gridscale key facts
Last updated- Headquarters
- Germany (DE)
- Ownership
- Independent
- Data hosting
- Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands
- Deployment
- SaaS
- Open source
- No
- US Cloud Act exposure
- Low (no US parent)
- Certifications
- BSI C5, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, ISO 14001, ISAE 3402 SOC I Type 2, Trusted Cloud
- Replaces
- Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform
About gridscale
gridscale provides a modular cloud and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform to plan, build and run public, private or hybrid clouds. Core services include compute VMs, managed PaaS offerings such as Kubernetes and databases, and GPU instances with powerful AMD GPUs for AI/ML workloads. The platform emphasizes an intuitive panel for rapid operations alongside a robust RESTful API for automation. The company highlights strict data protection with German headquarters and data center operations, multiple security certifications, and transparent, pay-as-you-grow pricing with fine-grained account/customer cost breakdown. Managed services, automated workflows, monitoring and maintenance are designed to reduce operational effort. Customers can choose data center locations (e.g., Germany, Amsterdam, Lucerne) to optimize data sovereignty and compliance needs, and can extend to on-prem via the Hybrid Core Concierge for datacenter deployments without feature trade-offs.
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