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EU VETTED
Alternatives to

European alternatives to Linode (Akamai).

US-incorporated VPS provider, acquired by Akamai (US) in 2022.

ALTERNATIVES
5
CLOUD-ACT · NONE
3
WITH BSI C5
0
FREE TIER
0

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TOP PICKS

Which are the closest Linode (Akamai) alternatives?

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

UpCloud
Finland · Founded 2011
EU-SOVEREIGN
★ #1 PICK

Finnish performance-focused cloud (Helsinki, 2011), 14+ DCs worldwide including 9 EU regions; ISO 27001; trusted by Plausible.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€5/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
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Exoscale
Switzerland · Founded 2011
EU-BASED
★ #2 PICK

Swiss public cloud (Akenes SA, A1 Digital member), 6 EU/CH zones, ISO 27001 + FINMA + TISAX, Swiss-data-residency guarantee.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€9/mo
CLOUD ACT
MINOR
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Contabo
Germany · Founded 2003
EU-HOSTED
★ #3 PICK

Munich-based budget VPS / dedicated hosting (Contabo GmbH); KKR + Oakley-owned since 2022; 11 global DCs; VPS from <€5/month.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€5/mo
CLOUD ACT
MATERIAL
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SIDE-BY-SIDE

How do the 5 European alternatives to Linode (Akamai) compare?

All 5 alternatives, benchmarked against Linode (Akamai).

Feature comparison

Beyond compliance: how these alternatives compare on the capabilities you actually use day to day.

Feature UpCloud Exoscale Contabo Infomaniak Public Cloud Hetzner
Dedicated / bare-metal No No Yes No Yes
Object storage (S3) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Managed Kubernetes Yes Yes No Yes No
Managed databases Yes Yes No Yes No
GPU instances Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hourly billing Yes Yes No Yes Yes
API / Terraform Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Countries 12 countries 5 countries 7 countries 2 countries 4 countries
WHAT YOU'RE LEAVING
What are you leaving behind with Linode (Akamai)?

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

Linode (Akamai) US-incorporated

US-incorporated VPS provider, acquired by Akamai (US) in 2022.

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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