Managed Kubernetes cluster hosting, no setup, from €24/mo
Order a dedicated cluster and get a working kubeconfig with full cluster-admin: no setup, no networking to wire up, no DevOps hire. We run it for you on EU infrastructure, from €24/mo flat. Built for dev, staging and early production, not large fault-tolerant fleets.
A cluster we run, none of the toil
Standard k8s you reach over a kubeconfig: a hosted cluster with nothing to provision, and nothing locked in when you outgrow it.
Single-tenant by design
Every order is its own cluster. No shared control plane, no noisy neighbours. The API server and node are yours alone.
We run it for you
We stand up your cluster and hand you a working kubeconfig. Nothing to provision, no bootstrap to babysit, and if the server fails we restore your cluster from a nightly snapshot.
Standard, portable Kubernetes
Your kubeconfig grants full cluster-admin on a stock, unmodified cluster. Install any operator, CRD or ingress, and move the same manifests to an HA cluster when you outgrow it.
Ingress included
Tick a box at order time and we provision an ingress controller with your cluster, so your services are reachable from the first deploy.
European infrastructure
Runs on dedicated Hetzner servers in the EU: GDPR-friendly, low latency from Europe, and price-to-performance that is why €24 buys a whole cluster.
Transparent pricing
One flat price per cluster, billed monthly. Cancel anytime and billing stops at the end of the period. No seats, no surprise egress bills.
What "managed" means here
A clean split: we keep the cluster itself healthy and current, and everything inside it is yours to run.
We handle
- Provisioning: you order, we hand you a working kubeconfig
- Kubernetes version upgrades
- OS security patching (immutable Talos Linux under the hood)
- Nightly disaster-recovery snapshots; if the server fails, we restore your cluster
You handle
- Your workloads, ingress rules and CRDs, with full cluster-admin
- Backups of anything critical: snapshots are a safety net, not an archive
From order to kubeconfig in three steps
Pick a size
Pick a cluster size and place your order.
We provision it
We stand up a fresh cluster for you, verify it is healthy, and email you the moment it is live: typically within hours, always within one business day.
Get your kubeconfig
Download your kubeconfig from the dashboard, and start shipping.
How the hosting compares
One flat monthly price per cluster, next to what EKS and GKE meter separately.
| skube | EKS | GKE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| skube12 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB | €24 flat | from ~€108 est.t3.medium · 2 vCPU · 4 GB | from ~€107 est.first cluster from ~€43e2-medium · 2 vCPU · 4 GB |
| skube24 vCPU · 8 GB · 80 GB | €59 flat | from ~€137 est.t3.large · 2 vCPU · 8 GB | from ~€135 est.first cluster from ~€71e2-standard-2 · 2 vCPU · 8 GB |
| skube38 vCPU · 16 GB · 160 GB | €109 flat | from ~€196 est.t3.xlarge · 4 vCPU · 16 GB | from ~€189 est.first cluster from ~€125e2-standard-4 · 4 vCPU · 16 GB |
| Pricing model | Flat | Control plane + nodes + egress, metered | Cluster fee + nodes + egress, metered |
| Traffic / egress | 20 TB included | Metered per GB | Metered per GB |
| Disaster recovery | Nightly snapshots included | DIY or paid add-on | Paid add-on |
| High availability | No, one dedicated node | Multi-AZ control plane, node groups | Regional clusters, multi-zone |
| Autoscaling | No, fixed size per cluster | Node groups, Karpenter | Node pools, Autopilot |
| Setup to first kubeconfig | One order form | VPC, IAM, node groups, add-ons | Project, node pools, IAM |
| Who runs it | We do, end to end | Control plane managed; nodes, upgrades, add-ons on you | Control plane managed; node pools on you |
| Standard, upstream k8s | Yes, stock | Conformant, AWS add-ons | Conformant, GCP add-ons |
| EU data residency | EU only | EU regions | EU regions |
How these estimates work, disclaimer & trademarks
Competitor estimates use the cheapest instance matching each tier's RAM (see More info for instance and vCPU), the same SSD, and one load balancer with minimal egress; publicly available prices as of 2026-07-06, excl. tax (skube prices shown include VAT), USD converted at €1 = $1.1424. Headline GKE figures exclude its cluster-fee credit; the "first cluster" line includes it (the credit covers one zonal cluster per account; the fee applies from the second cluster on). Competitor pricing and features change; check each provider's own site for current details.
