[no_carrier]

> While DigitalOcean, like other providers, offers a free managed control plane, there is typically a 100% markup on the nodes that belong to these managed clusters.

I don't think this is true. With Digital Ocean, the worker nodes are the same cost as regular droplets, there's no additional costs involved. This makes Digital Ocean's offering very attractive - free control plane you don't have to worry about, free upgrades, and some extra integrations to things like the load balancer, storage, etc. I can't think of a reason to not go with that over self-managed.

[czhu12]

The actual nodes are still way more expensive on digital ocean than they are in Hetzner. That’s probably the main reason.

8GB RAM, shared cpu on hetzner is ~$10

Equivalent on digital ocean is $48

[lucasrattz]

Besides what czhu12 mentioned, DOKS charging extra for HA control planes make me feel as if the platform is not production-grade.

If you want a managed experience on Hetzner, you could take a look at https://syself.com

Disclaimer: I'm an employee there