Civo is a UK-based cloud provider (founded 2018) built around managed Kubernetes, offering K3s-based clusters that launch in under 90 seconds with a free control plane and pay-only-for-nodes billing. Its compute layer runs on Kubernetes, presenting IaaS-style VMs that inherit Kubernetes scheduling and resilience, alongside S3-compatible object storage, managed databases, and NVIDIA GPU/AI offerings. It targets developers, SaaS companies, and UK public-sector/sovereign-cloud buyers, emphasizing simple, predictable pricing (from $5/month) with free, unlimited data transfer. It operates regions in the US, UK, EU, and India.
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Overview
- Founded
- 2018
- Pricing tier
- Low
- Startup-friendly
- Yes
- Enterprise-ready
- Yes
Cloud infrastructure
- Starting price
- $5/mo
- Regions
- 4
- SLA uptime
- 99.95%
- Managed Kubernetes
- Yes
- Helm support
- Yes
- Free tier
- No
- Vendor lock-in
- Low
- Open standards
- Yes
- Easy data export
- Yes
- Multi-cloud friendly
- Yes
- Org size
- Midsize
- Support tier
- Standard
- Ease of use
- 4/5
Categories & compliance
Categories
Compliance
ISO27001SOC2