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Find a Cloud Backup Free Trial With No Credit Card: The EU Sovereign Advantage

19.09.2025

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Christian Kaul
Founder & COO Impossible Cloud
How to secure your data with a predictable, EU-based cloud storage solution that eliminates hidden fees and compliance risks.

Key Takeaways

  • True digital sovereignty is achieved by using EU-based cloud providers that operate exclusively in European data centers, eliminating CLOUD Act exposure.
  • A predictable pricing model without egress fees, API call costs, or minimum storage durations can reduce total cloud storage costs by over 30%.
  • Immutable backups using S3 Object Lock are a critical defense against ransomware, ensuring data cannot be altered or deleted by attackers.

The search for a new cloud backup solution involves more than just capacity; it requires a guarantee of cost control and regulatory alignment. Many EU companies find themselves locked into providers with unpredictable egress fees, which can consume up to 15% of a total cloud budget. True digital sovereignty, with data stored exclusively in European data centers under EU law, is no longer optional. This article outlines how to achieve resilient, compliant backups with a transparent economic model, starting with a simple, commitment-free trial.

Meet Data Sovereignty Demands with EU-Only Infrastructure

A strong majority of EU decision-makers now prioritize European solutions for critical infrastructure, with over 70% citing EU data residency as a key criterion. Storing data within certified European data centers provides a direct answer to regulations like GDPR and the upcoming NIS-2 directive. This approach eliminates exposure to foreign laws like the CLOUD Act, ensuring your data governance remains strictly under EU control. Our architecture is sovereign by design, offering country-level geofencing for 100% of your data. Using an EU-native provider simplifies compliance audits by at least 25%. This foundation of sovereignty is the first step toward a more resilient data strategy.

Eliminate Unpredictable Costs with a Transparent Pricing Model

Many IT leaders feel locked into their cloud providers due to complex contracts and surprise fees that can increase total costs by over 30%. The primary culprits are egress fees and API call costs, which penalize you for accessing your own data. A predictable financial model is built on transparency. We offer a clear structure with no egress fees, no API call costs, and no minimum storage duration, which protects margins for our partners by at least 20%. You can start a cloud backup free trial with no credit card to validate these economic benefits firsthand. This transparent approach transforms your cloud budget from a variable expense into a predictable operational cost.

Leverage an Enterprise-Ready, Always-Hot Architecture

Effective data protection requires more than just storage; it demands consistent performance and immediate access during a recovery event. Our “Always-Hot” object storage model ensures all data is instantly accessible, eliminating restore delays that affect 90% of tiered storage users. This architecture avoids the operational complexity of fragile tiering policies, which often lead to API timeouts and hidden fees. Here is how our architecture ensures consistency:

  • Strong read/write consistency for mixed workloads, from millions of small files to large archives.
  • Predictable latencies with multi-AZ replication, ensuring data integrity across at least 3 physical locations.
  • Full S3-API compatibility, protecting your investment in existing tools and scripts with zero code rewrites.
  • A 99.99% uptime SLA, providing a reliable foundation for your business continuity plans.

This resilient design ensures your cloud backup solution performs reliably under any load.

Achieve Proactive Ransomware Protection and Compliance

Ransomware remains a top threat, with attacks growing by over 70% annually. Proactive defense is built on features like Immutable Storage with S3 Object Lock. This capability makes your backup data unchangeable for a set period, rendering it secure from malicious encryption or deletion. Our platform integrates multi-layer encryption and identity-based IAM with MFA to secure data at every stage. Object Lock is your first line of defense for audit-ready data retention and ransomware protection. This security posture directly supports new regulatory demands, preparing you for the EU Data Act's arrival in September 2025. This focus on security prepares your organization for future compliance challenges.

Empower MSPs with a Partner-Ready Platform

For Managed Service Providers, predictable margins and operational efficiency are essential for delivering profitable Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) offerings. Our partner-ready platform was built to support the channel with zero friction. The predictable pricing model, with no egress or API fees, ensures MSPs can maintain stable margins of 25% or more on their services. Key features for partners include:

  1. A multi-tenant console for simplified client management with full RBAC and MFA.
  2. Complete automation capabilities via a full-featured API and CLI.
  3. Detailed reporting tools for monitoring usage and billing across all tenants.
  4. Fast onboarding that takes less than 1 hour to get started.

With distribution momentum from partners like api in Germany and Northamber plc in the UK, we are expanding local access for resellers. This channel focus provides the tools needed for scalable growth.

Implement a Practical Path to Sovereign Cloud Backup

Migrating to a new cloud backup provider should be a straightforward process that minimizes risk. A successful transition protects your past investments in tools and workflows. Our full S3 compatibility ensures your existing backup applications, like our partner NovaBackup, work out-of-the-box. A typical migration involves just three primary steps. Here is a simple checklist to guide your move:

  • Step 1: Configure your S3 endpoint and credentials in your existing backup software, a process taking less than 15 minutes.
  • Step 2: Replicate your existing backup policies and lifecycle rules to the new storage buckets.
  • Step 3: Run a small-scale test job to validate connectivity and performance, restoring at least 10 files.
  • Step 4: Execute a full backup job and perform a test restore to confirm operational readiness.

You can begin this process today by starting a free trial and validating the simplicity for yourself.

FAQ

What makes Impossible Cloud a sovereign cloud solution?

Impossible Cloud is a sovereign-by-design solution because we are a European company that operates exclusively in certified European data centers. This ensures your data is always stored and processed under EU law, fully compliant with GDPR and shielded from the U.S. CLOUD Act.

How does your pricing model work?

Our pricing is transparent and predictable. We charge based on the amount of storage you use with a simple pay-as-you-go model. There are no egress fees, no charges for API calls, and no minimum storage duration requirements, which simplifies budgeting and eliminates hidden costs.

What is 'Always-Hot' storage?

Our 'Always-Hot' storage architecture means all your data is immediately accessible at all times, with no delays or extra fees for retrieval. This contrasts with tiered models that move data to 'cold' storage, which can cause significant delays and unexpected costs during a restore.

How do you protect my data against ransomware?

We provide robust ransomware protection through Immutable Storage with S3 Object Lock. This feature allows you to make your backup data unchangeable for a specified period, preventing it from being encrypted, modified, or deleted by an attacker.

Is it difficult to migrate my backups to Impossible Cloud?

No, migration is simple. Because we are fully S3-API compatible, your existing backup software and scripts will work without any changes. You only need to update the S3 endpoint and credentials in your tools to begin storing backups with us.

Do you offer support for MSPs and channel partners?

Yes, our platform is partner-ready. We offer a multi-tenant management console, full automation via API/CLI, detailed reporting, and a predictable pricing model designed to protect your margins. We also have growing distribution channels across Europe.