CloudBalkan

CloudBalkan is a private cloud infrastructure brand operated by StandByte EOOD, a Bulgarian single member limited liability company registered in Sofia, Bulgaria. The platform’s development started in 2013, public testing began a little more than a year later, and StandByte itself was founded in 2014. CloudBalkan focuses on cloud servers, cloud workstations, cloud storage, cloud DNS, and cloud routers, positioning itself as a software defined cloud infrastructure provider built on its own orchestration platform and its own Sofia data center.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

Data Center Footprint:

CloudBalkan publicly states that it operates in a private, proprietary built data center in Sofia, Bulgaria rather than in a conventional third party colocation facility. It says the newer facility opened in 2018 and was built specifically to meet the requirements of its cloud services.

The company’s public positioning is centered on this single Sofia site rather than on a multi site regional footprint. I did not find evidence on the reviewed sources of additional CloudBalkan operated data centers in other cities or countries, so the strongest verified footprint is one proprietary facility in Sofia serving the CloudBalkan platform.

Facility Design & Infrastructure:

CloudBalkan describes its Sofia site as a Tier II data center on its About page and says the platform runs on water cooled server racks, high density computing chassis, and a 40 Gbps multiple redundant storage network designed for high availability and low latency storage performance. It also states that multiple power feed lines and UPS systems support uptime.

Its dedicated data center page adds that the Sofia facility is its own proprietary environment and that operating its own site gives the company direct control over the underlying infrastructure. The platform is also described as being built around proprietary cloud orchestration software, which supports the company’s software defined infrastructure positioning.

Service Portfolio Overview:

CloudBalkan’s public services catalog includes Cloud Servers, Cloud Workstations, Cloud Storage, Cloud DNS, and Cloud Routers. The Cloud Servers page positions the core product as infrastructure for applications and services, while the Cloud Workstation page describes desktop style cloud machines accessible over RDP.

Cloud Storage is presented as scalable persistent block storage that can be attached, detached, and resized during normal machine operation, while Cloud DNS is a hosted DNS management service. Cloud Routers adds virtual networking functions such as routing, switching, load balancing, firewalls, and VPN services using cloud hosted network appliances.

🔐 Security & Compliance

Infrastructure Resilience:

CloudBalkan’s SLA says it guarantees 99.95 percent monthly availability for its cloud computing services. Its infrastructure pages also emphasize multiple power feed lines, UPS, redundant storage networking, and proprietary control over the facility as part of its uptime positioning.

The company also maintains publicly visible incident reports and a service status oriented operating model, which supports a transparent operational posture. Public incident reporting does not by itself prove resilience, but it does show CloudBalkan publishes service disruption history and restoration updates.

Physical & Logical Security:

On the reviewed sources, CloudBalkan does not publish a detailed public spec sheet covering physical controls such as biometrics, mantraps, or staffed guards. What it does publish is strong emphasis on infrastructure control through its own data center, its own orchestration software, and product level network security use cases through Cloud Routers, including firewalls and VPN servers.

The company also publishes security oriented guidance around Cloud Routers and maintains incident reporting and service visibility pages. However, because explicit physical security controls are not clearly detailed on the reviewed pages, those should not be overstated here.

Compliance & Standards:

CloudBalkan publicly describes its Sofia facility as Tier II on the About page and on third party directory coverage, but I did not find an official published claim for ISO 27001, ISO 9001, PCI DSS, or SOC on the reviewed sources. Those certifications should therefore be treated as Not publicly listed.

The company’s privacy policy and terms confirm that services are provided by StandByte EOOD in Bulgaria, but those legal pages do not state named audit or compliance certifications.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

Carrier Neutrality:

I did not find a clear public statement that CloudBalkan markets its Sofia facility as carrier neutral. Because of that, carrier neutrality should not be assigned in this entry.

Network Capabilities:

CloudBalkan’s infrastructure pages describe a 40 Gbps multiple redundant storage network and publish a Looking Glass service, which indicates public network visibility tooling. Its Cloud Routers service adds virtual networking features including routing, switching, load balancing, firewalls, and VPN servers, with support for protocols such as PPTP, L2TP, OpenVPN, and IPsec.

Cloud DNS is also a formal part of the platform, providing hosted DNS management for domains and records. Together, these services make CloudBalkan more than a simple VM provider because it also exposes networking and DNS capabilities as part of the cloud stack.

Connectivity Use Cases:

CloudBalkan is well suited to customers that need virtual server infrastructure, desktop style cloud workstations, persistent cloud storage, and cloud based network appliances from a single provider in Bulgaria. Its public pages explicitly position Cloud Servers for application hosting and Cloud Workstations for remote graphical workloads.

The platform also fits organizations that want to build VPN hubs, firewalls, or router functions in the cloud, and businesses that need managed DNS and scalable attached storage for their workloads.

💼 Who It Serves

1. Businesses hosting applications, websites, and services on cloud servers.
2. Users needing cloud desktop environments via Cloud Workstations.
3. Customers that need scalable attached storage for cloud machines.
4. Organizations deploying VPN, firewall, routing, or switching functions through Cloud Routers.
5. Users managing domains and records through hosted DNS services.