When do you need a dedicated control plane?

Most teams can run happily on Pixetric’s shared control plane. But some eventually need the isolation, guarantees, and custom networking that only a dedicated control plane can provide. Here are the questions we use to evaluate that transition.

1. Do you require private networking?

If regulators or security policies mandate VPC peering/VPN tunnels, a dedicated control plane is the easiest way to provision them. We deploy compute pools and storage fabric inside your network perimeter while still managing the platform for you.

2. Are SLAs tied to specific regions?

Dedicated control planes let you choose the exact regions, availability zones, and maintenance windows that match contractual obligations. You can also customize PITR retention, backup schedules, and replica placement.

3. Do you need workload isolation?

Some customers operate dozens of applications with wildly different consumption patterns. Dedicated environments prevent noisy neighbors, guarantee consistent autoscaling, and give finance teams line-of-sight into per-product spend.