enum vs. AWS EKS

Managed Kubernetes without the fine print.

Transparent pricing, European infrastructure. No NAT traps, no LCU surprises.

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Included vs. Extra

What you get with enum out of the box - and what AWS charges extra for.

enum Kubernetes Engine
AWS EKS
Kubernetes HA Control Plane
Included
Paid per cluster per hour, shared control plane
Cloud NAT
Flat fee, no data processing charges
NAT Gateway billed per hour per AZ plus per-GB data processing. HA setup (3 AZs) multiplies base cost 3x.
Load Balancer
Available at flat monthly price, includes IPv4
Billed per hour plus LCU charges plus per-GB data processing. Costs scale unpredictably with traffic.
Private Cluster Architecture
All clusters private by default. No configuration needed.
Requires manual setup of private subnets, NAT gateways, VPC endpoints. Each component adds cost and complexity.
NVMe Storage (100 GB per Node)
Included per node, on local hardware
EBS volumes billed separately. Performance tiers cost extra on top of base storage pricing.
IPv4 Address
Included with Load Balancer
Billed per hour per public IPv4 address
Data Sovereignty
German GmbH, German data centers, German law. GDPR-native.
US company subject to CLOUD Act and FISA 702. US authorities can compel access to data stored in EU regions.

The hidden costs of AWS

This is an AWS invoice.

Typical AWS Invoice
Amazon EKS Cluster Hours
EC2 Instances
EC2 EBS Storage
EBS Kubernetes Persistent Volumes
NAT Gateway Hours
NAT Gateway Data Processing
Data Transfer Out
ALB Hours
ALB LCU Processing
Amazon S3 Storage
S3 PUT/GET/LIST Requests
VPC Endpoints
... more line items depending on setup

This is ours.

enum Invoice
Compute
Block Storage
Object Storage
Cloud NAT
Load Balancer
Traffic

Sovereignty

No US Cloud Act

AWS is a US company. US authorities can request access to your EU data - even without your knowledge. enum is subject exclusively to German and European law.

GDPR-native

No US subprocessor. No transatlantic data flows. No retrofitting - compliant from day one.

NIS2 & DORA ready

German company. German data centers. German contracts. Ready for NIS2 and DORA without extra effort.

Same standards. Different model.

Technically on par with AWS. Fundamentally different in how we charge and where your data lives.

eBPF Networking

Kernel-level networking. Fast, observable, no legacy overhead.

European Jurisdiction

German GmbH, German law, German data centers.

Upstream Kubernetes

No fork, always current. Best practice tooling included.

HA Control Planes

Dedicated, highly available control plane per cluster. No single point of failure.

Distributed Storage

Replicated, redundant, fast. Block storage and object storage from one system.

European Cloud Platform

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Provision via CLI or API. Self-service cloud infrastructure, built and operated in Europe.

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✓CNCF & Linux Foundation member
✓GDPR-native, not retrofitted
✓No US dependencies, no CLOUD Act
enum vs AWS EKS, Managed Kubernetes without hidden costs