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DEGermany
High-performance cloud servers and dedicated hosting with excellent price-performance ratio. Data centers in Germany and Finland.
Alt to:Alibaba Cloud, Amazon EC2, Amazon Web Services (AWS) +6
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FRFrance
Global cloud provider specializing in bare metal servers, hosted private cloud, and public cloud solutions with its own fiber-optic network.
Alt to:Alibaba Cloud, Amazon EC2, Amazon Web Services (AWS) +8
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FRFrance
A leading European cloud provider offering a full ecosystem of AI, compute, storage, and network services.
Alt to:Alibaba Cloud, Amazon EC2, Amazon SQS +8
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FIFinland
A Finnish European cloud infrastructure provider offering high-performance servers, MaxIOPS storage, and managed cloud services.
Alt to:Amazon EC2, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS +5
Amazon EC2 alternatives compared
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| Service | Headquarters | Data hosting | EU data residency | Low Cloud Act exposure | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hetzner | Germany | Not stated | No | Yes | No |
| OVHcloud | France | Canada, EU (any EU region), Global / multi-region, United States | No | No | No |
| Scaleway | France | France, Netherlands, Poland | Yes | Yes | No |
| UpCloud | Finland | Finland, Singapore | No | Yes | No |
Frequently asked questions about Amazon EC2 alternatives
What are the best EU alternatives to Amazon EC2?+
The EU Alternatives Directory lists 4 European alternatives to Amazon EC2, including Hetzner, OVHcloud, Scaleway. Each one is checked for European headquarters and data protection practices.
Why switch from Amazon EC2 to an EU alternative?+
An EU-based alternative keeps your data under European jurisdiction and GDPR. It reduces exposure to the US Cloud Act and foreign data access laws.
Are EU alternatives to Amazon EC2 as good?+
Many EU alternatives to Amazon EC2 offer comparable features, with the added benefit of European data residency and digital sovereignty.
How are these Amazon EC2 alternatives verified?+
We check the legal entity, country of headquarters and hosting locations. Only providers based in the EU, EEA, UK, Switzerland or Ukraine are listed.