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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- €4/mo
- CLOUD ACT
- NONE
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Ordered by feature parity and migration friction, which is weighted higher than feature breadth.
Family-founded German hyperscaler alternative (1997), EU DCs in Falkenstein, Nuremberg, Helsinki; ISO 27001 + BSI C5 Type 2; from €4/month.
French sovereign cloud (OVH Groupe, Roubaix, 1999), ANSSI SecNumCloud 3.2-qualified Bare Metal Pod; 46 DCs, public on Euronext Paris.
French sovereign cloud (Iliad-owned, Xavier Niel), ANSSI SecNumCloud + HDS + ISO 27001; winner of €180M EU Cloud III tender.
All 13 alternatives, benchmarked against Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Family-founded German hyperscaler alternative (1997), EU DCs in Falkenstein, Nuremberg, Helsinki; ISO 27001 + BSI C5 Type 2; from €4/month.
French sovereign cloud (OVH Groupe, Roubaix, 1999), ANSSI SecNumCloud 3.2-qualified Bare Metal Pod; 46 DCs, public on Euronext Paris.
French sovereign cloud (Iliad-owned, Xavier Niel), ANSSI SecNumCloud + HDS + ISO 27001; winner of €180M EU Cloud III tender.
German publicly-listed cloud (IONOS Group SE, Frankfurt + Berlin DCs), first DE provider with both BSI C5 + IT-Grundschutz, Gaia-X member.
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.
French sovereign PaaS/IaaS: deploy apps and managed databases on EU infrastructure, billed per second.
Swiss OpenStack public cloud + VPS + hosting (Infomaniak Group SA, Geneva, since 1994); own Swiss DCs, ISO 27001 + B Corp 2025, no CLOUD Act.
Swedish OpenStack public + compliant cloud (Cleura, ex-City Network, Iver-owned), ISO 27001/27017/27018, EU-only residency.
Spanish private cloud + bare metal (Stackscale, Grupo Aire), Madrid + Amsterdam DCs, ISO 27001/27017/27018 + ENS High.
Italian sovereign cloud (Aruba S.p.A.), 4 Italian DCs (Arezzo/Bergamo/Rome), ACN-qualified up to AI3/QC3 for public administration.
German sovereign cloud built by Schwarz Digits (Lidl/Kaufland parent), 4 EU DCs, EU Cloud III €180M winner with SEAL-3 highest rating.
Norwegian managed enterprise-cloud platform (est. 2000), own platform colocated in Oslo, NO/SE data residency, ISO 27001 + ISAE 3402/3000; enterprise quote-based, no public pricing.
Deutsche Telekom's OpenStack public cloud (T-Systems), Biere + Magdeburg DCs, ISO 27001 + BSI C5 + TISAX; rebranded from Open Telekom Cloud.
| Product | Hosting | Sovereignty | Cert. | Pricing | Signals | Open |
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Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
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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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
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SOVEREIGNTY
A single roll-up of ownership and CLOUD Act exposure.
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ISO/IEC 27001
C5
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Paid
€4 /mo
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Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
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→ |
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French sovereign cloud (OVH Groupe, Roubaix, 1999), ANSSI SecNumCloud 3.2-qualified Bare Metal Pod; 46 DCs, public on Euronext Paris.
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ROUBAIX · FR
France
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SOVEREIGNTY
A single roll-up of ownership and CLOUD Act exposure.
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ISO/IEC 27001
SecNumCloud
+2 more
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Paid
€5 /mo
|
Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
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→ |
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French sovereign cloud (Iliad-owned, Xavier Niel), ANSSI SecNumCloud + HDS + ISO 27001; winner of €180M EU Cloud III tender.
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PARIS · FR
France
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SOVEREIGNTY
A single roll-up of ownership and CLOUD Act exposure.
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ISO/IEC 27001
SecNumCloud
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Paid
€2 /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.
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ISO/IEC 27001
C5
|
Paid
€2 /mo
|
Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
|
→ |
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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
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SOVEREIGNTY
A single roll-up of ownership and CLOUD Act exposure.
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— |
Paid
€5 /mo
|
Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
|
→ |
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French sovereign PaaS/IaaS: deploy apps and managed databases on EU infrastructure, billed per second.
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PARIS · FR
France
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SOVEREIGNTY
A single roll-up of ownership and CLOUD Act exposure.
|
ISO/IEC 27001
HDS
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Paid
€4.8 /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
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SOVEREIGNTY
A single roll-up of ownership and CLOUD Act exposure.
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ISO/IEC 27001
ISO9001
+2 more
|
Paid
€3 /mo
|
Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
|
→ |
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Swedish OpenStack public + compliant cloud (Cleura, ex-City Network, Iver-owned), ISO 27001/27017/27018, EU-only residency.
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SE
Sweden
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SOVEREIGNTY
A single roll-up of ownership and CLOUD Act exposure.
|
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27017
+1 more
|
Paid |
Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
|
→ |
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Spanish private cloud + bare metal (Stackscale, Grupo Aire), Madrid + Amsterdam DCs, ISO 27001/27017/27018 + ENS High.
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MADRID · ES
Spain
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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
|
Paid |
Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
|
→ |
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Italian sovereign cloud (Aruba S.p.A.), 4 Italian DCs (Arezzo/Bergamo/Rome), ACN-qualified up to AI3/QC3 for public administration.
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AREZZO · IT
Italy
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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
€1 /mo
|
Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
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→ |
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German sovereign cloud built by Schwarz Digits (Lidl/Kaufland parent), 4 EU DCs, EU Cloud III €180M winner with SEAL-3 highest rating.
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NECKARSULM · DE
Germany
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SOVEREIGNTY
A single roll-up of ownership and CLOUD Act exposure.
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ISO/IEC 27001
C5
+1 more
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Paid |
Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
|
→ |
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Norwegian managed enterprise-cloud platform (est. 2000), own platform colocated in Oslo, NO/SE data residency, ISO 27001 + ISAE 3402/3000; enterprise quote-based, no public pricing.
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OSLO · NO
Norway
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SOVEREIGNTY
A single roll-up of ownership and CLOUD Act exposure.
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ISO/IEC 27001
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Paid |
Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
|
→ |
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Deutsche Telekom's OpenStack public cloud (T-Systems), Biere + Magdeburg DCs, ISO 27001 + BSI C5 + TISAX; rebranded from Open Telekom Cloud.
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BIERE · DE
Germany
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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
+2 more
|
Paid |
Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
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→ |
Beyond compliance: how these alternatives compare on the capabilities you actually use day to day.
| Feature | Hetzner | OVHcloud | Scaleway | IONOS | Thalassa Cloud | Clever Cloud | Infomaniak Public Cloud | Cleura | Stackscale | Aruba Cloud | STACKIT | Intility | T Cloud Public (formerly Open Telekom Cloud) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dedicated / bare-metal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
| Object storage (S3) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Managed Kubernetes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Managed databases | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GPU instances | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Hourly billing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| API / Terraform | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Countries | 4 countries | 9 countries | 3 countries | 5 countries | 1 countries | 8 countries | 2 countries | 2 countries | 3 countries | 6 countries | 2 countries | 2 countries | 2 countries |
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Listed for transparency. Every product on this page is benchmarked against this baseline.
Google-owned cloud platform. Direct CLOUD Act exposure regardless of EU region.
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