Runs its own data centres and sells VPS, bare-metal servers, public cloud and hosted private cloud. Data centres in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific; Europe-only setups are available.
Compared with AWS: Covers VMs, bare metal, managed Kubernetes, databases, object storage and hosted private cloud from its own data centres. Far fewer managed services than AWS.
- Headquarters
- Roubaix, France
- Founded
- 1999
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- From €3.81/server/month
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Teams moving whole workloads off a hyperscaler
Broad public cloud from the iliad group: instances, managed Kubernetes, databases, serverless functions and containers, object storage and GPU clusters. Regions in France, the Netherlands, Poland and Italy.
Compared with AWS: Closest developer experience to AWS in Europe: instances, Kubernetes, serverless functions and containers, managed databases and GPUs. Regions in four European countries, not worldwide.
- Headquarters
- Paris, France
- Founded
- 2013
- Employees
- 357
- Owned by
- iliad Group (France)
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- From €0.00/instance/hour
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Developer teams wanting a hyperscaler-style catalogue in the EU
Public cloud of the Schwarz Group, the retailer behind Lidl and Kaufland, aimed at enterprises and the public sector. Compute, Kubernetes, databases and storage run only in its data centres in Germany and Austria.
Compared with AWS: Enterprise cloud with data kept in German and Austrian data centres and a German owner. Smaller catalogue than AWS and aimed at large companies, not startups.
- Headquarters
- Bad Friedrichshall, Germany
- Owned by
- Schwarz Group (Germany)
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- On request
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Large German companies needing a sovereign hyperscaler-style cloud
Public cloud run by T-Systems, part of Deutsche Telekom, renamed from Open Telekom Cloud. Offers compute, storage, databases and Kubernetes from European data centres and holds Germany's BSI C5 attestation.
Compared with AWS: Deutsche Telekom's public cloud with BSI C5 attestation and European data centres. A narrower service list than AWS; priced through a calculator rather than simple plans.
- Headquarters
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Owned by
- Deutsche Telekom (Germany)
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- On request
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Enterprises and public bodies needing C5-attested German cloud
IaaS with an AWS-compatible API, managed Kubernetes and hosted Mistral AI models. Its French region holds ANSSI's SecNumCloud 3.2 qualification and HDS health-data certification; it also runs regions in the US and Asia.
Compared with AWS: Exposes an AWS-compatible API, which eases moving scripts and tooling, and its French region is SecNumCloud 3.2 qualified. The service range is much narrower than AWS.
- Headquarters
- Saint-Cloud, France
- Founded
- 2010
- Owned by
- Dassault Systèmes (France)
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- From €0.03/vCore/hour
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- French public sector, health and defence workloads
German hosting group selling VPS, dedicated servers and IONOS Cloud, an IaaS platform with compute, Kubernetes, object storage and managed databases. Data centres in Germany, France, Spain, the UK and the US.
Compared with AWS: IONOS Cloud offers compute, Kubernetes, S3-compatible storage and managed databases, mostly from European data centres. Simpler to start than AWS, with far fewer managed services.
- Headquarters
- Montabaur, Germany
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- From €5/server/month
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Small businesses wanting hosting, domains and servers together
Cloud servers, managed Kubernetes, databases, object storage and load balancers, sold to small and mid-sized companies. Most data centres are in Europe, with others in the US, Singapore and Australia.
Compared with AWS: Fits EC2-style workloads: cloud servers, Kubernetes, databases, object storage and load balancers. No counterpart to AWS's analytics, AI or serverless range.
- Headquarters
- Helsinki, Finland
- Founded
- 2011
- Employees
- 78
- Funding raised
- $4.2M
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- On request
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- SMBs wanting simple, quick cloud servers with good support
Compute instances, managed Kubernetes (SKS), DBaaS and object storage, billed per second. Zones in Geneva, Zurich, Vienna, Frankfurt, Munich, Sofia and Zagreb. Majority-owned by A1 Digital, part of Austria's A1 Group.
Compared with AWS: Compute, Kubernetes, managed databases and S3-compatible storage in Swiss, Austrian, German, Bulgarian and Croatian zones. Small catalogue; owned by Austria's A1 Group.
- Headquarters
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- Founded
- 2011
- Employees
- 11–50
- Owned by
- A1 Digital (A1 Group) (Austria)
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- From €0.01/instance/hour
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Swiss and Austrian firms needing local cloud zones
Cloud VMs, dedicated servers, load balancers, volumes and object storage at low prices, with 20 TB of traffic included in EU locations. Own data centres in Germany and Finland, plus US and Singapore locations.
Compared with AWS: Much cheaper VMs and dedicated servers with 20 TB of traffic included, but few managed services beyond load balancers, volumes and object storage. You run more yourself.
- Headquarters
- Gunzenhausen, Germany
- Founded
- 1997
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- From €6.49/server/month
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Price-sensitive teams that manage their own servers
OpenStack-based public, private and compliance-focused cloud with VMs, Kubernetes, storage and databases, run in European regions including Sweden and Germany. Part of the Nordic IT group Iver; ISO 27001 certified.
Compared with AWS: OpenStack-based IaaS with Kubernetes in Sweden and Germany, so APIs are open and portable. Far fewer services than AWS; geared to Nordic compliance needs.
- Headquarters
- Karlskrona, Sweden
- Owned by
- Iver (Sweden)
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- On request
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Nordic firms wanting open-source cloud with compliance support
Swiss hosting company with an OpenStack public cloud, VPS, managed cloud servers and web hosting, run from its own data centres in Switzerland. Also sells email and office apps.
Compared with AWS: OpenStack public cloud and VPS kept in Switzerland under Swiss law. Covers core compute and storage, with nothing like AWS's range of managed services.
- Headquarters
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- From €2.70/server/month
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Organisations wanting data kept in Switzerland
