STACKIT cloud
Ranked 9 of 10 cloud providers by recommenders
Recommended as a sovereign European cloud with a decent feature set. Critics say it costs more than Hetzner and trails hyperscalers on performance.
Recommended as a sovereign European cloud with a decent feature set. Critics say it costs more than Hetzner and trails hyperscalers on performance.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 6
- approval share
- 50%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1 recommender for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Only European sovereign cloud option
“only chance at a European Sovereign Cloud”
Comment from 16 Jan 2026 in “AWS European Sovereign Cloud” “Mistral and stackit begs to differ”
Comment from 13 Jun 2026 in “Palantir loses legal challenge against Swiss investigative magazine”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Pricier than Hetzner
“Decent amount of features but definitely way more expensive than what you can get on Hetzner”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “Dutch central bank dithces AWS and chooses Lidl for European Cloud” “they were twice as expensive”
Comment from 20 Feb 2026 in “I tried building my startup entirely on European infrastructure” Performance and reliability lag hyperscalers
“lightyears behind hyperscalers in terms of performance, reliability and security”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “German companies rely almost exclusively on AI models and services from the USA” “It is just so bad in terms of product and performance”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Can Europe train a frontier AI model on the compute it owns?” Product feels half-baked
“It is just so bad in terms of product and performance”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Can Europe train a frontier AI model on the compute it owns?” “Feels like a repurposed, half baked WordPress theme.”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “Dutch central bank dithces AWS and chooses Lidl for European Cloud”
Other cloud providers people recommend
The four most recommended other cloud providers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services (AWS) | 248 | 498 | 33% | 13 | 5 yrs17 owners | — |
| Google Cloud | 161 | 403 | 29% | 12 | 9 yrs13 owners | — |
| Microsoft Azure | 153 | 608 | 20% | 12 | 8 yrs10 owners | — |
| Scaleway | 70 | 26 | 73% | 12 | — | Approved |
| STACKIT cloudThis page | 6 | 6 | 50% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
12 of the 14 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“lightyears behind hyperscalers in terms of performance, reliability and security”
“It is just so bad in terms of product and performance”
“Mistral and stackit begs to differ”
“all 3 are known for being extremely cheap when it comes to wages”
“Feels like a repurposed, half baked WordPress theme.”
“Decent amount of features but definitely way more expensive than what you can get on Hetzner”
“I've got experience with the LIDL cloud aka STACKIT and work for a STACKIT partner.”
“Still some room to grow but a solid foundation.”
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“they were twice as expensive”
“highlights how it's all HN bark with little-to-no bite”
“only chance at a European Sovereign Cloud”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.