Exoscale vs STACKIT

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.

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.

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

Product Comparison

CategoryServiceExoscale – a solid European cloud hosting alternativeSTACKIT – The German business cloud
ComputeCompute InstanceCompute InstancesCompute InstancesLinux ServerLinux Server
ServerServer
Windows ServerWindows Server
GPU InstanceGPU2 ServerGPU2 Server
GPU1 ServerGPU1 Server
GPU3 ServerGPU3 Server
3080ti Server3080ti Server
A5000 ServerA5000 Server		—
ContainersContainer Registry—Container RegistryContainer Registry
KubernetesScalable Kubernetes ServiceScalable Kubernetes ServiceConfidential KubernetesConfidential Kubernetes
Kubernetes EngineKubernetes Engine
Edge CloudEdge Cloud
Data & AIArtificial Intelligence—AI Model ExperimentsAI Model Experiments
Data Processing—WorkflowsWorkflows
Data Warehouse/LakehouseManaged ClickHouse®Managed ClickHouse®DremioDremio
Ingestion—IntakeIntake
Managed LLM—AI Model ServingAI Model Serving
Notebooks—NotebooksNotebooks
Search EngineManaged OpenSearchManaged OpenSearchOpenSearchOpenSearch
DatabaseDocument Database—MongoDB FlexMongoDB Flex
Key-Value StoreManaged ValkeyManaged ValkeyRedisRedis
Key Value StoreKey Value Store
MessagingManaged Apache KafkaManaged Apache KafkaRabbitMQRabbitMQ
Relational DatabaseManaged MySQLManaged MySQL
Managed PostgreSQLManaged PostgreSQL		PostgreSQL FlexPostgreSQL Flex
MariaDBMariaDB
SQLServer FlexSQLServer Flex
Managed ServicesApplication Runtime—Cloud FoundryCloud Foundry
E-Mail—MailOutMailOut
ManagementAutomation—Server Update ManagementServer Update Management
Automation ServiceAutomation Service
Run CommandRun Command
Developer Platform—GitGit
ObservabilityManaged GrafanaManaged GrafanaServer AgentServer Agent
LogMeLogMe
LogsLogs
Telemetry RouterTelemetry Router
ObservabilityObservability
NetworkCDNCDNCDN—
Direct ConnectPrivate ConnectPrivate ConnectConnectivity (Hybrid/Multi-Cloud)Connectivity (Hybrid/Multi-Cloud)
DNSDNSDNS—
Elastic IPElastic IPElastic IP—
FirewallSecurity GroupsSecurity GroupsNetwork securityNetwork security
Load BalancerNetwork Load BalancerNetwork Load BalancerLoad Balancing and Content DeliveryLoad Balancing and Content Delivery
Private NetworkPrivate NetworksPrivate NetworksCore NetworkingCore Networking
Security & IdentityHost Security—Security HardeningSecurity Hardening
Secret Manager—Secrets ManagerSecrets Manager
KMSKMS
Security Posture Management—CSPMCSPM
StorageBackup—Server Backup ManagementServer Backup Management
Block StorageBlock StorageBlock StorageBlock StorageBlock Storage
Cold StorageArchival StorageArchival StorageArchivingArchiving
File Storage—File StorageFile Storage
Object StorageObject StorageObject 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

STACKIT

81.8 %

SEAL 2

Sovereignty Comparison

Data Centres

CountryCityExoscaleSTACKIT
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—
UnknownUnknown—
  • STACKIT DC 01 - Neckarsulm, Germany
  • STACKIT DC 08 - Ellhofen, Germany
  • STACKIT DC 10 - Ostermiething, Austria

Certifications

CertificationDescriptionExoscaleSTACKIT
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 20000International standard for IT service management—✓
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 50001Standard for Energy Management System—✓
SOC 1Validation of internal controls over financial reporting—✓
SOC 2Controls for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, or privacy✓✓
TISAXAssessment mechanism concerning secure processing of information in automotive✓—
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