Atlas Cloud vs STACKIT

Atlas – Your Icelandic Cloud Provider

Atlas is the Icelandic regional sovereign cloud. Based on CloudStack and operated from green data centers in Iceland.

The Atlas Cloud is built based on CloudStack, with the service portfolio currently being built up. Basic primitives such as VMs, and storage are in place.

STACKIT – The German business cloud

STACKIT is the public cloud brand of Schwarz Digits, backed by the Schwarz group, the largest retail company in Europe, based in Germany.

STACKIT has very high momentum, with new services being added at a high pace. The service portfolio and partnerships, e.g. with ServiceNow and Salesforce for Tableau, make STACKIT an attractive choice for enterprises in the DACH region.

Atlas Cloud

HeadquartersReykjavík, Iceland
Parent companyprivately owned
Cloud since2025
ISINnot publicly listed
Websiteatlascloud.is

STACKIT

HeadquartersBad Friedrichshall, Deutschland
Parent companySchwarz Digits, member of Schwarz Group
Cloud since2022
Websitestackit.com

Product Comparison

Category	Service	Atlas – Your Icelandic Cloud Provider	STACKIT – The German business cloud
Compute	Compute Instance	Virtual Machines	Linux Server Server Windows Server
Containers	Container Registry	—	Container Registry
Containers	Kubernetes	Managed Kubernetes	Confidential Kubernetes Kubernetes Engine Edge Cloud
Data & AI	Artificial Intelligence	—	AI Model Experiments
	Data Processing	—	Workflows
	Data Warehouse/Lakehouse	—	Dremio
	Ingestion	—	Intake
	Managed LLM	—	AI Model Serving
	Notebooks	—	Notebooks
	Search Engine	—	OpenSearch
Database	Document Database	—	MongoDB Flex
	Key-Value Store	—	Redis Key Value Store
	Messaging	—	RabbitMQ
	Relational Database	Managed MySQL Managed PostgreSQL	PostgreSQL Flex MariaDB SQLServer Flex
Managed Services	Application Runtime	—	Cloud Foundry
Managed Services	E-Mail	—	MailOut
Management	Automation	—	Server Update Management Automation Service Run Command
	Developer Platform	—	Git
	Observability	—	Server Agent LogMe Logs Telemetry Router Observability
Network	Direct Connect	—	Connectivity (Hybrid/Multi-Cloud)
	Firewall	—	Network security
	Load Balancer	—	Load Balancing and Content Delivery
	Private Network	—	Core Networking
Security & Identity	Host Security	—	Security Hardening
	Secret Manager	—	Secrets Manager KMS
	Security Posture Management	—	CSPM
Storage	Backup	—	Server Backup Management
	Block Storage	Block Storage	Block Storage
	Cold Storage	—	Archiving
	File Storage	—	File Storage
	Object Storage	Object Store	Object Storage

Sovereignty

Sovereignty assessment side by side, following the EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework with its 8 objectives. Higher is better; the area shows each provider's coverage across all objectives.

Disclaimer: this assessment is conducted as an outside-in analysis, based on public information and, for some questions, educated guessing. The results may be factually wrong and in no way replace your own due diligence.

Atlas Cloud

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STACKIT

81.8 %

SEAL 2

Sovereignty Comparison

Data Centres

Country	City	Atlas Cloud	STACKIT
Unknown	Unknown	Atlas DC	STACKIT DC 01 - Neckarsulm, Germany STACKIT DC 08 - Ellhofen, Germany STACKIT DC 10 - Ostermiething, Austria

Certifications

Certification	Description	Atlas Cloud	STACKIT
BSI C5	German cloud security catalogue	—	✓
CSA STAR	Cloud Security Alliance Assurance Registry	—	✓
ISO 20000	International standard for IT service management	—	✓
ISO 27001	World's best-known standard for information security management systems (ISMS)	—	✓
ISO 50001	Standard for Energy Management System	—	✓
SOC 1	Validation of internal controls over financial reporting	—	✓
SOC 2	Controls for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, or privacy	—	✓