# STACKIT cloud

6 Hacker News commenters recommended STACKIT cloud and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a sovereign European cloud with a decent feature set. Critics say it costs more than Hetzner and trails hyperscalers on performance.

## Why people recommend it

- Only European sovereign cloud option (2 comments): "only chance at a European Sovereign Cloud" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46642150)) "Mistral and stackit begs to differ" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48518141))

## What people warn about

- Pricier than Hetzner (2 comments): "Decent amount of features but definitely way more expensive than what you can get on Hetzner" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47926300)) "they were twice as expensive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47086670))
- Performance and reliability lag hyperscalers (2 comments): "lightyears behind hyperscalers in terms of performance, reliability and security" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49713574)) "It is just so bad in terms of product and performance" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48543298))
- Product feels half-baked (2 comments): "It is just so bad in terms of product and performance" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48543298)) "Feels like a repurposed, half baked WordPress theme." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47926793))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amazon-web-services.md): 248 recommend
- [Google Cloud](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-cloud-platform.md): 161 recommend
- [Microsoft Azure](https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-azure.md): 153 recommend
- [Scaleway](https://hackerapproved.com/p/scaleway.md): 70 recommend
- [Oracle Cloud Free Tier](https://hackerapproved.com/p/oracle-cloud.md): 70 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://stackit.com/de)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "STACKIT cloud", https://hackerapproved.com/p/stackit/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).