$ k8scalc compare --all
Comparisons
Objective side-by-side comparisons for infrastructure decisions — cloud providers, Kubernetes distributions, ingress controllers, storage, and more.
VPS & Cloud Providers
Hetzner vs DigitalOcean
Head-to-head comparison of Hetzner Cloud and DigitalOcean for Kubernetes, VPS, and self-hosted infrastructure. Price, performance, and features.
Hetzner vs Vultr
Hetzner Cloud vs Vultr — price, regions, bare metal, and Kubernetes self-hosting. Which is better for European infrastructure engineers?
Hetzner vs OVH
Hetzner Cloud vs OVH for bare metal servers, VPS, and European self-hosted Kubernetes. Compare pricing, hardware options, and reliability.
Vultr vs DigitalOcean
Vultr vs DigitalOcean — comparing cloud VPS, managed Kubernetes, global reach, and pricing for infrastructure teams.
GPU Cloud
RunPod vs Lambda Labs
RunPod vs Lambda Labs for GPU cloud — compare A100/H100 on-demand pricing, availability, spot instances, and which is better for LLM inference and fine-tuning.
RunPod vs Vast.ai
RunPod vs Vast.ai — GPU rental marketplace comparison. Vast.ai offers lower spot prices but variable reliability; RunPod offers higher consistency. Which is right for your LLM workload?
Kubernetes Distributions
k3s vs kubeadm Kubernetes
k3s vs kubeadm — which Kubernetes distribution is right for your self-hosted cluster? Compare setup time, resource overhead, HA complexity, and production suitability.
k3s vs MicroK8s
k3s vs MicroK8s — two lightweight Kubernetes distributions for edge, IoT, and small clusters. Compare resource usage, addon systems, ARM support, and ease of use.
kubeadm vs RKE2
kubeadm vs RKE2 (Rancher Government) — compare security hardening, setup complexity, FIPS compliance, and production suitability for self-managed Kubernetes clusters.
Ingress & Networking
Traefik vs NGINX Ingress Controller
Traefik vs NGINX Ingress — compare automatic TLS, middleware support, performance, and Kubernetes-native routing. Which ingress controller is right for your cluster?
Traefik vs Caddy
Traefik vs Caddy for Kubernetes ingress and edge proxying — automatic TLS, performance, Kubernetes integration, and use cases for self-hosted infrastructure.
NGINX Ingress vs HAProxy Ingress
NGINX Ingress Controller vs HAProxy Ingress — performance, TCP load balancing, active health checks, and hot reload. Which ingress is better for high-traffic Kubernetes?
Keepalived vs MetalLB
Keepalived vs MetalLB for bare metal Kubernetes load balancing — when to use VRRP Floating IPs with HAProxy vs MetalLB's BGP/L2 mode for in-cluster load balancing.
nginx Ingress vs Traefik
nginx Ingress Controller vs Traefik for Kubernetes — configuration model, performance, resource usage, TCP/UDP routing, middleware, and self-hosted ease of use.
nginx Ingress vs HAProxy
nginx Ingress Controller vs HAProxy Ingress for Kubernetes — performance, configuration, TCP proxying, and when to choose each for high-traffic or low-latency workloads.
Traefik vs HAProxy Ingress
Traefik vs HAProxy Kubernetes ingress controllers — configuration UX, performance, TCP/UDP routing, middleware, and use case fit for self-hosted clusters.
Storage
Longhorn vs Rook/Ceph
Longhorn vs Rook/Ceph for Kubernetes distributed storage — compare setup complexity, resource usage, performance, object storage, and production suitability.
Longhorn vs OpenEBS
Longhorn vs OpenEBS for Kubernetes persistent storage — compare replica strategies, backup support, UI, and local vs distributed storage options.
Service Mesh
Linkerd vs Istio
Linkerd vs Istio for Kubernetes service mesh — compare resource overhead, mTLS automation, configuration complexity, and operational burden.
Linkerd vs Cilium
Linkerd vs Cilium — sidecar service mesh vs eBPF-based networking. Compare resource usage, mTLS, network policy, and which is better for Kubernetes observability.