Alternatives to AWS
Cloud infrastructure from Germany, France, Finland and Switzerland under a European legal framework. Compare pricing, data center locations and data protection guarantees for teams migrating from AWS.
- 10 alternatives
- Servers in EU and Switzerland
- Updated 2026
In detail
AWS compared to European cloud providers
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA. As a US company, AWS is subject to the CLOUD Act (2018), which compels US providers to hand over data to authorities on request, regardless of whether that data is stored in EU data centers. The presence of AWS data centers in Frankfurt or Dublin does not change this legal accessibility, since the company is incorporated in the United States.
European alternatives
10 alternatives in detail
Hetzner
Germany
German cloud infrastructure and hosting services
- VPS from €3.49/month
- Data centers in Germany and Finland
- Cloud, bare metal, web hosting and storage
VPS from €3.49/mo · Dedicated Server from €39/mo
IONOS
Germany
European cloud and hosting provider for businesses
- Over 12 million customers, established European provider
- Low entry price from 1 €/month
- Domains, web hosting, email and cloud in one platform
Web hosting from 1 €/month · VPS from 2 €/month · Cloud from 0.0028 €/hour
OVHcloud
France
Cloud infrastructure with European data centers
- Europe's largest cloud provider with 400,000+ servers
- Bare metal, VPS and public cloud
- Proprietary fiber-optic infrastructure
VPS from €6.57/month (VPS 2026) · Bare Metal from €49/month · Public Cloud pay-as-you-go
Scaleway
France
CO₂-neutral cloud computing infrastructure from Europe
- Developer-first approach with documented API
- ARM-based servers with low energy consumption
- CO₂-neutral data center in Paris
VPS (PLAY2) from 0.0033 €/hour · Object Storage from 0.015 €/GB/month · Free trial available
UpCloud
Finland
Cloud hosting with MaxIOPS storage technology
- MaxIOPS: up to 3x faster disk I/O than standard SSDs
- SLA: 100% network availability guaranteed
- Data centers in 14 cities (EU focus)
VPS from $7/month · High-Memory from $24/month · Object Storage from $0.02/GB/month
Infomaniak Hosting
Switzerland
Swiss VPS and cloud servers with carbon-neutral operations and GDPR-compliant data centres.
- Data centres exclusively in Switzerland
- Carbon-neutral with 100% renewable energy
- VPS and cloud servers available
From €24.92/month (VPS Cloud)
Exoscale
Switzerland
Swiss cloud provider with multi-AZ across five European countries
- Zones in Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna, Geneva, Zurich, Sofia and Zagreb
- Managed Kubernetes (SKS), DBaaS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Grafana
- GPU servers for AI and rendering workloads
Pay-as-you-go billed per second in EUR and CHF. Kubernetes Starter cluster free, Pro cluster usage-based. Current prices on the vendor website.
cloudscale
Switzerland
Swiss IaaS cloud with two locations and per-second billing
- Two Swiss cloud locations for geo-redundancy
- GPU servers with up to 4 NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Max-Q
- Per-second billing instead of monthly packages
Per-second billing in CHF. Flex-4-1 from CHF 1.10/day, Flex-8-8 from CHF 5.50/day, GPU instances from CHF 52/day.
DCXV
Cyprus
Cloud and dedicated servers in Tier III data centers in the EU
- Tier III data centers in Prague, Vilnius, and Covilhã
- Hardware from Dell PowerEdge, Supermicro, HP ProLiant, and Cisco
- 99.9 percent uptime SLA
Cloud VPS from €15/month · dedicated servers on request
Open Telekom Cloud
Germany
IaaS platform from Deutsche Telekom with data centers in Germany
- Public cloud based on OpenStack with open APIs
- Data centers in Biere, Magdeburg, and Frankfurt
- IaaS and PaaS services, AI platform, and data analytics
Pay-per-use, compute from cent amounts per hour · concrete prices in the tariff calculator
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