ELASTX vs T Cloud Public

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.

T Cloud Public – The cloud platform of Deutsche Telekom AG

T Cloud Public is a cloud computing service operated by Deutsche Telekom AG, formerly known as Open Telekom Cloud.

T Cloud Public has a very broad portfolio of cloud services, from a complete IaaS range over higher-level services such as managed Kubernetes and serverless functions up to data processing and AI services. The cloud product range is one of the most comprehensive ones in Europe.

T Cloud Public has data centres in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

Elastx

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

T Cloud Public

HeadquartersBonn, Germany
Parent companyDeutsche Telekom AG
Cloud since2016
ISINDE0005557508
Websitewww.t-cloud-public.com

Product Comparison

Category	Service	ELASTX – The Swedish Cloud Provider	T Cloud Public – The cloud platform of Deutsche Telekom AG
Bare Metal	Bare Metal Instance	—	Bare Metal Server (BMS)
Compute	Auto Scaling	—	Auto Scaling (AS)
	Compute Instance	OpenStack IaaS	Elastic Cloud Server (ECS) Dedicated Host (DeH)
	GPU Instance	GPU	—
	Image Catalog	—	Image Management Service (IMS)
	Serverless Function	—	FunctionGraph
Containers	Container Registry	—	Software Repository for Container
	Kubernetes	Kubernetes CaaS	Cloud Container Engine (CCE)
	Serverless Container	—	Cloud Container Instance (CCI)
	Service Mesh	—	Application Service Mesh (ASM)
Data & AI	Artificial Intelligence	AI services	Optical Character Recognition (OCR) ModelArts (MA)
	Data Processing	—	DataArts Studio (DARTS) Big Data: Map Reduce (MRS)
	Data Warehouse/Lakehouse	—	Data Warehouse Service (DWS) Data Lake Insight (DLI)
	Ingestion	—	Data Ingestion Service (DIS)
	Managed LLM	—	LLM-Serving
	Search Engine	—	Cloud Search Service (CSS)
Database	Database Migration	—	Data Replication Service (DRS)
	Document Database	—	Document Database Service (DDS) GeminiDB
	Key-Value Store	Valkey	Distributed Cache Service (DCS)
	Messaging	—	Distributed Message Service (DMS) Simple Message Notification (SMN)
	Relational Database	MSSQL DBaaS PostgreSQL DBaaS MariaDB DBaaS MySQL DBaaS	Distributed Database Middleware (DDM) Oracle-optimized Relational Database Service (RDS) GaussDB (für MySQL)
Managed Services	Application Runtime	Virtuozzo PaaS	—
Managed Services	E-Mail	Mail Relay	—
Management	Developer Platform	—	Resource Formation Service (RFS) Cloud Create
	Observability	Application Monitoring	Log Tank Service (LTS) Application Performance Management (APM) Cloud Eye (CES) Cloud Trace Service (CTS) Application Operations Management (AOM)
	Resource Management	—	Tag Management Service (TMS) Resource Management Service (RMS)
Network	Anti DDoS	DDoS Protection	Anti-Distributed Denial-of-Service (Anti-DDoS)
	API Gateway	—	API Gateway (APIG)
	CDN	Varnish CDN	—
	Direct Connect	Cloud Exchange Cloud Connect	Direct Connect
	DNS	—	Domain Name Service (DNS)
	Elastic IP	—	Elastic IP (EIP)
	Firewall	Web Application Firewall	Web Application Firewall (WAF) Firewall as a Service (FWaaS) Cloud Firewall (CFW)
	Gateway	—	NAT Gateway (CDN)
	Load Balancer	—	Elastic Load Balancer (ELB)
	Private Network	—	VPC Endpoint (VCPEP) Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
	Router	—	Enterprise Router
	VPN	Cloud VPN	Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Security & Identity	Host Security	—	Host Security Service (HSS)
	IAM	—	Identity & Access Management (IAM)
	Secret Manager	—	Key Management Service (KMS)
	Security Posture Management	Threat Intelligence	Database Security Service (DBSS)
Storage	Backup	The Vault Object Storage	Volume Backup Service (VBS) Cloud Backup and Recovery (CBR) Cloud Server Backup Service (CSBS)
	Block Storage	Block Storage	Elastic Volume Service (EVS)
	Disaster Recovery	—	Storage Disaster Recovery Service (SDRS)
	File Storage	—	Scalable File Service (SFS)
	Object Storage	Swift Object Storage	Object Storage Service (OBS)

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

T Cloud Public

77.8 %

SEAL 2

Sovereignty Comparison

Data Centres

Country	City	ELASTX	T Cloud Public
Germany	Biere	—	TCP
Germany	Magdeburg	—	TCP
Netherlands	Aalsmeer	—	TCP
Netherlands	Almere	—	TCP
Sweden	Stockholm	Elastx STO2 Elastx STO1 Elastx STO3	—
Switzerland	Bern	—	TCP
Switzerland	Zollikofen	—	TCP

Certifications

Certification	Description	ELASTX	T Cloud Public
BSI C5	German cloud security catalogue	—	✓
DIN EN 50600	European standard for data centers	—	✓
ENS	National Security Framework, applicable to the entire Public Sector in Spain	—	✓
ISO 14001	Standard for environmental management systems (EMS)	✓	—
ISO 27001	World's best-known standard for information security management systems (ISMS)	✓	✓
ISO 27017	Information security controls for cloud services	✓	—
ISO 27018	Guidance for protecting PII data in public clouds	✓	—
SOC 1	Validation of internal controls over financial reporting	—	✓
SOC 2	Controls for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, or privacy	—	✓
SOC 3	Controls for security, availability, integrity, confidentiality and privacy for distribution	—	✓
TISAX	Assessment mechanism concerning secure processing of information in automotive	—	✓