3DS Outscale
France
EU
3DS Outscale is a French cloud provider based in Saint-Cloud near Paris, founded in 2010 and part of Dassault Systèmes. In December 2023 it became the first cloud operator to receive the...
European Cloud Providers
Aruba Cloud
Italy
EU
Aruba Cloud is a prominent European cloud service provider that offers a wide range of hosting solutions, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), cloud computing, and data management services. With a robust...
Cleura
Sweden
EU
Cleura is a Swedish cloud provider headquartered in Karlskrona. It was called City Network until April 2022 and has belonged to the Swedish IT group Iver since 2020. The platform is built...
Clever Cloud
France
EU
Clever Cloud is a European cloud service provider that specializes in deploying and managing applications in the cloud. The platform is designed to streamline the process of application deployment, offering a range...
cloudscale
Switzerland
Cloudscale is a European cloud service provider based in Switzerland, offering reliable and scalable cloud infrastructure solutions designed to meet the needs of businesses of all sizes. Their commitment to providing high-quality...
Combell Openstack Cloud
Belgium
EU
Combell Openstack Cloud is a European cloud hosting service that offers flexible and scalable solutions for businesses of all sizes. Powered by the OpenStack platform, this service provides customers with the ability...
Cyso Cloud
Netherlands
EU
Cyso Cloud is the OpenStack public cloud of the Dutch hosting company Cyso Group in Alkmaar, which has operated since 1997. It started in 2016 as Fuga Cloud and was taken over...
Exoscale Cloud Servers
Switzerland
Non-European Parent Company
Exoscale Cloud Servers is a European cloud computing service provider that offers scalable and flexible server solutions designed for developers and businesses. With a focus on simplicity and performance, Exoscale allows users...
gridscale
Germany
EU
gridscale is a leading European company specializing in cloud infrastructure solutions. Established to provide robust, high-performance cloud services, gridscale aims to simplify the way businesses deploy and manage their IT resources in...
Hetzner
Germany
EU
Hetzner Online is a well-established German web hosting company that provides a wide range of hosting solutions, including shared hosting, dedicated servers, and cloud hosting. Founded in 1997 by Martin Hetzner, the...
Infomaniak Public Cloud
Switzerland
Infomaniak Public Cloud is the infrastructure-as-a-service offer of Infomaniak, an independent Swiss company headquartered in Geneva. It runs on OpenStack in Infomaniak's own data centers in Switzerland and is separate from the...
IONOS
Germany
EU
IONOS is a prominent web hosting and cloud service provider based in Germany, known for its comprehensive range of digital solutions tailored for individuals and businesses alike. With a strong emphasis on...
Leaseweb
Netherlands
EU
Leaseweb is a prominent global hosting provider that offers a wide range of infrastructure and connectivity solutions tailored to meet the needs of businesses of all sizes. Established in 1997, Leaseweb has...
OVH
France
EU
OVH is a leading provider of cloud computing services and solutions based in Europe. With a strong emphasis on innovation and technology, OVH offers a wide range of products designed to support...
Safespring
Sweden
EU
Safespring is a Swedish cloud provider based in Solna near Stockholm, founded in 2016 and privately owned. It is known in the Nordic research and education sector, where more than 60 institutions...
Scaleway VPS
France
EU
Scaleway is a European cloud services provider that offers a wide range of scalable and flexible cloud solutions. Founded in 2015 and based in France, Scaleway aims to empower businesses, startups, and...
STACKIT
Germany
EU
STACKIT is a European cloud provider based in Germany, dedicated to offering secure and efficient cloud solutions tailored for businesses of all sizes. With a strong focus on data protection and compliance,...
T Cloud Public
Germany
EU
T Cloud Public is the public cloud of Deutsche Telekom, operated by T-Systems International GmbH in Bonn. It was launched in 2016 as Open Telekom Cloud and was renamed in 2026. The...
UpCloud Cloud Servers
Finland
EU
UpCloud is a European cloud computing provider offering a variety of cloud server solutions designed to meet the needs of businesses and developers. Based in Finland, UpCloud provides high-performance cloud infrastructure that...
