EU Alternatives to Azure

Azure

Microsoft Azure is a leading public cloud platform that provides infrastructure and platform services including compute, storage, networking, databases, and AI. It is widely adopted across industries but, as a non-EU service, raises GDPR and data sovereignty considerations compared to EU-hosted alternatives.

European Alternatives

Gcore

Luxembourg 🇱🇺

Gcore offers EU-based cloud computing, Edge/CDN, AI inference API services. Based in Luxembourg.

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Hetzner Cloud

Germany 🇩🇪

Hetzner Cloud offers servers, storage and other services with EU-based data centers.

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IONOS

Germany 🇩🇪

IONOS is a German hosting and cloud provider; also offers AI/LLM APIs.

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Open Telekom Cloud

Germany 🇩🇪

Open Telekom Cloud is a German cloud platform by Deutsche Telekom, offering secure and scalable infrastructure.

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OVHcloud

France 🇫🇷

OVHcloud offers EU-based cloud infrastructure, including virtual servers, storage, and networking, with GDPR compliance.

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Scaleway

France 🇫🇷

Scaleway is a cloud provider offering compute, storage, AI/LLM inference and managed infrastructure services.

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StackIt

Germany 🇩🇪

StackIt is a cloud provider operated by Germany's Schwarz Group.

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UpCloud

Finland 🇫🇮

UpCloud is a cloud infrastructure provider based in Finland.

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