European alternatives to Cloudflare
A US network that sits in front of much of the web as CDN, DNS and DDoS protection. It open-sources heavily and champions privacy, but as a publicly-traded US company it's still bound by the CLOUD Act.
Company information about Cloudflare
- Company
- Cloudflare Inc.
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Founded
- 2009
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- Publicly traded
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- Partial
- Infrastructure
- Own infrastructure
Why people switch away from Cloudflare
European alternatives to Cloudflare
Slovenian content delivery network and cloud storage provider founded in 2017. Operates 120+ PoPs worldwide with European ownership and no ties to US Big Tech. Simple pricing, no hidden fees, GDPR-compliant infrastructure.
S3-compatible object storage launched by German cloud provider Hetzner in December 2024. Store data in certified European data centres in Falkenstein, Nuremberg, or Helsinki. From €4.99/month per TB with no egress charges within the EU network zone.
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Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.
FISA Section 702
Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.
GDPR vs US law conflict
EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.