Eliminate Vendor Lock-In and Ensure EU Data Sovereignty

A significant number of companies feel locked into their cloud providers due to complex contracts and pricing. Over 80% of German business leaders express concern about digital sovereignty. A sovereign-by-design platform, operated exclusively in certified European data centers, removes this risk. It provides country-level geofencing to guarantee data stays within predefined EU regions, offering full legal certainty under GDPR. This approach directly addresses the 92% of Western data stored with non-EU providers. Choosing a German cloud alternative is a strategic step towards mitigating this dependency.

This focus on EU-centric governance ensures your data is shielded from foreign legal access requests, a critical factor for regulated industries. The next step is to align this sovereignty with a transparent financial model.

Stabilize Your Cloud Budget with a Predictable Financial Model

Unpredictable costs are a primary pain point for IT departments, with egress fees and API call charges causing budget overruns of 30% or more. An alternative built on a transparent economic model eliminates these variables entirely. This means zero egress fees, zero API call costs, and no minimum storage durations. For MSPs and resellers, this translates directly into predictable, defensible margins for Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) and archiving solutions. A clear cloud storage price comparison reveals the long-term value.

Here is how this model creates financial stability:

• No Egress Fees: Freely access and move your data without financial penalties, encouraging a multi-cloud strategy.
• No API Call Costs: Run applications and backup jobs as frequently as needed without incurring extra charges.
• No Minimum Duration: Store data for any length of time, from hours to years, with no penalties for short-term usage.
• Transparent Billing: Pay only for the storage you consume, simplifying budget forecasting by 100%.

With costs under control, the focus can shift to ensuring seamless technical integration and operational continuity.

Protect Your Investments with Full S3 API Support

Migrating to a new platform should not require rewriting applications or abandoning years of investment in tools and scripts. Full S3 API compatibility is non-negotiable for a seamless transition. This goes beyond basic object operations to include advanced capabilities like versioning, lifecycle management, and event notifications. This ensures that 100% of your existing S3-based workflows, from backup software to custom analytics pipelines, continue to function without modification. You can manage your object storage with the same tools you use today.

This commitment to open standards protects past investments and minimizes migration risk to near zero. It also provides the foundation for building a modern, resilient data protection strategy.

Implement Immutable Backups for Proactive Ransomware Protection

Ransomware attacks continue to grow in sophistication, making immutable storage a critical defense layer. Using S3 Object Lock, backups are made unchangeable and cannot be deleted, even by an administrator, for a defined retention period. This provides an air-gapped, audit-ready copy of your data that is resilient to malicious encryption. This feature can reduce data recovery times by over 90% following an incident. A secure alternative to IONOS must prioritize this capability.

A robust backup strategy incorporates this feature as follows:

1. Automate Backups: Schedule regular backups from your primary systems to S3-compatible storage using your existing backup tools.
2. Enable Object Lock: Apply a retention policy (e.g., 30 days) to all incoming backup data, making it immutable.
3. Test Restores Regularly: Periodically validate your backups by performing test restores to ensure data integrity and recoverability.
4. Monitor Access Logs: Continuously monitor logs for any unusual access patterns to detect threats early.

This proactive security posture is complemented by an architecture designed for consistent, high-speed performance.

Accelerate Data Access with an "Always-Hot" Storage Model

Complex storage tiering often creates hidden operational costs and delays. Policies for moving data between hot, cool, and archive tiers can fail, leading to API timeouts and surprise fees during urgent restores. An "Always-Hot" object storage model eliminates this complexity entirely. All data is immediately accessible with predictable, low latency, reducing operational overhead by at least 25%. This architecture ensures that every object, whether for backup, analytics, or archiving, is ready for immediate use. This approach simplifies operations for 100% of your data. This model is a core component of modern cloud storage.

By providing consistent read/write performance, this model keeps third-party applications stable and strengthens your recovery posture. This operational simplicity is crucial as EU regulations evolve.

Gain a Competitive Edge with Built-in Regulatory Readiness

Upcoming EU regulations demand a new level of data governance and portability. A European cloud provider builds compliance into its core, giving you a competitive advantage. This readiness addresses two key pieces of legislation:

• EU Data Act (from September 2025): The platform's design supports data portability and interoperability, ensuring you can exit without lock-in, as mandated by the new rules.
• NIS-2 Directive: Continuous security processes, supply-chain assurance, and incident reporting timelines are integrated into operations, not treated as an add-on.

This proactive stance on compliance reduces risk and prepares your organization for the future of EU data law. It also creates new opportunities for channel partners.

Enable MSPs with Predictable Margins and Multi-Tenant Tools

For Managed Service Providers, a true cloud alternative must be partner-ready by design. The predictable, zero-fee economic model allows MSPs to build BaaS and archiving services with stable, defensible margins of 40% or more. A multi-tenant partner console with role-based access control (RBAC) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) simplifies management across hundreds of clients. Automation via a full-featured API and CLI streamlines onboarding and reporting. Expanded local access through distributors like api in Germany and Northamber plc in the UK provides support for over 5,000 resellers. This ecosystem offers a clear path to growth, unlike some Hetzner alternatives.

With these capabilities, partners can deliver sovereign, high-performance storage solutions to their clients with confidence. The final step is to experience the platform directly.

Take the Next Step Towards Digital Sovereignty

Making the switch to a sovereign cloud alternative is a practical move towards greater control, security, and cost predictability. With full S3 compatibility, the migration path is straightforward, requiring zero changes to your existing applications. You can protect your backups from ransomware with immutable storage and ensure compliance with evolving EU regulations from day one. Over 50% of public cloud decision-makers cite sovereignty as a top concern. Now is the time to act. Talk to an expert or start a free trial to see how a European cloud storage solution can benefit your organization.