What is Driftline Burstable VM?
Driftline Burstable VM is Driftline's managed compute service for teams that need predictable throughput without babysitting infrastructure. Provisioning takes under a minute, billing is per use with no minimums, and the same API works in every region. The service drops into existing CI pipelines and Terraform modules without rewrites. Driftline operates it as a fully managed service: patching, capacity, and failover are handled upstream, while access controls and spend alerts stay in your hands.
Key features
- Role-based access control with audit logging
- Drop-in Terraform provider and CloudFormation templates
- Built-in daily snapshots with 35-day retention
- Transparent egress rates published per region
- SOC 2 Type II audited controls on every plan tier
Typical use cases
- Data pipelines that need predictable throughput at a fixed cost
- SaaS platforms scaling from first customer to full estate
- Development teams standardizing on one infrastructure API
- Disaster recovery sites kept warm without idle hardware costs
Why Driftline?
Driftline publishes list prices for every region and never gates core capabilities behind enterprise-only tiers. Capacity is pre-provisioned, so the performance you benchmark in a sandbox is the performance you get in production. And because egress rates are flat, the bill at the end of the month matches the estimate you made at the start.
Getting started
Create an account, pick a region, and the default configuration is live in under a minute. The quickstart walks through your first deployment in about ten minutes, and the managed Terraform module turns the same setup into code you can review.
