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EU VETTED
Alternatives to

European alternatives to Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Google-owned cloud platform. Direct CLOUD Act exposure regardless of EU region.

ALTERNATIVES
13
CLOUD-ACT · NONE
12
WITH BSI C5
0
FREE TIER
0

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TOP PICKS

Which are the closest Google Cloud Platform (GCP) alternatives?

Ordered by feature parity and migration friction, which is weighted higher than feature breadth.

Hetzner
Germany · Founded 1997
EU-SOVEREIGN
★ #1 PICK

Family-founded German hyperscaler alternative (1997), EU DCs in Falkenstein, Nuremberg, Helsinki; ISO 27001 + BSI C5 Type 2; from €4/month.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€4/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
OVHcloud
France · Founded 1999
EU-SOVEREIGN
★ #2 PICK

French sovereign cloud (OVH Groupe, Roubaix, 1999), ANSSI SecNumCloud 3.2-qualified Bare Metal Pod; 46 DCs, public on Euronext Paris.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€5/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
Scaleway
France · Founded 1999
EU-SOVEREIGN
★ #3 PICK

French sovereign cloud (Iliad-owned, Xavier Niel), ANSSI SecNumCloud + HDS + ISO 27001; winner of €180M EU Cloud III tender.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€2/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
SIDE-BY-SIDE

How do the 13 European alternatives to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) compare?

All 13 alternatives, benchmarked against Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Feature comparison

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
WHAT YOU'RE LEAVING
What are you leaving behind with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)?

Listed for transparency. Every product on this page is benchmarked against this baseline.

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) US-incorporated

Google-owned cloud platform. Direct CLOUD Act exposure regardless of EU region.

US-based
OWNERSHIP
US-OWNED
CLOUD ACT
DIRECT
HOSTING
Likely AWS · US
SCHREMS II
Default SCC + supp.
METHODOLOGY

How we verified each row above.

For every product we read the public DPA, sub-processors document, hosting region declaration, and corporate ownership records. Each is timestamped. Signals are editorial, re-verified quarterly. We never accept self-attestation.

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