We built a managed Kubernetes provider at half the cost of AWS
Since there’s a few discussions recently on $4 VPSes we thought you might be interested in Symbiosis, a cheaper and simpler managed k8s provider. Supported features include external LBs, encrypted+replicated storage and autoscaler. Infrastructure can be managed with UI, CLI, Terraform or Pulumi. Control planes are free of charge and a 1vCPU/2GB node goes for $6 per month. We’re live in Germany right now and we’re expanding into US during 2023. Feel free to try it out and leave a comment.
In plain words
Symbiosis is a managed Kubernetes provider offering lower costs than major cloud providers. It includes external load balancers, encrypted replicated storage, and autoscaling, with infrastructure manageable via UI, CLI, Terraform, or Pulumi. Control planes are free, and worker nodes start at $6 per month for 1vCPU/2GB. The service is currently available in Germany with US expansion planned.
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