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Exoscale SKS

by Exoscale · 🇨🇭 Switzerland

Scalable Kubernetes Service is Exoscale's managed control plane, with worker nodes running on the company's own compute in its European zones. The customer manages workloads; Exoscale runs the cluster infrastructure.

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A European alternative to Amazon EKS, Google GKE.

How the EU-ness score breaks down

Each criterion is worth a fixed number of points, multiplied by how good the evidence is and how recently it was checked. Read the full rubric.

  • Where it is built

    Not documented0 / 20 pts

    Where does the engineering team that builds this sit?

  • Data hosting

    Verified16 / 20 pts

    Data hosted in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria

    • exoscale.com · producer · checked 2026-08-02

      “Frankfurt DE-FRA-1 […] Munich DE-MUC-1 […] Vienna AT-VIE-1 […] Vienna AT-VIE-2 […] Geneva CH-GVA-2 […] Zurich CH-DK-2 […] Sofia BG-SOF-1”

  • Company headquarters

    Verified12 / 15 pts

    Headquartered in Switzerland

    • exoscale.com · producer · checked 2026-08-02

      “Exoscale is a trademark of Akenes SA, a private company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Switzerland.”

  • Ownership & control

    Unverified0 / 20 pts

    Ownership not established

    Recorded but not yet checked against a source, so it earns no points.

  • Legal jurisdiction

    Not documented0 / 15 pts

    Could a non-EU government compel access to this data?

  • Underlying infrastructure

    Not documented0 / 10 pts

    Does it run on European infrastructure, or on a US hyperscaler?

Documented quality

Not a review score. These are things a maker either publishes and commits to, or does not — warranty length, spare parts, certifications, support windows.

  • Open source

    Not documented0 / 20 pts

    Can the code be inspected and self-hosted?

  • Data portability

    Not documented0 / 15 pts

    Can you export your data in an open format and leave?

  • Independent certification

    Not documented0 / 30 pts

    Has an outside body certified anything about this product?

  • Support & maintenance

    Not documented0 / 15 pts

    How long are updates and security fixes guaranteed?

Where it comes from

Designed in
Not documented
Developed in
Not documented
Data hosted inVerified
SwitzerlandGermanyAustriaBulgaria

Who is behind it

Swiss cloud provider operating its own zones in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Bulgaria, offering compute, storage and managed Kubernetes.

Legal entity
Akenes SA
Founded
2011
Headquarters
SwitzerlandVerified

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