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Submit SuggestionA cloud computing platform rents out infrastructure by usage: virtual machines, private networks, block and object storage, load balancers, managed Kubernetes and often databases, all controlled through a web console and an API. The European cloud providers below are headquartered in Europe and are alternatives to AWS and Microsoft Azure for companies that care about European jurisdiction.
Cloud platform, VPS or object storage?
A VPS is one server at a flat monthly price. A cloud platform adds the building blocks around it: networks, firewalls, snapshots, autoscaling and identity management. Object storage is a single service of such a platform, and cloud storage is a product for files of people, not for applications.
Criteria
- Jurisdiction: The US CLOUD Act of 2018 lets US authorities demand data from providers under US jurisdiction, even when the data sits in a European data center. A European headquarters and European owners reduce that exposure; companies with large US operations need individual checks.
- Technology and operations: Who writes the platform software, who builds the hardware, who runs support? T Cloud Public, for example, states that its OpenStack distribution comes from Huawei.
- Certifications: BSI C5 is a German audit catalogue with over 120 criteria for cloud services. SecNumCloud is the French ANSSI qualification with requirements against non-European laws. ISO 27001 certifies an information security management system.
- Services: Check that the managed services you rely on, such as databases, Kubernetes or GPUs, exist. None of these providers matches the full catalogue of a US hyperscaler.
Comparison
| Provider | Country | Platform | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| STACKIT | Germany | IaaS and PaaS | BSI C5 Type 2, ISO 27001 |
| OVHcloud | France | Public and private cloud | BSI C5, SecNumCloud for its SNC platform |
| IONOS | Germany | Compute Engine, Cloud Cubes, S3 | BSI C5 for Compute Engine and S3 |
| Hetzner | Germany | Cloud servers, volumes, load balancers | Own data centers in Germany and Finland |
| Scaleway | France | Instances, Kubernetes, GPUs | ISO 27001:2022, HDS |
| UpCloud | Finland | Cloud servers, Kubernetes, databases | Founded 2011 in Helsinki |
| Leaseweb | Netherlands | Public cloud, dedicated servers | Founded 1997 |
| Aruba Cloud | Italy | IaaS, Kubernetes, bare metal | Own data centers in Italy and Czechia |
| gridscale | Germany | IaaS and PaaS | Infrastructure in Germany |
| cloudscale | Switzerland | Virtual servers, object storage | Two Swiss locations |
| Exoscale | Switzerland | Compute, Kubernetes, databases | Marked with non-European parent |
| Combell | Belgium | OpenStack cloud | OpenStack API |
| Clever Cloud | France | PaaS for applications | Managed deployment |
| Infomaniak | Switzerland | OpenStack IaaS, Kubernetes, GPUs | Swiss regions |
| T Cloud Public | Germany | OpenStack public cloud | BSI C5:2020 Type II |
| 3DS Outscale | France | IaaS, Kubernetes as a Service | SecNumCloud 3.2 |
| Cleura | Sweden | OpenStack public cloud | ISO 27001:2022 |
| Safespring | Sweden | OpenStack compute, S3, Kubernetes | ISO 27001, data in Sweden and Norway |
| Cyso Cloud | Netherlands | OpenStack public cloud | ISO 27001, NEN 7510 |
Some providers also run locations outside Europe, for example Hetzner (US, Singapore) and 3DS Outscale (North America, Asia). Choose a European region to keep data in Europe.
European companies with US technology are not listed
S3NS (Thales, running on Google Cloud technology), Bleu (Orange and Capgemini, running Microsoft Azure) and Delos Cloud (an SAP subsidiary, also on Azure) are European companies, and S3NS holds the SecNumCloud qualification. Their platform software still comes from US hyperscalers. Because the point of this site is to avoid that dependency, they are not listed.
FAQ
Which European cloud replaces AWS or Azure?
Most providers above cover the core building blocks of compute, storage and networking, while Clever Cloud is a PaaS. See the pages for AWS and Microsoft Azure for how they compare.
Does a data center in Europe protect from the CLOUD Act?
Not by itself. What counts is the jurisdiction the provider is subject to, which is why headquarters and ownership matter more than the server location.