Guides.
Choosing a European cloud.
European providers compared for Kubernetes, object storage and DNS, with prices and terms checked against each provider's own pages.
Best European alternatives to Microsoft Azure (2026): EU data location and EU jurisdiction compared
Microsoft's EU Data Boundary keeps most Azure data in the EU but leaves Microsoft under US law. This guide maps AKS, Blob Storage, Azure DNS, Load Balancer, Entra ID, Azure SQL and Key Vault to what STACKIT, IONOS, OVHcloud, Scaleway, T Cloud Public and enum offer, names what has no European equivalent, and covers what leaving Azure costs.
Read the guideBest European cloud for startups (2026): AWS alternatives compared on credits, Kubernetes and what you give up
OVHcloud, Scaleway, IONOS, STACKIT, Exoscale and enum compared for a seed or Series A startup: startup program credits, eligibility and duration as stated on each program page, how much platform work each leaves to you, node prices, and what each still lacks next to AWS.
Read the guideBest European DNS providers (2026): Route 53, Cloudflare DNS and Google Cloud DNS alternatives compared
deSEC, Hetzner, IONOS, OVHcloud, bunny.net, Gcore and enum DNS compared with Route 53, Cloudflare and Google Cloud DNS on price, API and Terraform, DNSSEC, anycast and jurisdiction, with the trade-offs of each.
Read the guideBest European managed Kubernetes (2026): a comparison by team situation
Which European managed Kubernetes fits depends on your team, not on a ranking. A small team without a platform engineer, a regulated buyer facing a security review, a cost-driven team and a public-sector supplier each need something different from IONOS, OVHcloud, Scaleway, Exoscale, STACKIT, T Cloud Public, Hetzner or enum.
Read the guideEKS, AKS and GKE alternatives in Europe compared (2026): what moves over and what you rebuild
Your Deployments, Services and Helm charts move to a European managed Kubernetes provider largely unchanged; storage classes, ingress, identity and registry settings change. The cloud integrations around the cluster (workload identity, L7 load balancing, registry, autoscaling, managed databases) are where the work is, and this guide maps each one to what STACKIT, OVHcloud, Scaleway, Exoscale, IONOS and enum have today.
Read the guideMigration checklist (2026): moving from EKS, GKE or AKS to European managed Kubernetes
A migration playbook for moving Kubernetes workloads from AWS, Google Cloud or Azure to a European provider: inventory, replacing cloud-specific dependencies, moving S3 data with rclone, egress terms and the EU Data Act, DNS cutover, parallel run, rollback and a typical timeline.
Read the guideKubernetes storage on European clouds compared (2026): block, file and object
Which storage to use for Kubernetes workloads on an EU-hosted cloud: CSI block volumes for databases, file storage for ReadWriteMany, S3 object storage for app data and Velero backups. STACKIT, IONOS, OVHcloud, Scaleway, Exoscale and enum compared on CSI driver, storage classes, snapshots, RWX and S3.
Read the guideManaged hosting vs. a cloud platform with operations (2026 comparison): which one fits your team?
Classic managed hosting means a hoster runs your server and stack and you request changes; a cloud platform with an operations team gives your developers self-service deploys plus engineers on call. How the two models differ, when each fits, and how Profihost, IONOS, Hetzner, mittwald, plusserver, secunet cloud and enum compare by model.
Read the guideManaged Kubernetes SLA comparison for Europe (2026): a reliability checklist
An SLA percentage tells you little until you know what it measures: the Kubernetes API, your nodes, or your storage. This guide compares the published SLAs of seven European managed Kubernetes offers and lists what to check beyond the number.
Read the guideEuropean managed Kubernetes sovereignty checklist (2026): 8 providers compared
A seven-point sovereignty checklist (legal entity, US ties in the group, control plane location, certifications, regions, sub-processors and staff, control plane price) and one table scoring OVHcloud, IONOS, STACKIT, Scaleway, Exoscale, T Cloud Public, Hetzner and enum against it, with every fact linked to a primary source.
Read the guideManaged Kubernetes vs. in-house operations (2026): responsibility and cost comparison
Three ways to run production Kubernetes: build it yourself on VMs, rent a managed control plane, or have someone operate production for you. A task-by-task responsibility table and a cost model with the assumptions written out.
Read the guideOutgrown self-run Kubernetes on Hetzner? Three options compared (2026)
Hetzner is good value and many teams should stay. If the pain is running Kubernetes rather than the servers, there are three ways out: harden the self-run setup with Talos, k3s or Cluster API, buy a managed control plane on Hetzner servers or at another European provider, or have someone run production for you. Signs, options and a decision table.
Read the guideBest S3-compatible object storage in Europe (2026): 8 providers compared
Eight European S3-compatible object storage providers compared on how they bill storage and egress, versioning, Object Lock, lifecycle rules, presigned URLs, regions, certifications and the company you sign with. Price models and S3 support checked against each provider's own pages.
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