ELASTX vs Nine

ELASTX – The Swedish Cloud Provider

ELASTX is a Swedish cloud provider operating three data centers located within the Stockholm metropolitan area.

Their service portfolio includes core Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offerings such as compute, storage, database, and networking solutions. In addition, ELASTX provides a managed Kubernetes service to support containerized applications.

What sets ELASTX apart is their commitment to delivering tailored, bespoke solutions in close collaboration with their clients.

Nine – Swiss-made Cloud Mastery

Nine is an application platform by Nine Internet Solutions in Switzerland. While Nine Internet Solutions offers classic colocation and managed hosting solutions, the distinctive product is the Deploio application engine.

Nine is currently brought to the world from two data centers in the Zürich region in Switzerland.

Elastx
  • HeadquartersStockholm, Sweden
  • Parent companythe majority owner seems to be Sobro (Söderberg & Partners)
  • Cloud since2012
  • Websiteelastx.se
Nine

Product Comparison

CategoryServiceELASTX – The Swedish Cloud ProviderNine – Swiss-made Cloud Mastery
ComputeCompute InstanceOpenStack IaaSOpenStack IaaSManaged ServersManaged Servers
Root ServersRoot Servers
GPU InstanceGPUGPUGPU ServerGPU Server
ContainersContainer Registry—Container RegistryContainer Registry
KubernetesKubernetes CaaSKubernetes CaaSManaged GKEManaged GKE
Nine Kubernetes EngineNine Kubernetes Engine
Data & AIArtificial IntelligenceAI servicesAI services—
Search Engine—Managed SolrManaged Solr
Managed OpenSearchManaged OpenSearch
DatabaseKey-Value StoreValkeyValkeyManaged CacheManaged Cache
Managed RedisManaged Redis
Relational DatabaseMSSQL DBaaSMSSQL DBaaS
PostgreSQL DBaaSPostgreSQL DBaaS
MariaDB DBaaSMariaDB DBaaS
MySQL DBaaSMySQL DBaaS		Managed MySQLManaged MySQL
Managed PostgreSQLManaged PostgreSQL
Managed ServicesApplication RuntimeVirtuozzo PaaSVirtuozzo PaaSDeploioDeploio
E-MailMail RelayMail Relay—
ManagementObservabilityApplication MonitoringApplication Monitoring—
NetworkAnti DDoSDDoS ProtectionDDoS Protection—
CDNVarnish CDNVarnish CDNCloudflareCloudflare
Direct ConnectCloud ExchangeCloud Exchange
Cloud ConnectCloud Connect		—
DNS—DNSDNS
FirewallWeb Application FirewallWeb Application Firewall—
Private Network—SubnetsSubnets
VPNCloud VPNCloud VPN—
Security & IdentityIAM—Managed ShibbolethManaged Shibboleth
Security Posture ManagementThreat IntelligenceThreat Intelligence—
StorageBackupThe Vault Object StorageThe Vault Object Storage—
Block StorageBlock StorageBlock Storage—
Object StorageSwift Object StorageSwift Object StorageObject StorageObject 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.

ELASTX

71.2 %

SEAL 1

Nine

46.4 %

SEAL 1

Sovereignty Comparison

Data Centres

CountryCityELASTXNine
SwedenStockholm
  • Elastx STO2
  • Elastx STO1
  • Elastx STO3
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UnknownUnknown—
  • Nine - Zurich, Switzerland
  • Nine - Zurich, Switzerland

Certifications

CertificationDescriptionELASTXNine
ISO 14001Standard for environmental management systems (EMS)✓—
ISO 27001World's best-known standard for information security management systems (ISMS)✓✓
ISO 27017Information security controls for cloud services✓—
ISO 27018Guidance for protecting PII data in public clouds✓—
ISO 9001Standard for Quality Management—✓
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