EKS, GKE and Kubernetes are trademarks of their respective owners, used here for identification only; their owners do not endorse skube.
Simple, per-cluster pricing
One flat price per cluster, billed monthly. Each size is a dedicated single-tenant cluster on its own server. Cancel anytime.
skube1
2 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB SSD
A handful of small apps: side projects, staging, experiments.
- ✓ Single-tenant cluster
- ✓ Full cluster-admin
- ✓ Ingress included
- ✓ 20 TB traffic included
- ✓ Nightly backups
- ✓ Email support
- ✓ Cancel anytime
skube2
4 vCPU · 8 GB · 80 GB SSD
Early production: an app with real users, side projects alongside.
- ✓ Single-tenant cluster
- ✓ Full cluster-admin
- ✓ Ingress included
- ✓ 20 TB traffic included
- ✓ Nightly backups
- ✓ Email support
- ✓ Cancel anytime
skube3
8 vCPU · 16 GB · 160 GB SSD
A busy cluster: many apps and bigger databases, side by side.
- ✓ Single-tenant cluster
- ✓ Full cluster-admin
- ✓ Ingress included
- ✓ 20 TB traffic included
- ✓ Nightly backups
- ✓ Email support
- ✓ Cancel anytime
Cancel anytime; EU consumers have a 14-day right of withdrawal.
Is one node enough?
For dev, staging and early production: yes. Each cluster runs on its own dedicated server, and even the smallest size (2 vCPU / 4 GB) comfortably runs a typical web app, its database and ingress for your first few thousand users. Bigger sizes go up to 8 vCPU / 16 GB. And skube runs on skube: the page you are reading is served from our own single-node cluster.
If the node fails, we restore your cluster from a nightly snapshot. And when you outgrow it, order the next size up and apply the same manifests, or take them to a multi-node HA cluster anywhere, unchanged. You pay for redundancy when you need it, not before.
Frequently asked
- Can I run more than one app on a cluster?
- Yes, Kubernetes was built for that. Separate apps with namespaces and route each domain through the included ingress controller. Even a skube1 comfortably runs several small apps side by side; the only limit is the node’s resources. One flat price, as many apps as fit.
- How long until my cluster is ready?
- Every cluster is verified healthy by a human before handover: typically within hours of your order, always within one business day. You get an email the moment your kubeconfig is ready in the dashboard.
- Who handles upgrades, and is there downtime?
- We upgrade Kubernetes and the OS (immutable Talos Linux) for you. On one node an upgrade means a brief restart, announced ahead of time: a blip of minutes, not an evening of your time.
- What happens if the server fails?
- Hetzner’s platform handles most hardware failures by restarting the VM with disks intact. If a cluster stays down, email us and we restore it from the nightly backup: getting it back is our top priority. A restore can lose up to a day of changes, so keep your own backups for critical data.
- What happens when I outgrow it?
- You migrate, and because it is stock Kubernetes, nothing about your workloads changes. The same manifests and GitOps that ran here apply cleanly to an HA cluster when you need multi-node or higher availability.
- How does billing work?
- A flat monthly price per cluster, VAT included, nothing on top. Creating an account is free; you pay when you order a cluster. Cancel anytime from the dashboard and billing stops at the end of the period. No seats, no egress metering: 20 TB of traffic is included, and if you regularly push past it we will talk to you first, never surprise-bill.
Ready for a managed cluster?
One order form instead of a week of VPC, IAM and node-group setup. Kubeconfig in your dashboard, typically within hours.
Create a clusterFree account; pay only when you order a cluster. Questions first? Email support@skube.dev, a human answers.