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STACKIT Kubernetes Engine

About STACKIT Kubernetes Engine

STACKIT is a cloud provider offering a portfolio of cloud services. The company hosts data in European data centers. It is part of the Schwarz Gruppe and operates independently of external investors. STACKIT provides the technology stack from data center to managed cloud service. Cloud services can be booked directly through the STACKIT Portal. STACKIT also provides industry-specific cloud solutions.

Products

STACKIT Calculator: A tool for calculating individual cloud architectures and costs.
STACKIT Compute Engine GPU: Provides GPUs within virtual machines for workloads.
STACKIT Confidential Kubernetes: Protects container workloads from unauthorized third-party access.
STACKIT Unified Firewall: Centralizes control over firewall configurations.

Used for

Calculating individual cloud architecture costs
Deploying Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers
Storing backup data
Archiving data in the cloud
Automating operating system update processes

Who it is for

Retail companies (wholesale and retail, in-store and online)
Healthcare sector organizations
Public sector organizations
Financial service providers and fintechs

From STACKIT Kubernetes Engine's own website, read 2026-10-24. How we build listings.

How to evaluate Containers & Kubernetes

This is how the CIOPages Research Team evaluates this category. It is not an assessment of STACKIT Kubernetes Engine. It comes from our Kubernetes Platforms buyer guide.

25%

Control Plane & Day-2 Lifecycle

Managed vs. self-managed control plane and its SLA; how Kubernetes version upgrades roll (in-place, surge, blue-green) and how disruptive they are to running pods; long-term-support version options; CVE patch cadence and how quickly fixes reach the fleet; automated node remediation and certificate rotation

20%

Fleet & Multi-Cluster Management

Single console and API to govern many clusters across clouds, on-prem, and edge; declarative cluster lifecycle and config (Cluster API or equivalent); fleet-wide policy and drift detection; zero-touch provisioning for edge; whether it manages clusters it did not create (imported/attached) or only its own

20%

Security & Compliance

Default-deny posture and admission control (Pod Security, OPA/Kyverno); image scanning and signing in the supply chain; RBAC plus OIDC/enterprise-identity integration; network policy and microsegmentation; CIS-benchmark conformance, audit logging, and FedRAMP/FIPS coverage where regulated

15%

Networking, Storage & Service Mesh

CNI options and how locked-in the default is; ingress and gateway controllers with TLS, rate-limiting, and WAF; CSI drivers for block/file/object and stateful-workload maturity; service mesh integration (Istio, Linkerd, Cilium); cross-cluster connectivity and load balancing

10%

Developer Experience & Self-Service

Namespace and cluster self-service vs. ticket-based provisioning; GitOps support (Argo CD, Flux) as a first-class workflow; developer portal and golden-path integration (Backstage or built-in console); IDE plugins and local-dev parity; how opinionated the platform is about how teams ship

10%

Cost, Portability & Commercial Model

Licensing unit (per-core, per-node, per-cluster, consumption) and how it scales with you; control-plane and extended-support fees; realistic exit cost and how provider-shaped the abstractions are; GPU/AI scheduling support; ecosystem breadth (operators, Helm, marketplace) and how much you must self-integrate

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Quick Facts

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CategoryCloud Infrastructure

SubcategoryContainers & Kubernetes

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