Eliminate Hidden Fees and Predict Costs by 100%

A significant portion of cloud storage expenses, often over 52%, comes from unpredictable operational charges rather than storage volume. These include egress fees for data retrieval and costs for every API call, which can quickly inflate monthly bills by thousands of euros. This pricing model creates vendor lock-in, making it difficult for the 70% of companies that feel trapped to migrate their data without financial penalties.

Impossible Cloud provides a transparent alternative with a predictable pricing model. We charge for storage only, with zero egress fees, zero API call costs, and no minimum storage duration. This approach allows businesses to forecast their expenditures with 100% accuracy. For more details on transparent pricing, explore our guide on S3 storage pricing in Germany. This model ensures you only pay for the resources you actively use, removing the financial barriers to accessing your own data.

By removing these variable costs, businesses can achieve significant savings and simplify their budget management entirely.

Achieve Full GDPR Compliance with Sovereign, Geofenced Storage

For businesses in Germany, storing data within EU borders is not just a preference; it is a legal requirement under GDPR. Using non-EU providers can expose sensitive Hornetsecurity backups to foreign jurisdictions, such as the CLOUD Act, creating significant compliance risks. Data residency laws in Germany mandate that personal data remains protected under stringent local regulations.

Impossible Cloud is sovereign by design, operating exclusively in certified European data centers to guarantee GDPR compliance. Our platform offers country-level geofencing, ensuring your data never leaves Germany. This provides the legal certainty required for regulated industries and protects against unauthorized access. You can learn more about our sovereign S3 object storage.

Here is how we ensure data sovereignty:

• EU-Only Data Centers: All infrastructure is located within the European Union, managed by an EU company.
• Strict Geofencing: Data is stored in your chosen region, such as Germany, and does not move.
• CLOUD Act Avoidance: We provide a legal framework that shields your data from foreign government access requests.
• GDPR by Design: Our services are built from the ground up to meet the highest standards of European data protection.

This commitment to data sovereignty provides a secure foundation for your backup and disaster recovery strategy.

Enhance Ransomware Protection with Immutable S3 Storage

Ransomware attacks increasingly target backup repositories, with 15% of attacks specifically aiming to encrypt or delete backup data. Hornetsecurity recommends using immutable storage to protect against such threats, ensuring that backup copies cannot be altered or deleted for a defined period. This creates a secure, unchangeable copy of your data for reliable recovery.

Impossible Cloud integrates seamlessly with Hornetsecurity and offers S3 Object Lock for immutable backups. This feature allows you to make your backup data unchangeable for as long as you need, from 30 days to 365 days or more. Our full S3-API compatibility ensures that your existing backup jobs and scripts work without any modification. Find out more about our Hornetsecurity storage solutions.

Implementing immutable backups is a critical step in a modern data protection strategy, providing a last line of defense.

Accelerate Recovery with an 'Always-Hot' Storage Architecture

Traditional cloud storage often involves complex tiering, where data is moved between hot, cool, and cold storage to manage costs. This approach can introduce restore delays of several hours and unexpected retrieval fees, complicating disaster recovery efforts. For the 40% of businesses that need immediate data access, these delays are unacceptable.

Impossible Cloud utilizes an "Always-Hot" object storage model, where all data is immediately accessible without any tier-restore delays or fees. This architecture simplifies operations and guarantees predictable, low-latency performance for all your Hornetsecurity backups. It eliminates the risk of lifecycle policy errors and ensures your third-party tools remain stable. Read about our fastest cloud storage solutions.

This model ensures every file, whether recent or archived, is ready for immediate recovery when you need it most.

Future-Proof Your Operations for the EU Data Act and NIS-2

New EU regulations are reshaping the digital landscape. The EU Data Act, with most rules applying from September 2025, mandates data portability and interoperability to prevent vendor lock-in. The NIS-2 Directive requires cloud providers to implement continuous security processes, including supply-chain assurance and incident reporting within 24 hours.

Impossible Cloud is built for regulatory readiness, aligning with these future requirements today. Our architecture ensures:

1. Data Portability: We use open standards and provide proven bulk data movement tools, giving you a real exit path.
2. No Lock-In: Our transparent model with no egress fees supports the Data Act's goal of fostering competition.
3. NIS-2 Compliance: We bake in continuous security, vulnerability management, and supply-chain assurance into our core operations.
4. EU Control: Our EU-controlled key management and certified data centers support a secure cloud backup strategy.

Choosing a forward-looking provider ensures your storage strategy remains compliant as regulations evolve.

Empower MSPs with Predictable Margins and Simplified Management

For Managed Service Providers (MSPs) in Germany, profitability depends on predictable costs and operational efficiency. The zero-egress-fee model is a game-changer, allowing MSPs to build stable, defensible margins for Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) offerings. With partners like the German distributor api, local access for resellers is streamlined.

Our partner-ready platform provides a multi-tenant console with robust Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). MSPs can automate workflows via our full API/CLI support and generate detailed reports for clients. This combination of features makes us one of the cheapest S3 storage providers in Europe for the channel. Onboarding takes just minutes, enabling partners to scale their services quickly.

This focus on the channel ensures our partners can deliver value without worrying about fluctuating costs.