NETWAYS Cloud review
A managed OpenStack cloud with flexible compute, storage, GPU, and automation options.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
NETWAYS Cloud is a managed OpenStack cloud service for businesses that need compute, networking, storage, backups, GPUs, and OpenStack API access. NETWAYS manages the OpenStack control plane, including installation, configuration, patching, and monitoring. Customers can provision virtual machines, networks, volumes, object storage, load balancers, snapshots, and GPU instances through the MyNWS dashboard, native OpenStack APIs, CLI tools, or infrastructure-as-code integrations. The platform runs in German data centers and is operated by NETWAYS Managed Services GmbH in Nuremberg, Germany.
Pricing starts with the s1.small plan at €14.38 per instance per month. It includes 2 vCPUs, 2.048 GB RAM, 25 GB disk, and a General Purpose instance. An hourly version of the same plan costs €0.01997 per instance per hour. Pricing is shown in euros, excludes sales tax, and is billed by the hour. The published plans provide a straightforward entry point, while the broader service adds GPU Accelerated, Performance Optimized, and Dedicated flavors for different compute needs. GPU options include NVIDIA A10, A40, and RTX 6000 Blackwell Server Edition instances.
The strongest fit is for teams that want OpenStack access without managing the control plane themselves. Networking includes VPCs, security groups, IPv4/IPv6, floating IPs, and load balancers with health checks and TCP/UDP support. Storage spans Ceph volumes, local NVMe, S3- and OpenStack Swift-compatible object storage, snapshots, backups, and air-gapped backups. Teams can work through the OpenStack API and CLI, Python SDK, Amazon S3 API, OpenStack Swift API, Rclone, s3cmd, AWS CLI, Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi. NETWAYS Cloud suits infrastructure teams needing a managed, automation-ready OpenStack environment; teams seeking only basic virtual machines may find its wider platform scope unnecessary.
NETWAYS Cloud pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Managed OpenStack control plane with installation, patching, and monitoring
- GPU, Ceph, NVMe, object storage, backups, and load balancing
- Native OpenStack access plus Terraform, Ansible, and Pulumi support
- Where it doesn't
- Pricing is shown in euros and excludes sales tax
- The entry plan provides 2 vCPUs, 2.048 GB RAM, and 25 GB disk
- The service is broader than teams needing compute-only hosting
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