What Quantum Edge Services does

Quantum Edge Services LLC is a privately held software company founded in 2019 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, that develops and distributes SBManager, an enterprise-grade graphical user interface for managing AWS Snowball family devices (Snowball Edge and Snowcone). SBManager is deployed as a Docker-based container on CentOS8 Linux with a Python microservices architecture, Apache HTTP Server, MySQL 8.0, and Redis, and is designed to enable non-technical personnel to provision, configure, monitor, and operate single devices or fleets of thousands from a unified dashboard. The product competes with and positions itself as a more capable alternative to AWS's native OpsHub tool, with differentiating features including automated startup, clone/copy device management, bulk fleet operations, role-based access control, drag-and-drop data migration for petabyte-scale transfers, and a microservices API for partner integrations. The company's stated customer base is concentrated in Government and Defense (its primary vertical), with adjacent targets in Energy, Telecommunications, and Global Non-Profits, and additional use cases in large-scale data migration and pre-configured integrated hardware solutions. Business model is hybrid: a one-time SBManager software license sold primarily through the AWS Marketplace (product code B081S413S2) with a free trial, combined with direct professional services including architecture design, AWS Snowball consulting, security and data science advisory, and custom development. The company maintains no disclosed headcount, no external funding, and no public revenue figures, and operates as an independent LLC with a strategic government-focused partnership with By Light/Phacil and technology integrations with TDI Technologies (Consoleworks) and Edgetide (Orden).

Name

Quantum Edge Services

Legal name

Quantum Edge Services LLC

Website

https://quantumedgeservices.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Quantum Edge Services develops SBManager, an enterprise GUI for managing AWS Snowball Edge and Snowcone devices, sold via AWS Marketplace and direct sales to government, defense, energy, telecom, and non-profit customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Mclean

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SBManager Software Licensing: Flagship software product providing enterprise GUI management for AWS Snow devices, sold via AWS Marketplace with license file delivery via email. Supports both Snowball Edge and Snowcone devices.
2. Professional Services and Consulting: Architecture design, engineering, software development/integration, security, data science, and logistics consulting services to support AWS Snow family implementations.
3. AWS Snowball Consulting: Subject matter expert consulting for AWS Snowball family products including data transport and edge computing solutions for single, multiple, or enterprise deployments.
4. Custom Development Services: Integration of SBManager capabilities with existing customer applications for business or mission-aligned objectives.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Quantum Edge Services develops and sells SBManager, an enterprise-grade graphical user interface (GUI) software for managing AWS Snowball Edge and Snowcone edge computing devices. The software enables single or bulk management of one to thousands of devices, with automated startup/configuration, role-based access control, drag-and-drop data migration, and an open microservices API. The company complements the software with professional services including AWS Snow consulting, architecture design, custom development, and integration.

Product overview

Quantum Edge Services offers a single unified product portfolio centered on SBManager, its flagship enterprise device management software for AWS Snowball family devices. SBManager is a GUI-based orchestration and management interface that provides enterprise-scale control over AWS Snowball Edge and Snowcone devices, supporting edge computing, data migration, and integrated hardware use cases. The company also provides associated professional services including custom development, AWS Snowball consulting, architecture design, software integration, security, data science, and logistics. The SBManager software is distributed as a Docker-based container deployed on-premises, with a downloadable trial and commercial version available through the AWS Marketplace.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SBManager: Enterprise grade graphical user interface for AWS Snowball family of devices (both Snowball Edge and Snowcone). Provides setup, configuration, data migration, and orchestration management interface.

Products and services

• SBManager
• Professional Services Consulting and implementation services for AWS Snow family device deployments, including architecture design and engineering, software development and integration, security consulting, data science consulting, and logistics support. Includes AWS Snowball subject matter expert consulting and custom development to integrate SBManager capabilities with customer applications. Sold directly to enterprise and government customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Deployment time reduced from months to days
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• By Light / PhacilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with By Light / Phacil to provide service and support operations for large scale government missions. Partnership augments Quantum Edge Services capabilities for Defense & Intelligence, National Security, Law Enforcement, and Federal/State/Local customers. By Light / Phacil provides highly technical, security cleared, and globally deployed personnel.
• AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreTechnology or IntegrationQuantum Edge Services specializes in AWS Snow family device management with SBManager designed exclusively for AWS Snowball Edge and Snowcone devices. AWS provides the hardware platform while QES provides enterprise management software. SBManager available on AWS Marketplace.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AWS (Amazon Web Services): AWS is the platform vendor whose Snowball Edge and Snowcone hardware QES's SBManager is built to manage, and also ships a free native alternative (OpsHub). The relationship is simultaneously a distribution dependency (Marketplace listing) and the primary competitive threat.
• Rackspace Technology: Large AWS Premier Tier Services Partner providing architecture, migration, and managed services across the AWS stack, including Snow family engagements. Comparable to QES's professional services arm but at vastly greater scale and breadth.
• Onix (Onix Networking): AWS Premier Consulting Partner delivering cloud migration, data engineering, and edge architecture services. Comparable to QES's AWS Snowball consulting and data-migration professional services, particularly for large enterprise and public-sector customers.

Regional players

• 2nd Watch (now part of SLG Cloud): AWS Premier Tier Partner offering migration, data engineering, and managed cloud services, including large-scale data movement projects using Snow family devices. Comparable on the professional-services and petabyte-migration side of QES's offering.

Emerging players

• Fivetran: Automated data movement platform that, while focused on continuous ELT, competes indirectly for the same large-scale data migration and cloud ingestion budgets that drive SBManager's petabyte-scale Snow use cases.
• Zededa: Edge orchestration and device-management platform for distributed edge compute environments. Comparable to SBManager's fleet management, RBAC, and disconnected-operation capabilities, but hardware-agnostic rather than Snow-specific.
• Edgetide: Partner offering Orden, an edge analytics and AI/ML platform that runs on Snowball devices disconnected from the internet. Targets the same field-deployed AI/ML edge use cases as QES and represents a complementary but overlapping emerging player in the Snow ecosystem.

Direct peers

• Datadobi: Specialist in unstructured data migration and management, including large-scale file and object data movement. Highly comparable to SBManager's data-migration use case for moving terabytes/petabytes onto and off Snowball devices.
• TDI Technologies: Partner whose Consoleworks product extends security and system administration on Snow devices. Targets the same Snow-based edge and disconnected-operation customer set, and integrates with — but also overlaps — SBManager's RBAC and management scope.
• By Light / Phacil: Core-tier strategic partner that provides cleared personnel and federal operational scale for Snow deployments in Defense & Intelligence. Overlaps with QES in delivering AWS Snowball consulting and integration services to federal customers, making it both an ally and a potential competitive federal integrator.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sbmanager

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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