Clever Kubernetes Engine – CKE,
Kubernetes managed by Clever Cloud

A Production-Grade Kubernetes Platform Without the Operational Burden

Clever Kubernetes Engine – CKE

Clever Kubernetes Engine – CKE – the Clever Cloud Managed Kubernetes, is designed for organizations that want a reliable, secure, and scalable Kubernetes infrastructure without having to manage it themselves. We provide a turnkey, production-ready solution so you can focus on your applications, not the complexity behind them.

What is Kubernetes?

Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration system that automates the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It allows you to run applications consistently across different environments, while providing features like automated rollouts, self-healing, and service discovery.

How We Deliver Kubernetes

1 Fully Managed Control Plane: We handle provisioning, updates, and continuous maintenance for both the control plane and worker nodes. Your teams can focus on delivering new features while we manage the rest.

2 Multi-Tenant Architecture: Our Kubernetes is designed from the ground up for scalability. Multiple clusters run with strict workload isolation.

3 Zero-Configuration Infrastructure: Everything is included: backups, networking, and monitoring are automatically provisioned and maintained. No manual setup, no trial and error.

4 Integrated Clever Cloud Ecosystem: Benefit from native integration with the Clever Cloud platform: monitoring, alerting, CI/CD integration, logging, and backups — all unified in a single environment.

The Clever Cloud Difference

Standard Kubernetes architecture relies on ETCD, a component that quickly becomes a bottleneck at scale, which is why hyperscalers have built their own versions. At Clever Cloud, we rethought this key element with Materia KV, our serverless key-value database built on FoundationDB.

This brings you:

  • True horizontal scalability — add capacity without performance loss
  • Enhanced observability and control — fine-grained quotas, permissions, and statistics
  • Consistent multi-tenant performance — industrialized for thousands of clusters
  • Distributed architecture — deployed across three Parisian datacenters with built-in multi-site replication, ensuring service continuity and eliminating the need for DRP or manual backups
  • Resilience — continuous simulation of failure scenarios to ensure uninterrupted service in all circumstances

The result: a Kubernetes that is faster, more reliable, and easier to operate — without the limitations of traditional architectures.

Why Choose Clever Cloud’s Managed Kubernetes

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Sovereign infrastructure

Hosted in France, fully operated by our team

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Security by design

Immutable architecture with built-in observability

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Operational simplicity

Fully managed service with no manual cluster maintenance

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Standard & interoperable

Works with your existing Kubernetes tools

Perfect for :

 Microservices architectures

  Hybrid or multi-cloud deployments

 DevOps pipelines with CI/CD

 Modernizing existing applications

Available Now in public beta

CKE

Our managed Kubernetes service is available in public beta. Want to learn more, or discuss a project with us? Our teams are available via the chat or through our contact form.

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