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French cloud providers

Sovereign French cloud solutions: hosting, infrastructure and storage in France, compared on data residency, ownership, CLOUD Act exposure, sub-processors and qualifications such as SecNumCloud.

In short

Leading French cloud providers hosted in France are OVHcloud, Scaleway and Clever Cloud for infrastructure, and Oodrive, Leviia and Wimi for storage and collaboration: all EU-owned, run in French data centres, and checked for GDPR alignment, SecNumCloud and CLOUD Act exposure. Sovereignty is not about location alone: ownership and sub-processors determine whether a provider is genuinely beyond the reach of the US CLOUD Act.

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A French cloud solution, as listed here, is an infrastructure, hosting or storage company whose operating entity is incorporated and headquartered in France and runs its primary infrastructure in French data centres. This page brings together two layers buyers often evaluate together: sovereign infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS such as OVHcloud, Scaleway and Clever Cloud) and GDPR-compliant storage and collaboration (Oodrive, Leviia, Wimi). Each listing is scored on the fields that determine a real shortlist (hosting region, ownership signal, CLOUD Act exposure, sub-processor chain and recognised qualifications), with every figure checked against the provider's own documentation each quarter.

Why it matters

A US hyperscaler's Paris region does not settle the underlying legal question: relocating a region changes where the data sits, not which government can compel its US-jurisdiction operator to hand it over (see European cloud providers for the full CLOUD Act mechanics).

What matters here is how French sovereignty answers that gap in practice. A genuinely French provider (incorporated in France, French-controlled, with no US sub-processors in the data path) has a structurally weaker exposure profile, and ANSSI's SecNumCloud qualification attests this immunity to extraterritorial law explicitly. OVHcloud and Scaleway hold it and are among the four winners of the €180M EU Cloud III framework; their CLOUD Act exposure is recorded in the directory as "None", with hosting in France.

But "genuinely French" is a chain of facts, not a flag: the operating entity, its owners and its sub-processors. We record each link separately.

At a glance

Key facts per option, checked against each vendor's own documents.

  • Orbifs

    hosted in France, encrypted at rest, minor CLOUD Act exposure, from €69/mo.

    Best for: Architecture, engineering, construction and media teams handling very large CAD, BIM, point-cloud and video files who want a mounted EU-hosted project drive with file locking, instead of a NAS+VPN setup or a US cloud drive

  • Clever Cloud

    hosted in France, encrypted at rest, no CLOUD Act exposure, from €4.8/mo.

    Best for: PaaS and managed databases for development teams deploying apps on EU infrastructure without operational overhead.

  • Leviia

    hosted in France, encrypted at rest, no CLOUD Act exposure, from €2.4/mo.

    Best for: French individuals, families, and SMBs who want a sovereign France-hosted Nextcloud-based drive plus S3-compatible object storage

  • Oodrive

    hosted in France, encrypted at rest, no CLOUD Act exposure.

    Best for: regulated French organisations in public sector, finance, healthcare, and defence that need SecNumCloud-qualified file sharing and e-signature

  • OVHcloud

    hosted in France, encrypted at rest, no CLOUD Act exposure, from €5/mo.

    Best for: Public cloud and bare metal for regulated industries and public-sector buyers needing SecNumCloud-grade sovereign isolation in France.

  • Scaleway

    hosted in France, encrypted at rest, no CLOUD Act exposure, from €2/mo.

    Best for: Cloud and GPU infrastructure for AI teams and regulated EU buyers wanting French sovereign-cloud hosting with SecNumCloud and HDS coverage.

  • Wimi

    hosted in France, encrypted at rest, no CLOUD Act exposure, from €3/mo.

    Best for: French teams who want a sovereign collaboration suite where file storage sits alongside project workspaces, messaging, and calendars

How to choose

If ANSSI's SecNumCloud sits in your tender, let that drive the shortlist before anything else. If you need raw infrastructure (IaaS), Scaleway starts at about €2/month and OVHcloud at about €5/month, both SecNumCloud-qualified for the most sensitive workloads; if you deploy applications, Clever Cloud's PaaS layer avoids managing infrastructure while staying in French regions. If a French public-sector tender names SecNumCloud explicitly, filter to it directly: OVHcloud, Scaleway and Oodrive carry the qualification, and public buyers should confirm it covers the exact service being procured, not just the vendor's flagship offer. If you need sovereign storage or collaboration, Oodrive targets regulated organisations, while Leviia and Wimi suit individuals and SMBs; US exposure most often creeps back in through the sub-processor list, so read it line by line rather than trusting the "French" label. Sort the table above by CLOUD Act exposure, hosting region or ownership, then open each profile to confirm the chain against your own impact assessment. Buying across more than one EU market? European cloud providers covers the pan-EU shortlist.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is the best French cloud provider?
It depends on what you are buying it for. For raw infrastructure, Scaleway starts at about €2/month and OVHcloud at about €5/month; both hold the SecNumCloud qualification and are among the winners of the €180M EU Cloud III framework. Clever Cloud adds a French PaaS layer for deploying applications without managing infrastructure. For sovereign storage and collaboration, Oodrive (SecNumCloud-qualified) targets regulated organisations, while Leviia and Wimi suit SMBs. Filter the table by certification, ownership or CLOUD Act exposure to narrow it down.
What is the SecNumCloud qualification?
SecNumCloud is the trusted-cloud qualification issued by France's ANSSI (the national cybersecurity agency). It imposes strict security requirements and, crucially, immunity from non-EU extraterritorial laws such as the US CLOUD Act and FISA: a SecNumCloud-qualified service must be operated by a European entity, hosted in Europe, and legally beyond the reach of US demands. On this page, OVHcloud, Scaleway and Oodrive carry the qualification; the comparison table lets you filter to it directly.
Are French cloud providers beyond the US CLOUD Act?
Not automatically, but this is where French sovereignty stands out. The CLOUD Act can reach data held by a company subject to US jurisdiction regardless of where the servers sit. A provider incorporated and controlled in France, with no US sub-processors in the data path, therefore has a much weaker exposure profile, and a SecNumCloud qualification guarantees this explicitly. The CLOUD Act exposure of OVHcloud, Scaleway and Clever Cloud is recorded in the directory as 'None'.
What is a French alternative to Google Drive or Dropbox?
For file storage and sharing hosted in France, Leviia offers a Nextcloud-based drive and S3-compatible object storage, Oodrive targets regulated organisations with a SecNumCloud qualification, and Wimi pairs a drive with a collaboration suite. All three host data in France and keep data and backups within the EU. Check each provider's sub-processor list: some 'French' offers re-introduce exposure through a US CDN or storage layer, something we flag on every listing.
What does sovereign cloud really mean?
A sovereign cloud is one that stays outside non-EU jurisdiction across the whole chain: a European operating entity, hosting in Europe, and no sub-processor subject to extraterritorial law in the data path. That is a higher bar than simply 'hosted in France': ownership and sub-processors matter as much as location. ANSSI's SecNumCloud qualification is the French reference that attests this immunity; we record ownership, hosting, sub-processors and certifications separately so sovereignty is evidence-based, not assumed.
Methodology

How we verified every listing here.

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

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