STACKIT vs UpCloud

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.

UpCloud – Global Cloud, European Excellence

UpCloud is a European cloud provider headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. UpCloud are operating 15 data centres across 4 continents.

The service portfolio of UpCloud is not the broadest, focusing on the basic cloud primitives such as managed Kubernetes, storage and managed databases, but developer tooling around UpCloud is rich and covers all the typical developer use cases.

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

Product Comparison

CategoryServiceSTACKIT – The German business cloudUpCloud – Global Cloud, European Excellence
ComputeCompute InstanceLinux ServerLinux Server
ServerServer
Windows ServerWindows Server		Cloud ServersCloud Servers
Private CloudPrivate Cloud
GPU Instance—GPU ServersGPU Servers
ContainersContainer RegistryContainer RegistryContainer Registry—
KubernetesConfidential KubernetesConfidential Kubernetes
Kubernetes EngineKubernetes Engine
Edge CloudEdge Cloud		KubernetesKubernetes
Data & AIArtificial IntelligenceAI Model ExperimentsAI Model Experiments—
Data ProcessingWorkflowsWorkflows—
Data Warehouse/LakehouseDremioDremio—
IngestionIntakeIntake—
Managed LLMAI Model ServingAI Model Serving—
NotebooksNotebooksNotebooks—
Search EngineOpenSearchOpenSearchOpenSearchOpenSearch
DatabaseDocument DatabaseMongoDB FlexMongoDB Flex—
Key-Value StoreRedisRedis
Key Value StoreKey Value Store		ValkeyValkey
MessagingRabbitMQRabbitMQ—
Relational DatabasePostgreSQL FlexPostgreSQL Flex
MariaDBMariaDB
SQLServer FlexSQLServer Flex		PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
MySQLMySQL
Managed ServicesApplication RuntimeCloud FoundryCloud Foundry—
E-MailMailOutMailOut—
ManagementAutomationServer Update ManagementServer Update Management
Automation ServiceAutomation Service
Run CommandRun Command		—
Developer PlatformGitGit—
ObservabilityServer AgentServer Agent
LogMeLogMe
LogsLogs
Telemetry RouterTelemetry Router
ObservabilityObservability		—
NetworkCDN—Content Delivery NetworkContent Delivery Network
Direct ConnectConnectivity (Hybrid/Multi-Cloud)Connectivity (Hybrid/Multi-Cloud)—
Elastic IP—Floating IPFloating IP
FirewallNetwork securityNetwork securityFirewallFirewall
Gateway—NAT GatewayNAT Gateway
Load BalancerLoad Balancing and Content DeliveryLoad Balancing and Content DeliveryManaged Load BalancerManaged Load Balancer
Private NetworkCore NetworkingCore NetworkingSDN Private NetworkSDN Private Network
Utility NetworkUtility Network
VPN—VPN GatewayVPN Gateway
Security & IdentityHost SecuritySecurity HardeningSecurity Hardening—
Secret ManagerSecrets ManagerSecrets Manager
KMSKMS		—
Security Posture ManagementCSPMCSPM—
StorageBackupServer Backup ManagementServer Backup ManagementSimple BackupSimple Backup
Block StorageBlock StorageBlock StorageBlock StorageBlock Storage
Cold StorageArchivingArchiving—
File StorageFile StorageFile StorageFile StorageFile Storage
Object StorageObject StorageObject StorageManaged Object StorageManaged 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.

STACKIT

81.8 %

SEAL 2

UpCloud

67.0 %

SEAL 2

Sovereignty Comparison

Data Centres

CountryCitySTACKITUpCloud
AustraliaSydney—AU-SYD1
DenmarkCopenhagen—DK-CPH1
FinlandHelsinki—
  • FI-HEL1
  • FI-HEL2
GermanyFrankfurt—DE-FRA1
NetherlandsAmsterdam—NL-AMS1
NorwayStavanger—NO-SVG1
PolandWarsaw—PL-WAW1
SingaporeSingapore—SG-SIN1
SpainMadrid—ES-MAD1
SwedenStockholm—SE-STO1
United KingdomLondon—UK-LON1
United StatesChicago—US-CHI1
New York—US-NYC1
San Jose—US-SJO1
UnknownUnknown
  • STACKIT DC 01 - Neckarsulm, Germany
  • STACKIT DC 08 - Ellhofen, Germany
  • STACKIT DC 10 - Ostermiething, Austria
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Certifications

CertificationDescriptionSTACKITUpCloud
BSI C5German cloud security catalogue✓—
CSA STARCloud Security Alliance Assurance Registry✓—
ISO 14001Standard for environmental management systems (EMS)—✓
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✓—
SOC 1Validation of internal controls over financial reporting✓—
SOC 2Controls for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, or privacy✓—
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