IONOS vs Scalingo

IONOS – Future-proof cloud infrastructure from Germany

IONOS is a German hosting and domain provider that is offering more and more cloud computing products.

The company was formerly known as 1&1 Internet. It was rebranded to reflect the development from a pure hosting provider to a service provider with a broad portfolio.

The public cloud service encompasses the typical building blocks around VPCs, managed database, managed Kubernetes, etc.

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.

IONOS
Scalingo

Product Comparison

CategoryServiceIONOS – Future-proof cloud infrastructure from GermanyScalingo – Deploy at lightning speed
Bare MetalBare Metal InstanceBare Metal ServersBare Metal Servers—
ComputeAuto Scaling—Scaling & Auto-scalerScaling & Auto-scaler
Compute InstanceCompute EngineCompute Engine
CubesCubes		—
GPU InstanceGPU ServersGPU Servers—
ContainersContainer RegistryPrivate Container RegistryPrivate Container RegistryScalingo Docker Image AddonScalingo Docker Image Addon
KubernetesManaged KubernetesManaged Kubernetes—
Data & AIData Warehouse/LakehouseManaged Stackable Data PlatformManaged Stackable Data Platform—
Managed LLMAI Model HubAI Model Hub—
Search Engine—knn (for Opensearch®)knn (for Opensearch®)
ML (for Opensearch®)ML (for Opensearch®)
Managed OpenSearch® hostingManaged OpenSearch® hosting
DatabaseDocument DatabaseMongoDB Database as a ServiceMongoDB Database as a Service—
Key-Value StoreRedis Database as a ServiceRedis Database as a ServiceManaged in-memory NoSQL databaseManaged in-memory NoSQL database
MessagingEvent Streams for Apache KafkaEvent Streams for Apache Kafka—
Relational DatabasePostgreSQL Database as a ServicePostgreSQL Database as a Service
Managed Database ServicesManaged Database Services		Managed PostgreSQL® hostingManaged PostgreSQL® hosting
pgvector (for PostgreSQL®)pgvector (for PostgreSQL®)
Managed MySQL® hostingManaged MySQL® hosting
Managed ServicesApplication Runtime—Review AppsReview Apps
BuildpacksBuildpacks
ManagementDeveloper Platform—CI/CDCI/CD
RollbackRollback
One Click DeployOne Click Deploy
Job Scheduler—Custom Clock ProcessesCustom Clock Processes
Scalingo SchedulerScalingo Scheduler
ObservabilityMonitoring as a ServiceMonitoring as a Service
Flow LogsFlow Logs		Logs & Log DrainsLogs & Log Drains
Application MetricsApplication Metrics
NetworkAnti DDoSDDoS ProtectDDoS Protect—
API GatewayAPI GatewayAPI Gateway—
CDNContent Delivery Network (CDN)Content Delivery Network (CDN)—
DNSCloud DNSCloud DNS—
Firewall—WAFWAF
GatewayManaged NAT GatewayManaged NAT GatewayTCP Gateway AddonTCP Gateway Addon
Load BalancerManaged Application Load BalancerManaged Application Load Balancer
Managed Network Load BalancerManaged Network Load Balancer		—
Private Network—Private NetworkingPrivate Networking
VPNVPN GatewayVPN GatewayScalingo VPNC IPSec AddonScalingo VPNC IPSec Addon
Scalingo OpenVPN AddonScalingo OpenVPN Addon
StorageBackupBackup ServiceBackup Service—
Block StorageBlock StorageBlock Storage—
File StorageNetwork File Storage (NFS)Network File Storage (NFS)—
Object StorageIONOS Object StorageIONOS Object 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.

IONOS

77.2 %

SEAL 2

Scalingo

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Sovereignty Comparison

Data Centres

CountryCityIONOSScalingo
FranceParisIONOS—
GermanyBerlinIONOS—
Frankfurt
  • IONOS
  • IONOS
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SpainLogroñoIONOS—
United KingdomLondonIONOS—
WorcesterIONOS—
United StatesLas VegasIONOS—
LenexaIONOS—
NewarkIONOS—

Certifications

CertificationDescriptionIONOSScalingo
BSI C5German cloud security catalogue✓—
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 50001Standard for Energy Management System✓—
ISO 9001Standard for Quality Management✓—
PCI DSSStandard regulating protection of payment account data✓—
SecNumCloudFrench certification framework for cloud service providers. Recognized as one of the most demanding qualification frameworks in Europe.—✓
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✓—
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