Stakater Cloud
vs ROSA
ROSA ties you to AWS infrastructure and US-region defaults. Stakater Cloud hosts your dedicated cluster in the Netherlands, meets EU data residency requirements out of the box, and includes a complete developer platform with SAAP. No hyperscaler dependency.
What is Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA)?
ROSA is Red Hat's managed OpenShift offering running on AWS infrastructure. It handles the OpenShift control plane — but data leaves the EU by default, the platform tooling above OpenShift is not included, and you are locked into AWS pricing and regions.
What is Stakater Cloud?
Stakater Cloud is a fully managed OpenShift platform hosted in the Netherlands. We start at the PaaS layer — your cluster arrives pre-configured, pre-integrated, and with optional full developer platform (SAAP) on top. EU data residency, GDPR/DORA/NIS2 compliant, managed by Red Hat Premier Partner engineers.
How we compare
The real alternative isn't switching cloud providers — it's spending 12–18 months building this yourself with an internal platform team.
| Feature | Stakater Cloud | ROSA | DIY on Hyperscaler |
|---|---|---|---|
| Managed OpenShift cluster | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| EU data residency | ✓ | Partial | Partial |
| GitOps pre-configured (ArgoCD) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| CI/CD pre-configured (Tekton) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Secrets management (Vault) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Multi-tenancy (MTO) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Full monitoring + logging | ✓ | Basic | ✗ |
| No hyperscaler lock-in | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Predictable EU pricing | ✓ | Partial | ✗ |
| Time to first workload | < 15 min | Days–weeks | Months |
Ready to move away from ROSA?
Book a call and let's talk about your workloads. We'll show you how Stakater Cloud compares to ROSA for your specific situation.