European Alternatives to Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure is one of the world's largest cloud platforms, offering a broad set of compute, storage, networking, AI and enterprise services deeply integrated with the Microsoft ecosystem. It serves enterprises, governments and startups globally. For organizations that need cloud infrastructure with European data sovereignty, independent from US-headquartered hyperscalers, and full compliance with EU regulations, several European providers offer mature cloud platforms.
Best European alternatives to Microsoft Azure for enterprise cloud and hybrid infrastructure
OVHcloud delivers a sovereign European cloud with a full stack of compute, storage, networking and managed Kubernetes. Scaleway provides a modern, developer-first cloud with GPU instances and serverless capabilities. Hetzner offers high-value dedicated and cloud servers from German data centers. IONOS serves enterprises with managed cloud hosting and hybrid solutions. STACKIT, built by Schwarz Group (Lidl), offers cloud infrastructure designed for German and European enterprise compliance. Open Telekom Cloud provides enterprise-grade services backed by Deutsche Telekom. Exoscale, from Switzerland, delivers straightforward sovereign cloud.
OVHcloud
French publicly traded cloud provider with managed databases, S3-compatible storage, and 43 data centers across four continents.
Scaleway
French cloud provider (Iliad Group) with managed databases for PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, ClickHouse, and Kafka plus S3 storage.
Hetzner
German founder-owned hosting company with S3-compatible object storage, backup Storage Boxes, and aggressively priced cloud infrastructure.
IONOS
German publicly traded cloud and hosting provider with managed databases, S3 storage, and 6.3 million customer contracts.
Infomaniak kSuite
Swiss-hosted collaboration suite with email, cloud storage, document editing, team chat, and video conferencing.
Clever Cloud
French PaaS provider automating application deployment on European sovereign infrastructure with per-second billing.
Exoscale
Swiss cloud platform (A1 Telekom Austria Group) with managed databases powered by Aiven across eight European data centers.
Open Telekom Cloud
Deutsche Telekom's enterprise public cloud platform operating from owned twin-core data centers in Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.
UpCloud
Finnish cloud provider operating 15 data centers globally with a 99.999% SLA and zero-cost egress policy.
STACKIT
German sovereign cloud platform of Schwarz Group (Lidl/Kaufland) with confidential computing and GPU instances.
3DS Outscale
French sovereign cloud subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, first provider to achieve SecNumCloud 3.2 qualification.
Cleura
Swedish OpenStack-based cloud provider with compliant cloud for regulated industries, part of Iver Group.
Aruba Cloud
Italian cloud provider with five owned data center campuses and over 130,000 managed servers serving 16 million users.
Leaseweb CDN
Dutch infrastructure provider operating a Multi-CDN platform with 295+ combined PoPs and 80,000+ managed servers.
Gigas
Spanish publicly traded cloud provider operating nine data centers across Spain, Portugal, Ireland, and Latin America.
