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Cloud servers, S3-compatible object storage and cloud platforms from European companies, as alternatives to AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
Quick answer: There are 34 European alternatives in Cloud Infrastructure & Object Storage from 12 countries. 1 has a free plan.
Our assessment, based only on the checked statements above.
We checked 8 of the 12 alternatives on this page against each company's own website in September 2026. Every line in the grey panels comes from that company’s own site, and a second check tried to disprove it before we kept it. A dash in the table means we could not verify that detail. "Pick it if" lines are our own assessment, based only on those checked statements.
| Product | Country | Pricing | Free plan | Open source | Self-host | Replaces |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elastx | 🇸🇪Sweden | Contact for pricing | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | |
| Clouding | 🇪🇸Spain | Freemium | Not verified | No | No | |
| netcup | 🇩🇪Germany | Paid | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | AWS |
| gridscale | 🇩🇪Germany | Paid | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | AWS |
| Scaleway | 🇫🇷France | Freemium | No | No | No | |
| Hetzner | 🇩🇪Germany | Paid | No | No | No | |
| Aruba Cloud | 🇮🇹Italy | Pay per use | No | No | No | AWS |
| Hetzner Object Storage | 🇩🇪Germany | Paid | No | No | No | AWS |
| OVHcloud Object Storage | 🇫🇷France | Paid | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | AWS |
| Infomaniak Public Cloud | 🇨🇭Switzerland | Subscription | No | No | No | AWS |
| Scaleway Object Storage | 🇫🇷France | Paid | No | No | No | AWS |
| Tilaa | 🇳🇱Netherlands | Paid | Not verified | Not verified | No |
A dash means we have not verified that attribute. Details and sources are on each product page.
Many listings here are S3-compatible object storage, which applications, backup tools and Kubernetes clusters write to through the S3 API: Hetzner Object Storage, Impossible Cloud, Leafcloud, Intercolo, Cyso Cloud, Scaleway and UpCloud Object Storage, with S3 storage also offered by OVHcloud, Aruba Cloud, cloudscale and Infomaniak Public Cloud. The rest rent out servers or whole platforms. Managed Kubernetes is listed by OVHcloud, STACKIT, gridscale, Infomaniak Public Cloud, Elastx, Aruba Cloud, Seeweb and UpCloud, and GPU servers by AlphaVPS, Aruba Cloud, Elastx, gridscale, Infomaniak Public Cloud and Seeweb.
Sources: Hetzner Object Storage, Impossible Cloud: pricing, Leafcloud Object Storage, Intercolo Object Storage, Cyso Cloud Object Storage, OVHcloud, STACKIT, gridscale, Infomaniak Public Cloud: prices,
Egress is the traffic that leaves the provider's network. UpCloud says outbound data transfers are free. Hetzner Object Storage includes 1 TB of storage and 1 TB of egress in its monthly base price, and Intercolo includes 1 TB of outgoing traffic per month with each TB of storage booked. Tilaa includes unlimited traffic with its servers.
Sources: UpCloud, Hetzner Object Storage, Intercolo Object Storage, Tilaa
Prices are quoted in different units, so compare them on your own volume: Leafcloud charges €0.02 per GB per month, Impossible Cloud €7.99 per TB per month on pay-as-you-go, Intercolo starts from €2.49 per TB and Cyso Cloud lists €0.055 per GB. Most let you test first: Impossible Cloud with a free 30-day trial, Intercolo with a month and 1 TB free, UpCloud with €500 of credits for 30 days, Infomaniak Public Cloud with CHF 300 of credits to use within three months, and T Cloud Public with a €250 starting credit.
Sources: Leafcloud Object Storage, Impossible Cloud: pricing, Intercolo Object Storage, Cyso Cloud: pricing, UpCloud, Infomaniak Public Cloud, T Cloud Public: prices
Several belong to larger groups. STACKIT is the cloud provider of Schwarz Digits, the IT and digital division of the Schwarz Gruppe. gridscale was acquired by OVHcloud in August 2023. T Cloud Public, known until January 2026 as Open Telekom Cloud, is run by T-Systems International. netcup has been part of the Anexia group since 2016. Others are long-established hosts: Hetzner was founded in 1997, Seeweb in 1998 and UpCloud in 2011.
Sources: STACKIT: company profile, gridscale: about us, T Cloud Public: imprint, netcup: about, Hetzner: about us, Seeweb: about, UpCloud: about
Checked in September 2026 against the sources linked under each answer.
Notable
Pick Elastx if you want GPUs offered within both OpenStack IaaS and Kubernetes CaaS.(our assessment)
Checked against Elastx's se page, security page and about page.
gridscale
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Pricing: from €99.00 per month (pricing page)
Pick gridscale if you want to book resources on demand, billed per minute.(our assessment)
Checked against gridscale's agb page, homepage, pricing page, legal notice and about page.
Hetzner
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Checked against Hetzner's homepage, about page and legal notice.
Aruba S.p.A.
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Pick Aruba Cloud if you want virtual machines, firewalls and networks managed via VMware Cloud Director.(our assessment)
Checked against Aruba Cloud's homepage, data backup microsoft 365 page and pricing page.
Hetzner
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Where it falls short
Pick Hetzner Object Storage if you want a monthly base price that includes 1 TB storage and 1 TB egress.(our assessment)
Checked against Hetzner Object Storage's object storage page and legal notice.
Infomaniak
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Where it falls short
Pick Infomaniak Public Cloud if you want Heat templates with vertical and horizontal autoscaling.(our assessment)
Checked against Infomaniak Public Cloud's public cloud page, pricing page, legal notice and about page.
Scaleway
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Checked against Scaleway Object Storage's object storage page.
Tilaa
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Pricing: from €4,99 / month (pricing page)
Pick Tilaa if you want managed backups every 4 hours, aggregated into daily, weekly and monthly backups.(our assessment)
Checked against Tilaa's about page, homepage, pricing page and legal notice.