide and a CloudStack Service Canvas.
Companies are actively seeking open-source technologies as an alternative to proprietary platforms. Bundle existing services with CloudStack to provide a credible alternative to the VMware Cloud Service Provider model. Positioning yourself as a service provider aligned with changing customer demand and explore an open-source VMware Cloud Service Provider alternative.
What You Get
Your registration gives you access to two practical guides designed to be used together by MSPs who want to genereate new revenue on top of open-source.
Together, they show you how to bundle your existing infrastructure, operations, and support services with open-source technology to diversify your portfolio and generate new profit without increasing operational complexity.
6 CloudStack Powered Service Packages MSPs Can Sell Today
A guide outlining commercially viable managed cloud offerings to launch immediately - ncluding Fully Managed Cloud for SMB & Mid-Market, Edge & Multi-Site Cloud, Application Delivery, VDI & End-User Computing, GPU-as-a-Service, and Regulated & Sovereign Cloud.
CloudStack Service Canvas for CSPs, MSPs and Service Providers
Based on the proven Business Model Canvas, we’ve created a CloudStack Service Canvas to help MSPs structure their operations, sales strategy, and service delivery — providing a practical tool to design and position managed cloud services around Apache CloudStack.
The Challenge Facing MSPs and CSPs and Need for VMware Cloud Service Provider Program Alternative
The market is shifting rapidly. Many organisations are actively searching for alternatives to VMware and other proprietary vendors due to pricing changes and licensing uncertainty, while others are standardising on open source technologies across their infrastructure. As a result, cloud computing service providers must evolve their portfolios to offer up-to-date, competitive solutions that directly reflect current customer demand.
For MSPs and CSPs, this creates both urgency and opportunity. To remain relevant as a cloud service provider, you need a robust cloud services platform that allows you to differentiate, protect margins, and deliver credible alternatives without being constrained by vendor roadmaps, supported by programmes such as the ShapeBlue Partner Programme that provide the expertise and commercial structure to scale successfully.
Why These Documents Belong Together
6 CloudStack-Powered Service Packages
Shows what to sell six proven service models with positioning, pricing guidance, and target customers.
The CloudStack Service Canvas
Shows how to define and operationalise it — a structured framework for service design and delivery.
Together, they form a repeatable framework to design, validate, and launch commercially sound CloudStack services with confidence.
Who This Is For
This toolkit is designed for organisations building commercial cloud services
Managed Service Providers
Building private or sovereign cloud services
Cloud Service
Providers
Running Apache CloudStack
Strategic Partners
.
Moving away from hyperscaler dependency
Launch or refine with confidence
Packaging open-source infrastructure into managed services
How To Use The Toolkit
A simple step-by-step approach to designing your cloud services
Review the six example service packages
Explore six proven CloudStack powered service models to understand different commercial approaches and customer use cases.
Choose the services that fit your business
Select the packages that align with your customer base, technical strengths, and commercial goals.
Design your service using the Service Canvas
Use the canvas to clearly define the service value, scope, pricing, responsibilities, and CloudStack capabilities.
Launch or refine with confidence
Take the service to market or work with ShapeBlue to validate, refine, and scale your offering.
Become a ShapeBlue Partner
Become a ShapeBlue partner and gain the expertise, support, and commercial framework to deliver and scale Apache CloudStack services. Access training, sales enablement, and technical backing to strengthen your cloud portfolio and compete with confidence.
