EU Cloud Comparison

EU Cloud Comparison | European Cloud Feature Matrix

Feature Drag columns to reorder	Amazon Web Services United States US	Microsoft Azure United States US	Google Cloud United States US	Scaleway France EU	OVHcloud France EU	UpCloud Finland EU	Gcore Luxembourg EU	IONOS Cloud Germany EU	STACKIT Germany EU	Hetzner Cloud Germany EU	T Cloud Public Germany EU
Compute (VPS / VMs) 9
Shared vCPU instances	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Dedicated vCPU instances	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
ARM64 instances	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available	Available
Bare metal servers	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Available
Spot / preemptible instances	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available
Autoscaling groups	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Available	Partial / limited: Via K8s engine only	Not available	Available
Custom machine types	Partial / limited: Fixed SKUs, no arbitrary vCPU/RAM	Partial / limited: Limited D-series flex sizes	Available	Not available	Not available	Available	Not available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available
VM snapshots	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
GPU instances	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available
K8S & Containers 7
Managed Kubernetes	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available
Free control plane	Not available	Partial / limited: Free tier, paid for uptime SLA	Partial / limited: Free for first zonal cluster per account	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available
Managed node pools	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available
Cluster autoscaler	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available
Serverless containers	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available
Managed container registry	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available
Multi-AZ clusters	Available	Available	Available	Available	Partial / limited: Available in select regions only	Not available	Partial / limited: Single-region HA, not cross-region	Available	Available	Not available	Available
Serverless & Events 6
Functions-as-a-Service	Available	Available	Available	Available	Partial / limited: Via OVHcloud Functions, early access	Not available	Partial / limited: FastEdge (edge runtime), not full FaaS	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available
Edge functions	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Event bus	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Message queue service	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available
Workflow orchestration	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available
Managed cron / scheduled jobs	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available
Object Storage 7
S3-compatible API	Available	Not available	Partial / limited: XML API is S3-like, not drop-in	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Object versioning	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Lifecycle policies	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Archive / cold tier	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available
Multi-region replication	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Available
Server-side encryption	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Static website hosting	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Available
Block & File Storage 7
SSD volumes	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
NVMe / high-IOPS volumes	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available
HDD / capacity volumes	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Not available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Available
Volume snapshots	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Volume encryption at rest	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Managed NFS / shared FS	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Not available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Available
Managed SMB file shares	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available	Available
Managed Databases 11
PostgreSQL	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available
MySQL / MariaDB	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available
Redis / Valkey	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Available	Not available	Available
MongoDB	Partial / limited: DocumentDB, MongoDB-compatible not native	Available	Not available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Available	Available	Not available	Available
Kafka	Available	Partial / limited: Event Hubs (Kafka-compatible protocol)	Partial / limited: Via Managed Service for Apache Kafka (preview)	Not available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available	Not available	Available
OpenSearch / Elasticsearch	Available	Partial / limited: Elastic Cloud via Marketplace	Partial / limited: Via Marketplace partners only	Not available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Available	Not available	Available
Vector database	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available
ClickHouse / analytical	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
HA with auto-failover	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available
Point-in-time recovery	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available
Read replicas	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Partial / limited: Postgres only	Available	Available	Not available	Available
AI / ML 5
Hosted AI Inference	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Partial / limited: ModelArts inference, no public model API
Embeddings API	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available
Fine-tuning	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Training platform	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Not available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available
Managed vector DB	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Networking 10
VPC / private network	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
IPv6 support	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Partial / limited: Dual-stack in select regions	Partial / limited: Dual-stack, rolling out	Available	Available
Layer-4 load balancer	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Layer-7 load balancer	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Web application firewall	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Partial / limited: Via Web Cloud add-on, not on Public Cloud	Not available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available
DDoS protection	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Partial / limited: Basic only, no managed service	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Floating / elastic IPs	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Private service endpoints	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Partial / limited: Private interconnect on request	Available	Available	Not available	Available
Managed DNS	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Anycast DNS	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Available	Partial / limited: Regional anycast, limited PoPs	Available	Available
CDN & Edge 7
CDN product	Available	Available	Available	Partial / limited: Edge Services (beta), limited PoPs	Available	Not available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available
DDoS protection (edge)	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available
Image optimization	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Edge compute / workers	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Custom SSL certificates	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Available
HTTP/3 + QUIC	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Partial / limited: HTTP/3 on CDN only, not LB
Video streaming platform	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Security & Identity 8
IAM with roles / policies	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
SSO / SAML federation	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available
MFA	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Key management service (KMS)	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Partial / limited: BYOK via HashiCorp Vault integration	Available	Available	Not available	Available
Secrets manager	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available	Not available	Available
HSM-backed keys	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available
Audit / activity logs	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
Private service endpoints	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Partial / limited: Via private interconnect	Available	Available	Not available	Available
Regions & Compliance 5
Number of regions	33	60+	40	3	14	11	14	8	2	6	3
Number of EU regions	6	10+	10+	3	8	6	10+	6	2	3	2
HQ / parent in EU	Not available	Not available	Not available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
ISO/IEC 27001	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
SOC 2	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Not available	Not available	Available

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