Cloud & hosting

HetznervsScaleway

Both score similarly on sovereignty (85 vs 84). The right choice depends on the details below – open source, self-hosting, pricing and focus.

Score comparison

	Hetzner	Scaleway
Sovereignty	85	84
Privacy	80	80
Open Source	10	20
Business fit	82	80
Migration ease	60	60
Pricing transparency	92	80
Enterprise readiness	80	80

Features & facts

	Hetzner	Scaleway
Country	Germany	France
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	Germany (Nuremberg, Falkenstein), Finland (Helsinki)	EU (including Paris, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Milan)
From	3,79 € / Monat	on request
Founded	1997	1999

Hetzner

Germany

German cloud and server provider with very good value for money and data centers in DE/FI.

Strengths

Very low, transparent prices (cloud from approx. €3.79/month)
Own data centers in Germany and Finland, ISO 27001:2022 + BSI C5
Reliable cloud and dedicated servers

Weaknesses

Smaller managed-services portfolio than AWS/Azure
Fewer ready-made PaaS building blocks

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

Choose Hetzner if…

Developers and SMEs with their own ops know-how
Cost-conscious projects that need standard infrastructure

Choose Scaleway if…

Developers and SaaS teams looking for a modern EU cloud
Cloud-native projects with Kubernetes

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