Alarikvs
IONOS
On our sovereignty score, Alarik leads (88 vs 80). Both are European Cloud & hosting providers – which fits better depends on your priorities below.
Score comparison
| Alarik | IONOS | |
|---|---|---|
| Sovereignty | 88 | 80 |
| Privacy | 85 | 75 |
| Open Source | 95 | 10 |
| Business fit | 58 | 80 |
| Migration ease | 60 | 62 |
| Pricing transparency | 90 | 80 |
| Enterprise readiness | 40 | 78 |
Features & facts
| Alarik | IONOS | |
|---|---|---|
| Country | Germany | Germany |
| Open Source | Yes | No |
| Self-Hosting | Yes | No |
| Cloud/SaaS | No | Yes |
| EU data residency | Yes | Yes |
| DPA / AV-Vertrag | unknown | Yes |
| ISO 27001 | unknown | Yes |
| Data location | self-determined (self-hosting) | Germany/EU (including Frankfurt, Berlin) |
| From | on request | 1 € / Monat |
| Founded | 2025 | 1988 |
Alarik
Germany
Open-source, S3-compatible object store from Germany (Apache 2.0) – a self-hostable alternative to MinIO and AWS S3, still in early development.
Strengths
- Open source (Apache 2.0), without licensing traps
- Self-hostable – full data sovereignty, S3-compatible API
- German team with its own production interest (belegFuchs)
- Performant core (Swift/SwiftNIO), built-in web console
Weaknesses
- Early development stage (beta) – breaking changes possible
- No managed/SaaS offering, operation requires your own know-how
- Small project, still limited enterprise features and track record
IONOS
Germany
Large German hosting and cloud provider with a broad offering from web hosting to enterprise cloud.
Strengths
- Very broad product portfolio, low-cost entry
- European data centers, ISO 27001-certified
- Sovereign offerings for the public sector
Weaknesses
- Product variety can feel confusing
- Parts of the infrastructure run in Equinix data centers
- Cloud platform is less developer-centric than Scaleway/Hetzner
Choose Alarik if…
- Teams looking for an open, self-hostable S3 alternative to MinIO
- Developers with S3 workloads who want data sovereignty
Choose IONOS if…
- SMEs that want hosting and cloud from a single source
- Organizations that need sovereign offerings
Scores are editorial orientation, not legal advice. Details are based on public provider information and are not independently verified.