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Managed Kubernetes · $122.4/mo
IONOS's $122.40/mo storage-only pricing is not directly comparable to full Kubernetes cluster offerings from competitors. When evaluated against managed Kubernetes control planes with worker nodes, IONOS appears expensive for persistent storage alone. Most competitors bundle control-plane fees ($60-$80/mo) with separate worker-node billing, making total cost highly workload-dependent.
Flat $60/mo HA control plane with transparent per-GB bandwidth overage ($0.005/GB compute) and no surprise renewal traps; worker nodes billed separately at predictable rates.
Caveat: Worker nodes and storage add to the base fee; backups are a separate paid add-on at roughly 20-25% of instance cost.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | Kubernetes · NVIDIA H100 GPU node | $3.39/mo | 80 GB GPU RAM, 240 GiB Droplet RAM, 20 vCPUs (billed hourly, shown as monthly-equivalent placeholder) | Visit |
| Kamatera | Managed Kubernetes · Worker node = Type A Cloud VM (min) | $4/mo | No separate K8s pricing published. Worker nodes are billed at standard Cloud VM rates by CPU type; this row mirrors the Type A minimum (1 vCPU/1GB) as the cheapest possible worker node. No control-plane fee found -- likely bundled or unspecified. | Visit |
| OVHcloud |
Production-grade SLA (99.95% with zones) and control-plane fee of $0.10/hr ($73/mo) is transparent; supports up to 5,000 nodes and includes API server autoscaling.
Caveat: Windows VMs carry license surcharges; Premium SSD IOPS billed separately; outbound bandwidth tiered above 100 GB/month free tier.
Flat $73/mo cluster fee (billed per-second) with 99.99% SLA; sustained-use and committed-use discounts can lower effective cost further.
Caveat: Egress to internet billed per-GB above 200 GiB/month free tier; custom machine types carry 5% premium; easy to miss discount opportunities.
Enhanced cluster with $0.10/hr control-plane fee capped at $74.40/mo; financially-backed SLA and advanced features (virtual nodes, workload identity).
Caveat: Block Volume performance (VPU) billed separately from capacity; Archive Storage carries 90-day minimum retention and slow restore times.
Dedicated 4GB control plane at EUR 80/mo (~$80 USD) with 99.9-99.99% SLA options; transparent per-GB egress pricing (75 GB free, then EUR 0.01/GB).
Caveat: Free mutualized control plane available at lower cost if isolation not required; Windows licensing surcharge roughly 2.5x Linux equivalent.
Before you switch
| Managed Rancher Service · OVHcloud Edition |
| $5.55/mo |
| Per vCPU/hour across all schedulable worker node vCPUs in downstream clusters. 20 vCPU minimum billed. |
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| Linode (Akamai) | Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) · HA Control Plane | $60/mo | Flat $60/mo add-on for a highly-available, multi-master control plane; worker nodes billed separately | Visit |
| Microsoft Azure | Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) · Standard tier | $73/mo | SLA-backed control plane: 99.95% with availability zones, 99.9% without. Up to 5,000 nodes/cluster, API server autoscaling. Recommended for all production workloads. | Visit |
| Google Cloud | Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) · Cluster management fee | $73/mo | Flat fee per cluster regardless of mode/size/topology, billed per second | Visit |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) · Enhanced Cluster | $74.4/mo | $0.10/hour per cluster, capped at $74.40/month; financially-backed uptime SLA; advanced features (virtual nodes, workload identity). Worker nodes billed separately. | Visit |
| Fly.io | Fly Kubernetes (FKS) · FKS control plane | $75/mo | Per-cluster control plane fee. Node Machines and attached Volumes billed separately at standard Machines/Volumes rates. Single-source figure, not independently re-verified. | Visit |
| Scaleway | Kubernetes Kapsule · Dedicated Control Plane 4GB | $80/mo | Dedicated control plane, 4 GB RAM | Visit |
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