Swedish OpenStack public + compliant cloud (Cleura, ex-City Network, Iver-owned), ISO 27001/27017/27018, EU-only residency.
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Family-founded German hyperscaler alternative (Gunzenhausen, 1997). Cross-reference: listed in our directory as a product.
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Ordered by feature parity and migration friction, which is weighted higher than feature breadth.
Swedish OpenStack public + compliant cloud (Cleura, ex-City Network, Iver-owned), ISO 27001/27017/27018, EU-only residency.
Finnish performance-focused cloud (Helsinki, 2011), 14+ DCs worldwide including 9 EU regions; ISO 27001; trusted by Plausible.
French sovereign cloud (Iliad-owned, Xavier Niel), ANSSI SecNumCloud + HDS + ISO 27001; winner of €180M EU Cloud III tender.
All 11 alternatives, benchmarked against Hetzner.
Swedish OpenStack public + compliant cloud (Cleura, ex-City Network, Iver-owned), ISO 27001/27017/27018, EU-only residency.
Finnish performance-focused cloud (Helsinki, 2011), 14+ DCs worldwide including 9 EU regions; ISO 27001; trusted by Plausible.
French sovereign cloud (Iliad-owned, Xavier Niel), ANSSI SecNumCloud + HDS + ISO 27001; winner of €180M EU Cloud III tender.
German sovereign cloud built by Schwarz Digits (Lidl/Kaufland parent), 4 EU DCs, EU Cloud III €180M winner with SEAL-3 highest rating.
Swiss public cloud (Akenes SA, A1 Digital member), 6 EU/CH zones, ISO 27001 + FINMA + TISAX, Swiss-data-residency guarantee.
Deutsche Telekom's OpenStack public cloud (T-Systems), Biere + Magdeburg DCs, ISO 27001 + BSI C5 + TISAX; rebranded from Open Telekom Cloud.
Spanish private cloud + bare metal (Stackscale, Grupo Aire), Madrid + Amsterdam DCs, ISO 27001/27017/27018 + ENS High.
Munich-based budget VPS / dedicated hosting (Contabo GmbH); KKR + Oakley-owned since 2022; 11 global DCs; VPS from <€5/month.
Italian sovereign cloud (Aruba S.p.A.), 4 Italian DCs (Arezzo/Bergamo/Rome), ACN-qualified up to AI3/QC3 for public administration.
French sovereign cloud (OVH Groupe, Roubaix, 1999), ANSSI SecNumCloud 3.2-qualified Bare Metal Pod; 46 DCs, public on Euronext Paris.
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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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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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.
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ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27017
+1 more
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Paid |
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
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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
€5 /mo
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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
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Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
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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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→ |
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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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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
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Paid |
Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
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→ |
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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
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Paid |
Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
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→ |
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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
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SOVEREIGNTY
A single roll-up of ownership and CLOUD Act exposure.
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Paid
€5 /mo
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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
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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
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Public DPA
Sub-processors
Open source
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→ |
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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
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Paid
€2 /mo
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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 | Cleura | UpCloud | Scaleway | STACKIT | Exoscale | T Cloud Public (formerly Open Telekom Cloud) | Stackscale | Contabo | Aruba Cloud | OVHcloud | IONOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dedicated / bare-metal | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Object storage (S3) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Managed Kubernetes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Managed databases | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| GPU instances | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Hourly billing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| API / Terraform | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Countries | 2 countries | 12 countries | 3 countries | 2 countries | 5 countries | 2 countries | 3 countries | 7 countries | 6 countries | 9 countries | 5 countries |
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