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gridscale vs Portainer

Last updated August 2026

Looking for a European alternative to Portainer? Here's how gridscale compares, on EU hosting, GDPR and what it does.

Our pick for a European buyer: gridscale. We weight data residency, GDPR and EU jurisdiction above everything else — that is the constraint this directory exists to solve.

gridscale
Portainer
What it is
German container and Kubernetes management with EU-only hosting
not established
Headquarters
🇩🇪 DE
No
EU data residency
Yes, for all customersFrankfurt (DE), Amsterdam (NL)
not established
DSGVO / GDPR
Yes
not established
Certifications
ISAE 3402 SOC 1 Type 2
not established
Price from
€99.00/mo
not established
Free plan
No
not established
Open Source
No
not established
Ratings
TRUSTPILOT 4.5/5 (15)
No
Integrations
Terraform, gscloud (CLI), Packer, Libcloud, RESTful API +5
not established

We have not yet completed our own research on Portainer; rows above show only what we can evidence. Check the vendor for specifics.

Where each one wins

gridscale

Strengths

  • +intuitive and user-friendly interface for managing servers, storage and networking
  • +automated provisioning and monitoring for efficient resource use
  • +rapid onboarding with minimal technical expertise required
  • +fast, comprehensive and transparent customer support
  • +German data center locations and GDPR compliance
  • +flexible and scalable infrastructure
  • +transparent pricing with per-minute billing

Limitations

  • −no API access limiting integration possibilities
  • −support availability restricted to official business hours
  • −fewer advanced features compared to larger cloud providers

Portainer

Review sentiment not yet compiled.

Data residency & compliance

gridscale
Portainer
EU data residency
Yes, for all customersFrankfurt (DE), Amsterdam (NL)
not established
Transfer mechanism
Not required — data stays in the EU
not established
DPA
not established
not established
Sub-processors
not established
not established
Certifications
ISAE 3402 SOC 1 Type 2
No

Pricing

gridscale

  • Enterprise Cloud €99.00 per monthMinute-level billing · Full cost transparency · Optional add-ons (Branding, Vendor, Hybrid Core modules)

Pricing for individual services or modules not publicly listed. Contact for details.

Portainer

No published pricing we could verify.

Features

gridscale

Compute
Easy deployment and scalability of VMs for any workload, Drag-and-drop, click-to-deploy interface for applications in the cloud
PaaS
Kubernetes, databases, and more as fully managed platform services, Managed Kubernetes for efficient workload orchestration, Managed databases with automated backups and audit logs, Managed load balancer for optimal traffic distribution
GPU
Easy deployment of high-performance AMD GPUs for AI/ML applications, 100% dedicated bare-metal hardware performance with CPU, RAM, and storage included
Datacenter
Cloud exit without feature loss with hardware at your desired location, Hybrid Core Concierge for hybrid cloud solutions
Management & Administration
Account management with team, user, and access rights control, Resource monitoring and consumption analysis, Location Explorer for strategic workload placement, Automation tools and branding module

Portainer

Feature breakdown not yet compiled.

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