Provider news · September 2024
What the providers shipped
In September, DigitalOcean launched global load balancers and daily backups — not exactly groundbreaking but at least they're here (finally). Linode continued its slow march with Kubernetes v1.31 on LKE, while UpCloud doubled down on Kubernetes again with v1.29 and the usual developer tier shenanigans, now down to €3/month with ludicrously generous egress terms. Meanwhile, UpCloud's new block storage tiers offer a Standard option for a mere €0.085/GB/month, catering to those who think they need big compute but forget storage is also a thing. As usual, no one’s beating around the bush here, it's all the same old, same old.
DigitalOcean
- Sep 18 Global load balancers GA — Multi-region global load balancers generally available.
- Sep 17 Daily backups GA — Daily Droplet backups generally available.
- Sep 3 Daily backups in LON1 — Daily backups available in London.
Linode
- Sep 13 LKE now supports Kubernetes v1.31 — Kubernetes v1.31 made available on LKE.
UpCloud
- Sep 11 Kubernetes v1.29 now available — Kubernetes 1.29 available on Managed Kubernetes with Cilium v1.16.1.
- Sep 6 New Developer Cloud Server plans — Developer tier from €3/month, up to 16 GB RAM, with zero-cost egress.
- Sep 3 Upgraded Block Storage tiers — New Standard tier at €0.085/GB/month alongside MaxIOPS and Archive tiers.