Exoscale vs Scalingo

Exoscale – a solid European cloud hosting alternative

Exoscale offer a full range of IaaS services. Especially noteworthy are the DBaaS services for managed Apache Kafka, managed OpenSearch and managed Grafana.

Exoscale are operating 7 data centers across Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Croatia and Bulgaria.

Exoscale is owned by A1, the Austrian telecommunication company.

Scalingo – Deploy at lightning speed

Scalingo is a European cloud provider offering both Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solutions.

Founded in France, the company delivers a fully managed platform that enables organizations to deploy, operate, and scale applications and data without managing underlying infrastructure.

Exoscale

Product Comparison

CategoryServiceExoscale – a solid European cloud hosting alternativeScalingo – Deploy at lightning speed
ComputeAuto ScalingScaling & Auto-scalerScaling & Auto-scaler
Compute InstanceCompute InstancesCompute Instances
GPU InstanceGPU2 ServerGPU2 Server
GPU1 ServerGPU1 Server
GPU3 ServerGPU3 Server
3080ti Server3080ti Server
A5000 ServerA5000 Server
ContainersContainer RegistryScalingo Docker Image AddonScalingo Docker Image Addon
KubernetesScalable Kubernetes ServiceScalable Kubernetes Service
Data & AIData Warehouse/LakehouseManaged ClickHouse®Managed ClickHouse®
Search EngineManaged OpenSearchManaged OpenSearchknn (for Opensearch®)knn (for Opensearch®)
ML (for Opensearch®)ML (for Opensearch®)
Managed OpenSearch® hostingManaged OpenSearch® hosting
DatabaseKey-Value StoreManaged ValkeyManaged ValkeyManaged in-memory NoSQL databaseManaged in-memory NoSQL database
MessagingManaged Apache KafkaManaged Apache Kafka
Relational DatabaseManaged MySQLManaged MySQL
Managed PostgreSQLManaged PostgreSQL
Managed PostgreSQL® hostingManaged PostgreSQL® hosting
pgvector (for PostgreSQL®)pgvector (for PostgreSQL®)
Managed MySQL® hostingManaged MySQL® hosting
Managed ServicesApplication RuntimeReview AppsReview Apps
BuildpacksBuildpacks
ManagementDeveloper PlatformCI/CDCI/CD
RollbackRollback
One Click DeployOne Click Deploy
Job SchedulerCustom Clock ProcessesCustom Clock Processes
Scalingo SchedulerScalingo Scheduler
ObservabilityManaged GrafanaManaged GrafanaLogs & Log DrainsLogs & Log Drains
Application MetricsApplication Metrics
NetworkCDNCDNCDN
Direct ConnectPrivate ConnectPrivate Connect
DNSDNSDNS
Elastic IPElastic IPElastic IP
FirewallSecurity GroupsSecurity GroupsWAFWAF
GatewayTCP Gateway AddonTCP Gateway Addon
Load BalancerNetwork Load BalancerNetwork Load Balancer
Private NetworkPrivate NetworksPrivate NetworksPrivate NetworkingPrivate Networking
VPNScalingo VPNC IPSec AddonScalingo VPNC IPSec Addon
Scalingo OpenVPN AddonScalingo OpenVPN Addon
StorageBlock StorageBlock StorageBlock Storage
Cold StorageArchival StorageArchival Storage
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.

Exoscale

59.8 %

SEAL 1

Scalingo

Sovereignty Comparison

Data Centres

CountryCityExoscaleScalingo
AustriaVienna
  • AT-VIE-1
  • AT-VIE-2
BulgariaSofiaBG-SOF-1
CroatiaZagrebHR-ZAG-1
GermanyFrankfurtDE-FRA-1
MunichDE-MUC-1
SwitzerlandGenevaCH-GVA-2
ZurichCH-DK-2

Certifications

CertificationDescriptionExoscaleScalingo
BSI C5German cloud security catalogue
CSA STARCloud Security Alliance Assurance Registry
HDSFrench certification required for Health Data Hosting. Requires data management features such as high availability, automatic backups and encryption.
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
SecNumCloudFrench certification framework for cloud service providers. Recognized as one of the most demanding qualification frameworks in Europe.
SOC 2Controls for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, or privacy
TISAXAssessment mechanism concerning secure processing of information in automotive
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