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 DigitalOcean: Similar simple cloud servers, usually cheaper, with 20 TB traffic included in EU locations. Fewer managed services than DigitalOcean, which adds managed databases and an app platform.
- 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
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 DigitalOcean: Closest in feel: simple cloud servers, managed Kubernetes, databases, object storage and load balancers, with mostly European data centres.
- 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
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 DigitalOcean: More services than DigitalOcean, including serverless and GPUs, with instances from fractions of a cent an hour. Console and pricing are more complex.
- 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
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 DigitalOcean: VPS from €3.81 a month plus public cloud and bare metal. Cheap and broad, but support gets mixed reviews on G2, where it scores 3.2 of 5.
- 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
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 DigitalOcean: Self-service compute, Kubernetes, managed databases and object storage in Swiss and Central European zones, billed per second. Smaller catalogue than DigitalOcean.
- 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
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 DigitalOcean: Low-priced VPS from a large German host, plus IONOS Cloud for bigger setups. Introductory prices rise after the first months.
- 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
Low-cost VPS, root servers and web hosting with flat-rate traffic, mostly sold on 1- to 24-month contracts. Locations in Nuremberg, Vienna and Amsterdam, plus Manassas (US) and Singapore. Part of Austria's Anexia group.
Compared with DigitalOcean: Very cheap VPS with fixed resources, with lower prices on 12- or 24-month contracts. Fewer cloud features than DigitalOcean.
- Headquarters
- Karlsruhe, Germany
- Founded
- 2008
- Owned by
- Anexia (Austria)
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- From €8.26/server/month
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Hobbyists and small sites wanting cheap fixed-price servers
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 DigitalOcean: VPS and OpenStack public cloud kept in Switzerland by Geneva-based Infomaniak. Fewer managed developer services than DigitalOcean.
- Headquarters
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- From €2.70/server/month
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Organisations wanting data kept in Switzerland
Cloud arm of Italian hosting company Aruba: VPS, cloud servers, virtual private cloud, object storage and backup, run from Aruba's own data centres in Italy.
Compared with DigitalOcean: Low-cost VPS from €2.49 a month in Aruba's Italian data centres. A basic feature set next to DigitalOcean's.
- Headquarters
- Ponte San Pietro, Italy
- Your data
- In Europe
- Price
- From €2.49/server/month
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Italian businesses wanting a local provider
Large VPS and dedicated-server specs for little money, with regions in the EU, UK, US and Asia-Pacific. Majority-owned by US investment firm KKR since 2022, which brings US law into the ownership chain.
Compared with DigitalOcean: Large specs for the price, but cheapest rates need long terms, and it is majority-owned by US investor KKR.
- Headquarters
- Munich, Germany
- Owned by
- KKR (United States)
- Your data
- EU region available
- Price
- From €4.40/server/month
- Free plan
- No
- Best for
- Budget workloads that need lots of RAM and disk
