Exoscale vs T Cloud Public

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.

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.

Exoscale
T Cloud Public

Product Comparison

CategoryServiceExoscale – a solid European cloud hosting alternativeT Cloud Public – The cloud platform of Deutsche Telekom AG
Bare MetalBare Metal Instance—Bare Metal Server (BMS)Bare Metal Server (BMS)
ComputeAuto Scaling—Auto Scaling (AS)Auto Scaling (AS)
Compute InstanceCompute InstancesCompute InstancesElastic Cloud Server (ECS)Elastic Cloud Server (ECS)
Dedicated Host (DeH)Dedicated Host (DeH)
GPU InstanceGPU2 ServerGPU2 Server
GPU1 ServerGPU1 Server
GPU3 ServerGPU3 Server
3080ti Server3080ti Server
A5000 ServerA5000 Server
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Image Catalog—Image Management Service (IMS)Image Management Service (IMS)
Serverless Function—FunctionGraphFunctionGraph
ContainersContainer Registry—Software Repository for ContainerSoftware Repository for Container
KubernetesScalable Kubernetes ServiceScalable Kubernetes ServiceCloud Container Engine (CCE)Cloud Container Engine (CCE)
Serverless Container—Cloud Container Instance (CCI)Cloud Container Instance (CCI)
Service Mesh—Application Service Mesh (ASM)Application Service Mesh (ASM)
Data & AIArtificial Intelligence—Optical Character Recognition (OCR)Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
ModelArts (MA)ModelArts (MA)
Data Processing—DataArts Studio (DARTS)DataArts Studio (DARTS)
Big Data: Map Reduce (MRS)Big Data: Map Reduce (MRS)
Data Warehouse/LakehouseManaged ClickHouse®Managed ClickHouse®Data Warehouse Service (DWS)Data Warehouse Service (DWS)
Data Lake Insight (DLI)Data Lake Insight (DLI)
Ingestion—Data Ingestion Service (DIS)Data Ingestion Service (DIS)
Managed LLM—LLM-ServingLLM-Serving
Search EngineManaged OpenSearchManaged OpenSearchCloud Search Service (CSS)Cloud Search Service (CSS)
DatabaseDatabase Migration—Data Replication Service (DRS)Data Replication Service (DRS)
Document Database—Document Database Service (DDS)Document Database Service (DDS)
GeminiDBGeminiDB
Key-Value StoreManaged ValkeyManaged ValkeyDistributed Cache Service (DCS)Distributed Cache Service (DCS)
MessagingManaged Apache KafkaManaged Apache KafkaDistributed Message Service (DMS)Distributed Message Service (DMS)
Simple Message Notification (SMN)Simple Message Notification (SMN)
Relational DatabaseManaged MySQLManaged MySQL
Managed PostgreSQLManaged PostgreSQL
Distributed Database Middleware (DDM)Distributed Database Middleware (DDM)
Oracle-optimizedOracle-optimized
Relational Database Service (RDS)Relational Database Service (RDS)
GaussDB (für MySQL)GaussDB (für MySQL)
ManagementDeveloper Platform—Resource Formation Service (RFS)Resource Formation Service (RFS)
Cloud CreateCloud Create
ObservabilityManaged GrafanaManaged GrafanaLog Tank Service (LTS)Log Tank Service (LTS)
Application Performance Management (APM)Application Performance Management (APM)
Cloud Eye (CES)Cloud Eye (CES)
Cloud Trace Service (CTS)Cloud Trace Service (CTS)
Application Operations Management (AOM)Application Operations Management (AOM)
Resource Management—Tag Management Service (TMS)Tag Management Service (TMS)
Resource Management Service (RMS)Resource Management Service (RMS)
NetworkAnti DDoS—Anti-Distributed Denial-of-Service (Anti-DDoS)Anti-Distributed Denial-of-Service (Anti-DDoS)
API Gateway—API Gateway (APIG)API Gateway (APIG)
CDNCDNCDN—
Direct ConnectPrivate ConnectPrivate ConnectDirect ConnectDirect Connect
DNSDNSDNSDomain Name Service (DNS)Domain Name Service (DNS)
Elastic IPElastic IPElastic IPElastic IP (EIP)Elastic IP (EIP)
FirewallSecurity GroupsSecurity GroupsWeb Application Firewall (WAF)Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)
Cloud Firewall (CFW)Cloud Firewall (CFW)
Gateway—NAT Gateway (CDN)NAT Gateway (CDN)
Load BalancerNetwork Load BalancerNetwork Load BalancerElastic Load Balancer (ELB)Elastic Load Balancer (ELB)
Private NetworkPrivate NetworksPrivate NetworksVPC Endpoint (VCPEP)VPC Endpoint (VCPEP)
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Router—Enterprise RouterEnterprise Router
VPN—Virtual Private Network (VPN)Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Security & IdentityHost Security—Host Security Service (HSS)Host Security Service (HSS)
IAM—Identity & Access Management (IAM)Identity & Access Management (IAM)
Secret Manager—Key Management Service (KMS)Key Management Service (KMS)
Security Posture Management—Database Security Service (DBSS)Database Security Service (DBSS)
StorageBackup—Volume Backup Service (VBS)Volume Backup Service (VBS)
Cloud Backup and Recovery (CBR)Cloud Backup and Recovery (CBR)
Cloud Server Backup Service (CSBS)Cloud Server Backup Service (CSBS)
Block StorageBlock StorageBlock StorageElastic Volume Service (EVS)Elastic Volume Service (EVS)
Cold StorageArchival StorageArchival Storage—
Disaster Recovery—Storage Disaster Recovery Service (SDRS)Storage Disaster Recovery Service (SDRS)
File Storage—Scalable File Service (SFS)Scalable File Service (SFS)
Object StorageObject StorageObject StorageObject Storage Service (OBS)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.

Exoscale

60.7 %

SEAL 1

T Cloud Public

77.8 %

SEAL 2

Sovereignty Comparison

Data Centres

CountryCityExoscaleT Cloud Public
AustriaVienna
  • AT-VIE-1
  • AT-VIE-2
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BulgariaSofiaBG-SOF-1—
CroatiaZagrebHR-ZAG-1—
GermanyBiere—TCP
FrankfurtDE-FRA-1—
Magdeburg—TCP
MunichDE-MUC-1—
NetherlandsAalsmeer—TCP
Almere—TCP
SwitzerlandBern—TCP
GenevaCH-GVA-2—
Zollikofen—TCP
ZurichCH-DK-2—

Certifications

CertificationDescriptionExoscaleT Cloud Public
BSI C5German cloud security catalogue✓✓
CSA STARCloud Security Alliance Assurance Registry✓—
DIN EN 50600European standard for data centers—✓
ENSNational Security Framework, applicable to the entire Public Sector in Spain—✓
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✓—
SOC 1Validation of internal controls over financial reporting—✓
SOC 2Controls for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, or privacy✓✓
SOC 3Controls for security, availability, integrity, confidentiality and privacy for distribution—✓
TISAXAssessment mechanism concerning secure processing of information in automotive✓✓
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