Hosting & Infra
10 European alternatives
EU-based hosting and cloud infrastructure for developers and businesses. From affordable VPS to enterprise-grade cloud platforms, these providers keep your servers in Europe — fully GDPR-compliant and free from extraterritorial data access laws like the US CLOUD Act. Your data stays where you put it.
Hetzner
High-performance cloud hosting. Data centers in Germany & Finland.
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Bunny.net
🌍European CDN and edge cloud. Up to 9x cheaper than Cloudflare with servers across Europe. Privacy-first, no data selling.
OVHcloud
🇫🇷Europe's largest cloud provider. Data centers across the EU.
Scaleway
🇫🇷Developer-friendly European cloud. Serverless, Kubernetes, GPU instances.
UpCloud
🇫🇮High-performance Finnish cloud with 100% network uptime SLA. MaxIOPS storage.
INWX
🇩🇪German domain registrar with 500+ TLDs and transparent pricing. No dark patterns, full WHOIS privacy, EU-hosted DNS.
IONOS
🇩🇪Full-stack hosting from domains to cloud servers. Part of United Internet.
netcup
🇩🇪German VPS and root server hosting. Karlsruhe data centers, very competitive pricing.
Contabo
🇩🇪Affordable German VPS and dedicated servers. Excellent price-performance ratio.
Fuga Cloud
🇳🇱OpenStack-based Dutch cloud. 100% EU data sovereignty.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best European alternative to AWS?
Hetzner (Germany) is the highest-rated European hosting provider on swapto.eu for price-to-performance. For managed cloud services comparable to AWS, OVHcloud (France) and IONOS (Germany) offer full EU data sovereignty.
Are European hosting providers GDPR-compliant?
Yes — all hosting providers listed on swapto.eu operate data centres within the EU and sign GDPR-compliant Data Processing Agreements (DPAs). Your infrastructure and customer data remain under EU law at all times.
Can European hosting compete with AWS or Google Cloud on performance?
For most workloads, yes. Hetzner, Scaleway, and OVHcloud offer competitive SLAs, global CDN options, and managed Kubernetes. For highly specialised AI or ML workloads, EU providers are rapidly expanding GPU availability.