Scalewayvs
STACKIT
On our sovereignty score, STACKIT leads (89 vs 84). Both are European Cloud & hosting providers – which fits better depends on your priorities below.
Score comparison
| Scaleway | STACKIT | |
|---|---|---|
| Sovereignty | 84 | 89 |
| Privacy | 80 | 84 |
| Open Source | 20 | 10 |
| Business fit | 80 | 78 |
| Migration ease | 60 | 55 |
| Pricing transparency | 80 | 58 |
| Enterprise readiness | 80 | 84 |
Features & facts
| Scaleway | STACKIT | |
|---|---|---|
| Country | France | Germany |
| Open Source | No | No |
| Self-Hosting | No | No |
| Cloud/SaaS | Yes | Yes |
| EU data residency | Yes | Yes |
| DPA / AV-Vertrag | Yes | Yes |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| Data location | EU (including Paris, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Milan) | Germany and Austria (exclusively) |
| From | on request | on request |
| Founded | 1999 | 2018 |
Scaleway
France
Developer-friendly French cloud (iliad Group) with modern API, Kubernetes and serverless offerings.
Strengths
- Modern, developer-friendly API and products
- All data centers in Europe; ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, HDS
- Serverless and managed Kubernetes offerings, low-cost entry
Weaknesses
- Smaller ecosystem than the major hyperscalers
- Not all managed services are available at the same maturity level

STACKIT
Germany
Sovereign German business cloud from the Schwarz Group with data centers exclusively in Germany and Austria.
Strengths
- Data exclusively in DE/AT, 100% GDPR-compliant
- BSI C5 Type 2, ISO 27001/20000, ISAE 3000 (SOC 2)/3402
- Strong corporate group backing, free data transfer
Weaknesses
- Younger provider with a still-growing ecosystem
- Prices are less transparently visible publicly
Choose Scaleway if…
- Developers and SaaS teams looking for a modern EU cloud
- Cloud-native projects with Kubernetes
Choose STACKIT if…
- Companies and public authorities with sovereignty requirements
- Enterprise workloads with EU data storage
Scores are editorial orientation, not legal advice. Details are based on public provider information and are not independently verified.