Swiss public cloud (Akenes SA, A1 Digital member), 6 EU/CH zones, ISO 27001 + FINMA + TISAX, Swiss-data-residency guarantee.
- FROM
- €9/mo
- CLOUD ACT
- MINOR
US-incorporated developer cloud, NYSE-listed (DOCN).
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Ordered by feature parity and migration friction, which is weighted higher than feature breadth.
Swiss public cloud (Akenes SA, A1 Digital member), 6 EU/CH zones, ISO 27001 + FINMA + TISAX, Swiss-data-residency guarantee.
Finnish performance-focused cloud (Helsinki, 2011), 14+ DCs worldwide including 9 EU regions; ISO 27001; trusted by Plausible.
Munich-based budget VPS / dedicated hosting (Contabo GmbH); KKR + Oakley-owned since 2022; 11 global DCs; VPS from <€5/month.
All 7 alternatives, benchmarked against DigitalOcean.
Swiss public cloud (Akenes SA, A1 Digital member), 6 EU/CH zones, ISO 27001 + FINMA + TISAX, Swiss-data-residency guarantee.
Finnish performance-focused cloud (Helsinki, 2011), 14+ DCs worldwide including 9 EU regions; ISO 27001; trusted by Plausible.
Munich-based budget VPS / dedicated hosting (Contabo GmbH); KKR + Oakley-owned since 2022; 11 global DCs; VPS from <€5/month.
Swiss OpenStack public cloud + VPS + hosting (Infomaniak Group SA, Geneva, since 1994); own Swiss DCs, ISO 27001 + B Corp 2025, no CLOUD Act.
Family-founded German hyperscaler alternative (1997), EU DCs in Falkenstein, Nuremberg, Helsinki; ISO 27001 + BSI C5 Type 2; from €4/month.
Dutch Kubernetes-native sovereign cloud (Thalassa Cloud Services B.V., Arnhem, 2024); 100% EU-owned, NL-hosted, API-first with an official Terraform provider. Early-stage, no published certifications yet.
German publicly-listed cloud (IONOS Group SE, Frankfurt + Berlin DCs), first DE provider with both BSI C5 + IT-Grundschutz, Gaia-X member.
| Product | Hosting | Sovereignty | Cert. | Pricing | Signals | Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DigitalOcean
benchmark · US
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US-LINKED | SOC 2 no EU framework |
Freemium |
E2E
Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
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Swiss public cloud (Akenes SA, A1 Digital member), 6 EU/CH zones, ISO 27001 + FINMA + TISAX, Swiss-data-residency guarantee.
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GENEVA · CH
Switzerland
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SOVEREIGNTY
A single roll-up of ownership and CLOUD Act exposure.
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ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27017
+1 more
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Paid
€9 /mo
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Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
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→ |
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Finnish performance-focused cloud (Helsinki, 2011), 14+ DCs worldwide including 9 EU regions; ISO 27001; trusted by Plausible.
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HELSINKI · FI
Finland
|
SOVEREIGNTY
A single roll-up of ownership and CLOUD Act exposure.
|
ISO/IEC 27001
|
Paid
€5 /mo
|
Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
|
→ |
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Munich-based budget VPS / dedicated hosting (Contabo GmbH); KKR + Oakley-owned since 2022; 11 global DCs; VPS from <€5/month.
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MUNICH · DE
Germany
|
SOVEREIGNTY
A single roll-up of ownership and CLOUD Act exposure.
|
— |
Paid
€5 /mo
|
Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
|
→ |
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Swiss OpenStack public cloud + VPS + hosting (Infomaniak Group SA, Geneva, since 1994); own Swiss DCs, ISO 27001 + B Corp 2025, no CLOUD Act.
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GENEVA · CH
Switzerland
|
SOVEREIGNTY
A single roll-up of ownership and CLOUD Act exposure.
|
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO9001
+2 more
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Paid
€3 /mo
|
Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
|
→ |
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Family-founded German hyperscaler alternative (1997), EU DCs in Falkenstein, Nuremberg, Helsinki; ISO 27001 + BSI C5 Type 2; from €4/month.
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GUNZENHAUSEN · DE
Germany
|
SOVEREIGNTY
A single roll-up of ownership and CLOUD Act exposure.
|
ISO/IEC 27001
C5
|
Paid
€4 /mo
|
Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
|
→ |
|
Dutch Kubernetes-native sovereign cloud (Thalassa Cloud Services B.V., Arnhem, 2024); 100% EU-owned, NL-hosted, API-first with an official Terraform provider. Early-stage, no published certifications yet.
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ARNHEM · NL
Netherlands
|
SOVEREIGNTY
A single roll-up of ownership and CLOUD Act exposure.
|
— |
Paid
€5 /mo
|
Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
|
→ |
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German publicly-listed cloud (IONOS Group SE, Frankfurt + Berlin DCs), first DE provider with both BSI C5 + IT-Grundschutz, Gaia-X member.
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FRANKFURT · DE
Germany
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SOVEREIGNTY
A single roll-up of ownership and CLOUD Act exposure.
|
ISO/IEC 27001
C5
|
Paid
€2 /mo
|
Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
|
→ |
Beyond compliance: how these alternatives compare on the capabilities you actually use day to day.
| Feature | Exoscale | UpCloud | Contabo | Infomaniak Public Cloud | Hetzner | Thalassa Cloud | IONOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dedicated / bare-metal | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Object storage (S3) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Managed Kubernetes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Managed databases | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| GPU instances | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Hourly billing | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| API / Terraform | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Countries | 5 countries | 12 countries | 7 countries | 2 countries | 4 countries | 1 countries | 5 countries |
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Listed for transparency. Every product on this page is benchmarked against this baseline.
US-incorporated developer cloud, NYSE-listed (DOCN).
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