Webdock vs Shuttle
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Webdock and Shuttle.
Quick Verdict
3.9/5
Webdock
0 reviews
3.4/5
Shuttle
0 reviews
Webdock is rated higher (3.9 vs 3.4). Webdock offers semi-managed KVM VPS with snapshots, daily backups, and a free control panel included. Danish company running its own DK-DC1 datacenter in Nørre Aaby since 2024, GDPR compliant, EU-only footprint. Shuttle deploys Rust backend services with zero configuration — annotate your code with macros and Shuttle handles the infrastructure. No YAML, no Terraform. Pay-per-use serverless Rust.
Webdock Semi-managed VPS from Webdock's own Danish datacenter, with snapshots and backups included | Shuttle Deploy Rust backends from your code — no config | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.9 (0 reviews)✓ | 3.4 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | paid | freemium |
| Starting price | From $2.15/mo | Free tier available✓ |
| Best for | EU-based solo developers, small agencies, and founders who want a cheap, fast, semi-managed VPS in Denmark with snapshots, backups, and real human support included | Rust developers — solo or small teams — who want a backend live in minutes from annotated code and can accept a London-only region and no contractual uptime guarantee. |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 1 vCPU✓ | 0 vCPU |
| RAM | 2 GB✓ | 1 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB✓ | 1 GB |
| Bandwidth | 1 TB/mo | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | — |
| Data-center count | 1 | 1 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €2.15 | — |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €1.07 | €0.00✓ |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ✓ | |
| Automated backups | ✓ | |
| Snapshots | ✓ | |
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ✓ | |
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | Nørre Aaby, Denmark (DK-DC1, own facility) | AWS eu-west-2 (London) |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedmanaged optionsnapshotseu datacentergdpr compliant | free tieropen sourceus datacenter |
| Visit Webdock → | Visit Shuttle → | |
Webdock
Pros
- + Own Danish datacenter (DK-DC1) — owned hardware, EU data residency, GDPR by design
- + Aggressive value: €2.15/mo entry plan with SSL, daily backups, and 5 automated + 3 on-demand snapshots included
- + Semi-managed support that users rate highly, plus a free in-house control panel instead of paid cPanel
- + Transparent pricing: no renewal hikes, no transfer fees, month-to-month with optional discounts for longer terms
- + Profile Builder lets you tune CPU/RAM/disk/bandwidth with live pricing and snapshot rollback
Cons
- - Single datacenter only — the Finland location was retired, so there is no geographic redundancy or non-EU region
- - 99.9% uptime is a stated target without a formal credit-backed SLA document we could find
- - 1 TB outgoing transfer cap on the small plans is tight for media-heavy workloads
- - Small vendor (~19 staff) with no managed Kubernetes, object storage, or global network products
- - Pricing page lists identical memory/disk figures for Essential and Advanced as published — confirm exact specs before purchase
Shuttle
Pros
- + Infrastructure from code annotations: databases, secrets and static assets provisioned from function signatures, no YAML or Terraform
- + Real free tier (0.25 vCPU, 0.5 GB RAM, 0.5 GB database, 100 build minutes/month) with custom domain support
- + Published, itemized usage rates ($0.12/GB storage, $0.025/build minute, $0.10/GB egress) instead of sales-quoted pricing
- + Clear isolation tiering: spot instances on free, reserved VM-isolated instances from Pro
- + First-class Rust framework support (Axum, Actix Web, Rocket, Serenity) and open-source platform code
Cons
- - Rust only — other language stacks are not supported today
- - Single AWS region (London, eu-west-2) with no region choice below the not-yet-available Enterprise tier
- - No published uptime SLA on any current tier; support is Discord-based with 1-business-day response on Pro
- - Steep jump from $20/mo Pro to $250/mo Growth, with metered usage on top of every paid tier
- - Tier contents have changed materially over time (projects and included egress were cut in 2025)
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