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Alternatives to

European alternatives to Hetzner Online.

Family-founded German hyperscaler alternative (Gunzenhausen, 1997). Cross-reference: listed in our directory as a product.

ALTERNATIVES
11
CLOUD-ACT · NONE
9
WITH BSI C5
0
FREE TIER
0

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WHAT YOU'RE LEAVING

What are you leaving behind with Hetzner Online?

Listed for transparency. Every product on this page is benchmarked against this baseline.

Hetzner Online US-incorporated

Family-founded German hyperscaler alternative (Gunzenhausen, 1997). Cross-reference: listed in our directory as a product.

SCORE
1.0/5
OWNERSHIP
US-OWNED
CLOUD ACT
DIRECT
HOSTING
Likely AWS · US
SCHREMS II
Default SCC + supp.
SIDE-BY-SIDE

How do the 11 European alternatives to Hetzner Online compare?

All 11 alternatives ranked by compliance score, benchmarked against Hetzner Online.

Product Score Owner CLOUD Act Cert. Pricing Action
Hetzner Online
benchmark · US
1.0/5
SOC 2
no EU framework
Freemium your current
Cleura
Sweden
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27017
Paid View profile →
UpCloud
Finland
ISO/IEC 27001
Paid
€5 / mo
View profile →
Stackscale
Spain
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27017
Paid View profile →
OVHcloud
France
ISO/IEC 27001
SecNumCloud
Paid
€5 / mo
View profile →
Scaleway
France
ISO/IEC 27001
SecNumCloud
Paid
€2 / mo
View profile →
STACKIT
Germany
ISO/IEC 27001
C5
Paid View profile →
Exoscale
Switzerland
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27017
Paid
€9 / mo
View profile →
T Cloud Public (formerly Open Telekom Cloud)
Germany
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27017
Paid View profile →
Contabo
Germany
Paid
€5 / mo
View profile →
Aruba Cloud
Italy
ISO/IEC 27001
ISO/IEC 27017
Paid
€1 / mo
View profile →
IONOS
Germany
ISO/IEC 27001
C5
Paid
€2 / mo
View profile →
TOP PICKS

Which are the closest Hetzner Online alternatives?

Ranked by feature parity + compliance score. Migration friction is weighted higher than feature breadth.

Cleura
Sweden · Founded 2005
★ #1 PICK

Swedish OpenStack public + compliant cloud (Cleura, ex-City Network, Iver-owned), ISO 27001/27017/27018, EU-only residency.

SCORE
5.0
FROM
CLOUD ACT
NONE
UpCloud
Finland · Founded 2011
★ #2 PICK

Finnish performance-focused cloud (Helsinki, 2011), 14+ DCs worldwide including 9 EU regions; ISO 27001; trusted by Plausible.

SCORE
5.0
FROM
€5/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
Stackscale
Spain · Founded 2013
★ #3 PICK

Spanish private cloud + bare metal (Stackscale, Grupo Aire), Madrid + Amsterdam DCs, ISO 27001/27017/27018 + ENS High.

SCORE
5.0
FROM
CLOUD ACT
NONE
METHODOLOGY

How we verified each row above.

For every product we read the public DPA, sub-processors document, hosting region declaration, and corporate ownership records. Each is timestamped. Compliance score is editorial, re-verified quarterly. We never accept self-attestation.

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