IONOS Managed Kubernetes

Managed Kubernetes with free control plane, auto-scaling and pay-per-minute billing

Montabaur, Germany · Founded 1988 · Paid
A European alternative to Amazon EKS Google Kubernetes Engine Azure Kubernetes Service

About IONOS Managed Kubernetes

IONOS Managed Kubernetes is the managed K8s service from IONOS Cloud, the German cloud arm of IONOS headquartered in Montabaur with data centres across Europe. Cluster control planes are free; users pay only for provisioned worker resources, with the choice between dedicated cores for performance-heavy workloads or cost-efficient vCPUs. The service includes auto-scaling for nodes, scheduled or user-controlled automatic updates and security fixes, and tight integration with IONOS Cloud virtual data centres for geo-redundant deployments. All resources are billed by the minute on pay-as-you-go without fixed-term contracts; 1- and 3-year Savings Plans offer hourly discounted rates.

Quick facts

Pricing model Paid
Free trial
Open source
Self-hostable No
Public API No
Target audience B2B
Company size fit All
DPA available Yes
Data stored in EU Yes
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