Eliminate Unpredictable Cloud Costs by Design

Most cloud providers' pricing models create significant financial uncertainty for IT departments. A 2025 study found 95% of organizations experience unexpected cloud storage charges from fees for data egress and API calls. These variable costs make budget forecasting for data-intensive workloads like backup and disaster recovery nearly impossible. An alternative model completely removes these punitive charges. This predictable-by-design approach means zero egress fees, zero API call costs, and no minimum storage duration. This shift gives Managed Service Providers (MSPs) the ability to secure predictable margins for their BaaS and archiving services. It provides a stable foundation for financial planning, a clear advantage over the hyperscaler status quo.

Achieve Digital Sovereignty and CLOUD Act Avoidance

Data sovereignty is a primary concern for over 80% of EU decision-makers. Storing data with non-EU providers creates exposure to foreign laws like the U.S. CLOUD Act, which can compel access to European data regardless of its physical location. A truly sovereign solution operates exclusively in certified European data centers. This ensures all data remains under strict EU legal governance, aligning with GDPR from the ground up. With features like country-level geofencing, organizations in regulated sectors such as financial services can guarantee data stays within predefined regions. This architecture provides the legal certainty that many enterprises now demand.

Leverage Full S3 Compatibility Without Reworking Pipelines

Migrating to a new storage platform often carries the risk of costly application rewrites and workflow disruptions. Full S3-API compatibility eliminates this barrier, protecting past investments in scripts, tools, and applications. This goes beyond basic object operations to include advanced capabilities. The goal is 100% continuity for existing tools and SDKs. A fully compatible platform supports:

• Standard object operations via API, CLI, and SDK.
• Advanced features like versioning and lifecycle management.
• Out-of-the-box integrations with leading backup tools like NovaBackup.
• Event notifications to trigger automated downstream processes.

This ensures a seamless transition, allowing IT teams to switch endpoints with zero code changes. This approach minimizes migration risk and preserves years of operational knowledge.

Adopt an 'Always-Hot' Architecture for Superior Performance

Complex storage tiering introduces delays, restore fees, and operational fragility. An "Always-Hot" object storage model ensures all data is immediately accessible with predictable latencies, eliminating the hidden costs and API timeouts associated with restoring data from archival tiers. This architecture is built for consistency and availability, using multi-AZ replication to prevent single points of failure. Every object is treated as critical, avoiding the performance penalties of tiered systems. This simplifies operations for use cases handling millions of small files or hybrid analytic workloads. It guarantees that when you need your data for a restore or audit, it is available in milliseconds.

Strengthen Ransomware Defense with Immutable Storage

Ransomware remains a top threat, making immutable backups a critical defense layer. Using S3 Object Lock, organizations can make their backup data unchangeable for a defined period, rendering it safe from malicious encryption or deletion. This write-once-read-many (WORM) model is a core component of a modern 4-2-2 or 3-2-1 backup strategy. The security posture is further enhanced with multi-layer encryption (in transit and at rest) and granular Identity and Access Management (IAM). These controls, including MFA and RBAC, ensure only authorized personnel can access sensitive data. This provides an audit-ready retention system that strengthens your overall ransomware protection posture.

Prepare for the EU Data Act and NIS-2 Regulations

Upcoming EU regulations create new compliance burdens that a sovereign cloud architecture addresses by design. The EU Data Act, effective from September 2025, mandates data portability to prevent vendor lock-in. A standards-based platform with exportable formats proves a real exit path is always available. The NIS-2 Directive requires continuous security processes and supply-chain assurance for critical infrastructure. An EU-centric provider bakes these requirements into its operations, offering patch management and documented incident reporting timelines. This regulatory readiness becomes a competitive advantage, not an afterthought. Choosing a compliant platform simplifies adherence to these evolving European standards.

Empower MSPs and Channel Partners with a Predictable Model

For MSPs and resellers, margin predictability is everything. The zero-egress, zero-API-fee model provides a stable economic foundation for building profitable services like Backup-as-a-Service and archiving. A partner-ready platform accelerates growth with essential tools. These features are designed for rapid onboarding and efficient scaling:

1. A multi-tenant console with robust RBAC and MFA.
2. Full automation capabilities via a comprehensive API and CLI.
3. Detailed reporting for client management and billing.
4. Expanded local access through distributors like api in Germany and Northamber plc in the UK.

This ecosystem focus ensures partners can deliver value to their clients without risking their own profitability on unpredictable cloud costs.

Your Next Steps Toward a Sovereign and Affordable Cloud

Switching to a European cloud alternative is a practical step toward gaining cost control and digital sovereignty. The process begins with identifying workloads burdened by high egress fees, such as backup, disaster recovery, or archiving. An S3-compatible platform allows for a simple migration; you only need to update the endpoint and credentials in your existing tools. Test restores and data validation are simplified with an always-hot architecture, ensuring 100% of your data is immediately available. To see the benefits firsthand, you can talk to an expert. Start a free trial to experience the performance and simplicity of a truly predictable cloud storage solution.