Cyso Cloud vs Google Kubernetes Engine: Complete Comparison (2026)
An in-depth comparison of Cyso Cloud and Google Kubernetes Engine to help you choose the right tool for your business.
Last updated: November 2026
Cyso Cloud
5.7/10
Cyso Cloud is a Dutch OpenStack public cloud that offers virtual machines, block and object storage, load balancers and managed Kubernetes to European businesses that need data sovereignty.
Google Kubernetes Engine
7.1/10
Google Cloud's managed Kubernetes service. It runs containerized workloads in Standard or Autopilot mode for engineering teams of any size.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | | G Google Kubernetes Engine |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 5.7/10 | 7.1/10 |
| Integration | 6/10 | 8/10 |
| Support | 6/10 | 5/10 |
| Cost | 6/10 | 5/10 |
| Customization | 6/10 | 8/10 |
| Security | 7/10 | 8/10 |
| Reliability | 6/10 | 8/10 |
| Ease of Use | 5/10 | 6/10 |
| Analytics | 3/10 | 7/10 |
| Scalability | 5/10 | 9/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Cheapest paid plan | €18/mo Pay as you go | $73/mo GKE Standard / Autopilot cluster |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | €18/mo Pay as you go | Free Free tier credit |
| Features | ||
| API and CLI | ||
| Cloud Compute | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Multiple Regions | ||
| Uptime SLA | ||
| Managed WordPress | Not listed | |
| Object Storage | Not listed | |
| Shared Hosting | Not listed | |
Cyso Cloud vs Google Kubernetes Engine cost by team size
| Team size | Cyso Cloud | Google Kubernetes Engine |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | €18/moPay as you go | FreeFree tier credit |
| 5 users | €18/moPay as you go | FreeFree tier credit |
| 10 users | €18/moPay as you go | FreeFree tier credit |
| 25 users | €18/moPay as you go | FreeFree tier credit |
| 50 users | €18/moPay as you go | FreeFree tier credit |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges. Each cost opens that tool's pricing calculator for the team size.
Which One Should You Choose?
Why choose Cyso Cloud
- Higher Support score (6/10 vs 5/10)
- Higher Cost score (6/10 vs 5/10)
GWhy choose Google Kubernetes Engine
- Has a free plan (Cyso Cloud does not)
- Higher Analytics score (7/10 vs 3/10)
- Higher Scalability score (9/10 vs 5/10)
Pros & Cons
Cyso Cloud
Pros
- The standard OpenStack API means Terraform, Ansible and the OpenStack CLI work without proprietary tooling, which lowers lock-in.
- Dutch-owned and hosted in European data centres in Amsterdam and Frankfurt, which supports GDPR and sovereignty requirements.
- ISO 27001 and NEN 7510 certifications suit Dutch healthcare buyers.
- Hourly billing with clear EUR rates per resource, free ingress and free IPv6.
- Gardener-based managed Kubernetes with a 99.9% SLA and an optional highly available control plane.
Cons
- Only two regions, both in Europe, with no global footprint or CDN.
- Managed databases are still in beta and support PostgreSQL only, and there is no serverless offering.
- Object storage egress costs 0.055 EUR per GB, the same as the storage rate.
- Almost no independent user reviews, as G2 lists none.
GGoogle Kubernetes Engine
Pros
- Autopilot mode removes node management and bills only for the resources pods request, so unscheduled pods and system overhead are not charged.
- The $74.40 monthly credit pays the management fee for one zonal or Autopilot cluster.
- Comparison articles rate its setup the simplest of GKE, EKS, and AKS, and its hybrid and multi-cloud tooling the most mature.
- Since September 2025, fleet management and policy tools come with Standard at no extra cost.
- G2 reviewers give it an average of about 4.5 stars and praise the stability of the managed control plane.
Cons
- Every cluster pays about $73 a month in management fees, while AKS's standard tier control plane is free.
- Load balancers, storage, and network egress are billed separately, so reviewers find total costs hard to forecast.
- Users report a steep Kubernetes learning curve, and advanced tuning still takes real expertise.
- Reviewers describe support as mixed, especially for clusters on older Kubernetes versions.
- Forum threads describe Autopilot problems such as pods being preempted and scale-up and scale-down loops.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Google Kubernetes Engine scores higher on our Hosting & Infrastructure criteria: 7.1/10 against 5.7/10 for Cyso Cloud. The largest gap is in Analytics: 3/10 for Cyso Cloud and 7/10 for Google Kubernetes Engine.
Google Kubernetes Engine has a free plan; Cyso Cloud does not list one.
