European alternatives to GoDaddy

The world's largest domain registrar and web hosting provider.

GoDaddy Inc. · Outside Europe

About GoDaddy

Company: GoDaddy Inc.
HQ: United States
Zone: Outside Europe

Key concerns

Non-European ownershipSubject to US CLOUD Act

INWX

86 · Strongly European

Germany · Domain registrars

A Berlin-based registrar covering 1,000+ TLDs with a powerful API, free privacy protection, and a strong reputation among developers and resellers.

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Paid · from From €5/year 🇪🇺 EU

IONOS

83 · Strongly European

Germany · Website builders & CMS

Website builder, hosting, domains, and cloud from Germany's largest web host. Data hosted in the EU under German data-protection law.

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Freemium · from From €1/month 🇪🇺 EU

Hostinger

76 · Strongly European

Lithuania · Hosting & cloud infrastructure

Lithuanian web hosting giant serving 29 million users in 178 countries. Affordable shared, VPS and cloud hosting with a custom control panel and strong European infrastructure.

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Paid · from €2.99/mo 🇪🇺 EU

Gandi

66 · Mostly European

France · Domain registrars

A long-established French registrar known for its 'no bullshit' ethos, transparent pricing, and included privacy protection. Domains, hosting, and email.

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Paid · from From €12/year 🇪🇺 EU

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Did you know? Storing data on European servers does not protect you from US law if the company is American-owned.

Why avoid United States-owned services?

CLOUD Act

Allows US authorities to compel American companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world.

FISA Section 702

Permits mass surveillance of non-US persons' data held by US tech providers, without a warrant.

GDPR vs US law

Transferring personal data to US companies may conflict with EU data protection rules under GDPR.

These concerns apply to all United States tech companies — see our full analysis →