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European alternatives to Amazon Web Services
European companies mapped as alternatives to Amazon Web Services. Each carries an evidence-led sovereignty profile — jurisdiction, hosting, US exposure, DPA and more — reviewed by SovEU. Profiles are descriptive, not a compliance verdict.
10 alternatives
German hosting provider offering cloud servers, dedicated servers and storage, with data centres in Germany and Finland.
French cloud provider (part of the Iliad group) offering compute, object storage and managed services from European data centres.
European cloud provider headquartered in Roubaix, France, operating its own data centres across Europe and beyond.
German web hosting and cloud provider (part of United Internet), offering hosting, cloud compute and domains.
Swiss cloud provider (part of A1 Digital) offering compute and object storage from European data centres.
Swiss hosting and cloud company operating its own data centres in Switzerland, offering web hosting, public cloud and storage.
Finnish cloud infrastructure provider offering compute and storage, with data centres in Europe and beyond.
Public cloud from Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems, operated from data centres in Germany and the Netherlands.
German cloud provider operated by the Schwarz Group, with data centres in Germany and Austria.
German infrastructure-as-a-service provider (part of OVHcloud) offering compute and managed Kubernetes.
Compare side by side
The same evidence-led signals across each alternative. A blank cell (“—”) means the signal isn't recorded — never a negative claim — and the score is a transparent signal score, not a compliance verdict.
| Signal | HetznerDE | ScalewayFR | OVHcloudFR | IONOSDE | ExoscaleCH | InfomaniakCH | UpCloudFI | Open Telekom CloudDE | STACKITDE | gridscaleDE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sovereignty score | 58/ 100Moderate sovereignty signals | 58/ 100Moderate sovereignty signals | 76/ 100Strong sovereignty signals | 76/ 100Strong sovereignty signals | 52/ 100Moderate sovereignty signals | 52/ 100Moderate sovereignty signals | 58/ 100Moderate sovereignty signals | 58/ 100Moderate sovereignty signals | 58/ 100Moderate sovereignty signals | 58/ 100Moderate sovereignty signals |
| HQ jurisdiction | Germany | France | France | Germany | Switzerland | Switzerland | Finland | Germany | Germany | Germany |
| Primary hosting region | Germany / Finland | France / Netherlands / Poland | Europe | Europe | Switzerland / Germany / Austria / Bulgaria | Switzerland | — | Germany / Netherlands | Germany / Austria | — |
| EU data residency option | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| US cloud dependency | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Data Processing Agreement | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Subprocessor list published | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Self-hosting option | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Open source | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |