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EU cloud alternatives, compared honestly
Side-by-side looks at what each provider does well, what it costs, and what changes when your infrastructure answers to European law only. Every number is sourced and dated.
An UpCloud alternative: Nordic sovereignty, Southern prices
2026-07-09UpCloud vs Unio Cloud in 2026: two clean-jurisdiction EU providers compared on 4 vCPU / 8 GB pricing, SLAs, storage and billing.
An EU alternative to Google Cloud VMs: Unio Cloud compared
2026-07-06Google Cloud vs Unio Cloud in 2026: Frankfurt VM pricing, the most expensive egress of the big three, and partner-run sovereignty vs EU ownership.
An EU alternative to Linode / Akamai Cloud: Unio Cloud compared
2026-07-02Linode (Akamai) vs Unio Cloud in 2026: $48 vs €7.79 for 4 vCPU / 8 GB, the Akamai transition, CLOUD Act exposure, and OpenStack portability.
A Contabo alternative: what the lowest price doesn't include
2026-06-29Contabo vs Unio Cloud in 2026: Contabo wins on raw price - we compare commitment terms, port speed, billing model and what happens to your snapshots.
An EU-sovereign Vultr alternative: Unio Cloud compared
2026-06-26Vultr vs Unio Cloud in 2026: $40 vs €7.79 for 4 vCPU / 8 GB, seven EU regions vs EU-only jurisdiction, billing gotchas, and the OpenStack difference.
An EU alternative to Azure VMs: Unio Cloud compared
2026-06-24Azure vs Unio Cloud in 2026: F4s v2 at €123.90 vs u33 at €7.79 in Germany, the EU Data Boundary vs EU ownership, and metered egress vs 20 TB included.
An IONOS alternative without the two-catalog puzzle
2026-06-21IONOS vs Unio Cloud in 2026: retail VPS vs IONOS Cloud Cubes, setup fees, US data centers, and a simpler EU-only model compared.
A European DigitalOcean alternative: Unio Cloud compared
2026-06-18DigitalOcean vs Unio Cloud in 2026: $48 vs €7.79 for 4 vCPU / 8 GB, EU jurisdiction vs the CLOUD Act, and what changes for European teams.
A Scaleway alternative: EU sovereignty at a third of the price
2026-06-14Scaleway vs Unio Cloud in 2026: both pure-EU providers, compared on real 4 vCPU / 8 GB cost, billing mechanics, and API standards.
A Netcup alternative with an API and no 12-month term
2026-06-11Netcup vs Unio Cloud in 2026: flat German pricing vs hourly-capped billing, contract terms, and what an actual cloud API changes for automation.
An OVHcloud alternative: two OpenStack clouds compared
2026-06-08OVHcloud vs Unio Cloud in 2026: both OpenStack, both European - compared on VPS pricing, commitment terms, and how far the sovereignty story goes.
An EU alternative to AWS for compute: Unio Cloud compared
2026-06-05AWS vs Unio Cloud in 2026: €123.90 vs €7.79 for 4 vCPU / 8 GB in Frankfurt, the egress bill nobody budgets for, and what the CLOUD Act means in the EU.
An EU-sovereign Hetzner alternative: Unio Cloud compared
2026-06-03Hetzner vs Unio Cloud in 2026: same-spec pricing, the dedicated-vCPU gap, OpenStack vs proprietary API, and what EU-only jurisdiction changes.