Hosting – Making it possible to test ideas quickly

Prototype Hosting: to the Demo in hours

MVPs, customer demos and hackathon projects online straight away – you only pay for as long as they’re live, and they’re covered if the prototype turns into a product.

Why centron

Designed for quick experimentation

Prototypes need speed and the ability to be discarded – without the fear that success will throw the whole setup off course.

Live in minutes

Start the VM, deploy it, share the link – it takes less than an afternoon to go from a commit to a shareable demo.

Costs apply only for the term of the contract

Billing by the hour: The prototype, which was deleted after the pitch, cost next to nothing.

Freeze positions

Snapshots preserve every demo version – last week’s presentation can still be reproduced.

Success planned for

If the MVP becomes a product, the same environment continues to scale – no need to migrate at the height of success.

From pitch to product

Prototypes with future potential

The €200 starting credit covers the entire experimentation phase; successful prototypes scale seamlessly into production setups with backups, monitoring and Kubernetes. Failed ones cost nothing once they’re deleted – that’s what makes experimenting feel right.

€200 freeStarter credit – test prototypes for next to nothing
Calculate costs using the price calculator
  • Demo links – can be broken down into minutes
  • Disposable – Deleting it stops the charges
  • Versionable – Snapshots per demonstration stand
  • Product-ready – the same stack continues to scale
  • 99.9% uptime SLA for ccloud³ VMs – reliably hosted in German data centres
  • S3 Object Storage from €0.02/GB – free external traffic
Recommended modules

The right centron products

Customers typically implement this use case using these building blocks – which can be combined and expanded at any time.

ccloud³ VMs
Ab
3,12 € / Monat
Compute on demand
  • Deployment in seconds
  • Linux & Windows
  • Billed by the hour
Kubernetes
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29,99 € / Monat
Container orchestration
  • AutoScaler included
  • Traffic at a fixed price
  • CI/CD-ready
S3 Object Storage
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5,00 € / Monat
Scalable storage
  • S3-compatible API
  • Free traffic
  • Unlimited scalability
In a nutshell

How much does Prototype Hosting cost at centron?

Prototype hosting: Get MVPs and demos online in minutes – pay by the hour, and try it risk-free with a €200 starting credit. The cornerstone of the service is ccloud³ VMs from €3.12 per month – billed by the hour, with no minimum contract term. This is supplemented, as required, by Kubernetes and S3 Object Storage. The service is operated exclusively in our own data centres in Germany – certified to ISO 27001 on the basis of IT-Grundschutz, with an unrestricted BSI C5:2020 Type 1 certificate. New accounts receive a €200 starting credit.

Packages and prices
Building blockPrice
ccloud³ VMsfrom €3.12 per month
Kubernetesfrom €29.99 per month
S3 Object Storagefrom €5.00 per month
Hosting FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What happens if my prototype suddenly attracts users?

The best bit: there’s nothing dramatic about it. Resources scale at the click of a button; if needed, a single VM can be turned into a Kubernetes setup with AutoScaler – all on the same platform, without having to migrate whilst things are going well.

How much does it cost to get started?

The starting prices are deliberately low: ccloud³ VMs from €3.12 per month, Kubernetes from €29.99 per month and S3 Object Storage from €5.00 per month. New accounts receive a €200 starting credit valid for 60 days – you can calculate the cost of your specific configuration transparently using the price calculator.

Can this be implemented in a way that complies with the GDPR?

Yes. Prototypes are also subject to the GDPR as soon as real data is involved – test environments containing production data are a common finding during audits. At centron, even short-lived environments remain in Germany, with a data processing agreement in accordance with Article 28 of the GDPR. Operations take place in certified to ISO 27001 on the basis of IT-Grundschutz data centres; for ccloud³ / Managed Cloud, we hold an unrestricted BSI C5:2020 Type 1 certificate. Further details can be found in the Trust Centre.
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