The Google Anthos alternative for hybrid Kubernetes
Fully managed Kubernetes across clouds and on-premises. No GCP lock-in, no $10K/month minimum, no rebranding risk. Start free today.
Fully managed Kubernetes across clouds and on-premises. No GCP lock-in, no $10K/month minimum, no rebranding risk. Start free today.
| Features | |  |
|---|---|---|
What it does | GCP-centric fleet management for external clusters | Fully managed unified Kubernetes platform |
Multi-cloud support | GKE on AWS/Azure deprecated (March 2025) | AWS, GCP, Azure, Hetzner, on-premises, and 12+ providers |
Pricing | $6-24/vCPU/month + separate GCP support fees | Free tier available, Pro at $79/month all-inclusive |
Product stability | Rebranded 3 times since 2019, features deprecated | Consistent platform with a stable roadmap |
Data sovereignty | US CLOUD Act applies to all Google entities | European company, EU-native providers supported |
Vendor lock-in | Tied to GCP for monitoring, logging, and policy | Standard Kubernetes, provider-agnostic |
Cloudfleet is CNCF-conformant, allowing seamless migration of any conformant clusters while avoiding vendor lock-in.
Cloudfleet dynamically provisions compute capacity based on real-time demand.
Add on-premises nodes to your cluster with a single command and schedule pods across both on-premises and cloud nodes.
Nodes securely connect via an encrypted network spanning multiple clouds and regions.
Google GKE Enterprise (formerly Anthos) promises hybrid and multi-cloud Kubernetes, but the reality is a GCP-centric platform that requires deep Google Cloud expertise, charges premium per-vCPU pricing with separate support fees, and has been rebranded three times since 2019. GKE on AWS and GKE on Azure were deprecated in March 2025, leaving “attached clusters” as the only multi-cloud option, which simply registers existing third-party clusters with GCP fleet management. Cloudfleet takes a different approach. Instead of projecting one cloud provider’s management plane onto your infrastructure, Cloudfleet provides a single unified Kubernetes cluster that natively spans any combination of clouds and on-premises environments. No GCP dependency, no per-vCPU surcharges, no separate support plan to purchase. Deploy across AWS, GCP, Azure, Hetzner, OVHcloud, and on-premises infrastructure from a single control plane with transparent, all-inclusive pricing.
GKE Enterprise historically required a $10,000/month minimum per 100 vCPUs with a one-year commitment. Even with recent pricing changes, per-vCPU charges ($6-24/vCPU/month) plus separate Google Cloud support fees (up to $15,000/month) add up fast. Cloudfleet starts free for clusters up to 24 vCPUs. The Pro tier is $79/month with support included.
GKE Enterprise is tightly integrated with Google Cloud services for monitoring, logging, policy enforcement, and identity management. Operating it effectively requires significant GCP knowledge. Cloudfleet uses standard Kubernetes APIs across all providers. If your team knows Kubernetes, they can use Cloudfleet on day one.
Google is a US company subject to the CLOUD Act, which allows US authorities to demand data access regardless of server location. Sovereign cloud partnerships with T-Systems or Thales cannot remove this jurisdictional exposure. Cloudfleet is European-headquartered and supports EU-native providers like Hetzner, OVHcloud, and Exoscale.
From Cloud Services Platform to Anthos (2019) to GKE Enterprise (2023) to unified GKE (2025), with GKE on AWS and Azure deprecated along the way. Each change brings migration effort and business risk. Cloudfleet offers a consistent, expanding platform with no history of deprecating core capabilities.
Cloudfleet seamlessly extends your cluster anywhere, turning any hardware - even in your office or home - into a modern enterprise cluster.
Using Cloudfleet together with Hetzner allowed us to bring up a managed Kubernetes cluster just as quick as with any US-based hyper-scaler, but with the benefit of being EU hosted which is very valuable in today's times.
By combining our standardized configurations with the powerful automation features of the Cloudfleet platform, we've built a development workflow that is fast, secure, and incredibly efficient.
Perfect balance between flexibility and managed service - and the support is outstanding.
We deploy to customer infrastructure without changing how we build or manage Kubernetes.
It is easy to build a multi-cloud setup without getting locked into any single provider.
It is easy to build a multi-cloud setup without vendor lock-in.
Cloudfleet lets us scale our game servers across multiple providers - reliably and affordably.
Cloudfleet not only cut our infrastructure costs - it saved us hours of work by taking cluster management off our plate.
Run Kubernetes consistently across public cloud, private infrastructure, and on-prem environments, with a single control plane and unified operational model.
Operate, scale, and migrate Kubernetes clusters across environments using a consistent, opinionated platform that reduces operational overhead.
Transparent pricing and infrastructure control help you avoid hyperscaler lock-in, hidden fees, and unexpected cost growth as your workloads scale.
Retain full portability of your clusters, workloads, and tooling by running standard Kubernetes without proprietary extensions or forced dependencies.
Designed for production workloads, with operational tooling, escalation paths, and support processes built to meet enterprise reliability requirements.
Secure by default, with isolation, encryption, and access controls designed to meet the requirements of regulated and security-conscious organizations.
Create your free Cloudfleet Kubernetes cluster in minutes - no setup hassle, no cost. Get started instantly with the always-free Basic plan.