Managed Kubernetes services

Leafcloud Kubernetes

Managed Kubernetes from the Netherlands

NetherlandsEU♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Scope verdict

Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

This service remains visible for context, but it is not counted or recommended as a European-controlled option.

How we classify services

Leafcloud Kubernetes is the managed Kubernetes service of the Dutch hosting provider Leafcloud. Clusters are configured with straightforward YAML files, several clusters across different cloud environments can be managed from one interface, and GPU-enabled clusters make it usable for AI and machine learning workloads. Hibernation, automatic scaling and self-healing keep resource use down.

Leafcloud uses green energy at both its data centres and its Leaf Sites, where the heat from the servers is reused locally to provide hot water for residents and cut natural gas use. As a European alternative to the American Kubernetes services, it suits teams that weigh carbon emissions alongside cost.

Pricing

Each cluster costs a fixed 84.50 euros per month, plus the compute and storage resources it consumes.

Data and operations

Infrastructure and email path

Verified operational dependencies, shown separately from ownership and from the service's core data hosting.

Incoming business email

Microsoft 365

Non-European provider
Observed
MX 0 leaf-cloud.mail.protection.outlook.com

Why this matters

Published MX records route incoming business email through Microsoft 365. Correspondent details and message content can therefore enter this non-European provider's systems; MX does not reveal the configured storage region.

Authorised outbound email

Microsoft 365

Non-European provider
Observed
SPF spf.protection.outlook.com

Why this matters

This domain authorises Microsoft 365 to send email. If active, recipient details and message content can be processed by this non-European provider. SPF does not reveal its configured storage region.

Authorised outbound email

Mailjet / Sinch

Globally controlled provider
Observed
SPF spf.mailjet.com

Public DNS records identify visible providers and routes, not every backend location or private data-region setting.

Infrastructure checked:

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