Cloudflare vs STACKIT Comparison
Compare Cloudflare vs STACKIT features, pricing, and more.
Last updated: November 2026
Cloudflare
7.6/10
Cloudflare is a global edge network. It offers CDN, DNS, DDoS protection and a WAF, plus serverless compute and storage (Workers, R2, D1) for developers and businesses.
STACKIT
6.2/10
STACKIT is a sovereign European public cloud from the Schwarz Group that offers compute, Kubernetes, storage, databases and AI services hosted only in Germany and Austria.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 7.6/10 | 6.2/10 |
| Integration | 8/10 | 6/10 |
| Support | 4/10 | 6/10 |
| Cost | 9/10 | 5/10 |
| Customization | 8/10 | 6/10 |
| Security | 9/10 | 9/10 |
| Reliability | 7/10 | 6/10 |
| Ease of Use | 7/10 | 5/10 |
| Analytics | 7/10 | 6/10 |
| Scalability | 9/10 | 6/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Cheapest paid plan | $5/mo Workers Paid | Contact for pricing |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | Free Free | Contact for pricing |
| Features | ||
| Content Delivery Network | ||
| Managed Databases | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Uptime SLA | ||
| API and CLI | Not listed | |
| Automatic Backups | Not listed | |
| Cloud Compute | Not listed | |
| DDoS Protection | Not listed | |
| Dedicated Servers | Not listed | |
| Free SSL Certificates | Not listed | |
| Managed Kubernetes | Not listed | |
| Multiple Regions | Not listed | |
| Serverless Functions | Not listed | |
| Shared Hosting | Not listed | |
Cloudflare vs STACKIT cost by team size
| Team size | Cloudflare | STACKIT |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | FreeFree | Contact for pricing |
| 5 users | FreeFree | Contact for pricing |
| 10 users | FreeFree | Contact for pricing |
| 25 users | FreeFree | Contact for pricing |
| 50 users | FreeFree | Contact for pricing |
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 Cloudflare
- Has a free plan (STACKIT does not)
- Higher Cost score (9/10 vs 5/10)
- Higher Scalability score (9/10 vs 6/10)
- Better fit for startups (9/10 vs 4/10)
- Better fit for developers (9/10 vs 6/10)
Why choose STACKIT
- Higher Support score (6/10 vs 4/10)
Pros & Cons
Cloudflare
Pros
- The free plan includes unmetered DDoS protection, a CDN, a WAF and universal SSL.
- R2 object storage charges no egress fees.
- Workers has very low entry pricing: a $5 monthly minimum and $0.30 per additional million requests.
- The Business plan adds a 100 percent uptime SLA and PCI DSS compliance for $200 a month billed annually.
Cons
- Reviewers report slow support on Free and Pro, which have no chat or phone support.
- Global outages in November and December 2025 disrupted many sites at the same time.
- Reviewers report billing problems, such as charges after cancelling add-ons.
- It offers no traditional shared hosting, VPS or dedicated servers, so you still need an origin host for conventional workloads.
STACKIT
Pros
- Broad compliance list, including BSI C5 Type 2, ISO 27001, 27017 and 27018, TISAX Level 3 and DORA readiness, which is useful for regulated buyers.
- All data is processed in German and Austrian data centres by an operator owned by the privately held Schwarz Group, which avoids US CLOUD Act exposure.
- Pricing is transparent, with hourly pay-as-you-go metering, a public calculator and a downloadable price list. One review also reports free data egress.
- An official Terraform provider and CLI are described by users as well maintained and covering most needed resources.
- Managed Kubernetes is CNCF-compliant and built on open-source Gardener, which helps portability.
Cons
- The service catalogue and partner ecosystem are much smaller than those of AWS, Azure or GCP.
- There are only two regions, both in Germany and Austria, which limits global reach and cross-continent disaster recovery.
- There is no free tier or reserved-instance discount, and one review estimates compute costs 15 to 20 percent above AWS or GCP.
- Some APIs and products, such as the container registry, are still in beta, and the registry has no Terraform resource.
- Independent customer reviews are scarce, and the single-AZ VM SLA is reported at 99.5 percent.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Cloudflare scores higher on our Hosting & Infrastructure criteria: 7.6/10 against 6.2/10 for STACKIT. The largest gap is in Cost: 9/10 for Cloudflare and 5/10 for STACKIT.
Cloudflare has a free plan; STACKIT does not list one.
Cloudflare is the better fit for startups: we rate it 9/10 for them, against 4/10 for STACKIT.
