European alternatives to Google Cloud
Google's cloud platform, running on the same global infrastructure as Search and Gmail. It's a US company's cloud under the CLOUD Act, and using it feeds one more workload into the Google ecosystem.
Company information about Google Cloud
- Company
- Google LLC
- Parent company
- Alphabet Inc.
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, United States
- Founded
- 2008
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- Publicly traded
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- No
- Infrastructure
- Own infrastructure
Why people switch away from Google Cloud
European alternatives to Google Cloud
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.
France's largest cloud provider with 43 data centres across Europe and beyond. Family-founded in 1999, publicly listed, with a strong focus on data sovereignty and competitive pricing.
French cloud provider with data centres in Paris and Amsterdam. Eco-friendly infrastructure, GDPR-native, competitive pricing.
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People also replace
Amazon Web Services 
Microsoft Azure 
Cloudflare 
Alibaba Cloud 
Heroku 
Vercel 
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Start somewhere.
Switching everything overnight is not realistic. Start where it matters most: your email, your cloud storage, your business tools. Replace one thing at a time.
The European Alternative already exists.
Pick Europe.
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.