# Stakater Cloud

> Managed OpenShift hosted in the Netherlands. Production-ready in under 15 minutes. Operated by a Red Hat Premier Partner (Stakater AB, Sweden). GDPR, DORA and NIS2 aligned. ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 9001:2015 certified.

Stakater Cloud is a managed OpenShift service for European MSPs, ISVs, SaaS companies and regulated enterprises. Two tiers: Managed OpenShift (the cluster, operated for you, from €888/month) and Managed KubeStack+ (Managed OpenShift plus the full pre-wired developer platform — ArgoCD, Tekton, OpenBao, Prometheus/Grafana/Loki, MTO, Velero, RHACS, Backstage — from €1,500/month). Default deployment region is Amsterdam; additional regions supported on request. The service is operated by Stakater AB (Sweden); there is no US parent company and no hyperscaler dependency.

## Services

- [Managed OpenShift](https://www.stakater.cloud/services/managed-openshift): Dedicated managed OpenShift cluster, EU-hosted, operated by Stakater SRE. From €888/month.
- [Managed KubeStack+](https://www.stakater.cloud/services/kubestack-plus): Managed OpenShift plus the complete pre-integrated developer platform. From €1,500/month.
- [Pricing](https://www.stakater.cloud/pricing): Configurable monthly pricing for nodes, support tier and platform add-ons.

## Solutions

- [MSPs & ISVs](https://www.stakater.cloud/solutions/msps-isvs): Deliver managed software on OpenShift without running the platform yourselves.
- [SaaS companies](https://www.stakater.cloud/solutions/saas): Ship product, not platform. EU residency by default.
- [Regulated industries](https://www.stakater.cloud/solutions/regulated): GDPR, DORA and NIS2 aligned operations for finance, healthcare and critical infrastructure.

## Comparisons

- [Compare hub](https://www.stakater.cloud/compare): All comparisons grouped by category.
- [vs ROSA](https://www.stakater.cloud/compare/rosa-alternative): Stakater Cloud vs Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS.
- [vs ARO](https://www.stakater.cloud/compare/aro-alternative): Stakater Cloud vs Azure Red Hat OpenShift.
- [vs OpenShift Dedicated](https://www.stakater.cloud/compare/openshift-dedicated-alternative): Stakater Cloud vs Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated on AWS or GCP.
- [vs EKS](https://www.stakater.cloud/compare/eks-alternative): Stakater Cloud vs Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service.
- [vs AKS](https://www.stakater.cloud/compare/aks-alternative): Stakater Cloud vs Azure Kubernetes Service.
- [vs GKE](https://www.stakater.cloud/compare/gke-alternative): Stakater Cloud vs Google Kubernetes Engine.
- [vs Self-managed OpenShift](https://www.stakater.cloud/compare/self-managed-openshift): Stakater Cloud vs running OpenShift yourself.

## Trust and compliance

- [Compliance](https://www.stakater.cloud/compliance): ISO 27001:2022, ISO 9001:2015, GDPR, DORA and NIS2 controls.
- [Data center locations](https://www.stakater.cloud/data-center-locations): Default EU deployment in Amsterdam; supported global locations.
- [Why Stakater Cloud](https://www.stakater.cloud/why-stakater-cloud): The full positioning — why teams choose Stakater Cloud over hyperscaler-native or self-managed.

## Resources

- [Documentation](https://docs.stakater.com): Product documentation.
- [Blog](https://www.stakater.cloud/blog): Long-form writing on managed OpenShift and EU platform operations.
- [Case studies](https://www.stakater.cloud/case-studies): Real customer outcomes with metrics.
- [FAQ](https://www.stakater.cloud/faq): Sixteen common questions, answered directly.
- [Glossary](https://www.stakater.cloud/glossary): Definitions for managed OpenShift, GitOps, EU data residency, DORA, NIS2 and related terms.

## Company

- [Contact / Book a call](https://www.stakater.cloud/contact): 30-minute scoping call.
- [About Stakater](https://stakater.com): Parent company information.

## Optional

- [Referral program](https://www.stakater.cloud/referral): 10% off when you refer a customer.
- [Stakater Cloud Orchestrator (SCO)](https://www.stakater.cloud/sco): White-label managed OpenShift platform for MSPs, CSPs and telcos that want to offer the service under their own brand.