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- Decentralized cloud storage offers a sovereign-by-design solution, keeping data exclusively within EU data centers and under EU law to ensure compliance and avoid foreign jurisdiction.
- A transparent pricing model with no egress fees, API call costs, or minimum storage duration provides predictable costs and empowers multi-cloud strategies without financial penalties.
- Full S3-API compatibility combined with an 'Always-Hot' storage architecture ensures seamless migration, consistent performance, and robust ransomware protection with immutable backups.
In 2025, the demand for digital sovereignty is a strategic business imperative, with 87% of IT leaders prioritizing security and compliance. Yet, many EU enterprises feel trapped by non-EU providers, facing vendor lock-in and complex cost structures. Decentralized cloud storage emerges as a practical solution, offering a sovereign-by-design architecture operated exclusively in European data centers. This model provides full S3-API compatibility, transparent pricing with no egress fees, and robust ransomware protection, enabling businesses to meet GDPR, NIS-2, and EU Data Act requirements while maintaining control over their digital assets.
Secure Data Sovereignty Within EU Borders
True data sovereignty extends beyond mere data residency; it ensures data is governed by EU law, safe from foreign jurisdiction. A majority of EU decision-makers now demand European solutions for their critical infrastructure. Our decentralized cloud storage is operated exclusively in certified European data centers, offering country-level geofencing to guarantee your data never leaves predefined regions. This architecture provides a direct answer to the CLOUD Act, giving businesses 100% legal certainty.
This EU-centric model is designed for organizations in regulated industries like financial services. It ensures that all data, from metadata to backups, remains under EU control. With the EU's data processing capacity set to triple by 2030, choosing a sovereign solution is a foundational step for future growth. This approach aligns with the growing need for a trusted digital environment.
Eliminate Unpredictable Costs with a Transparent Model
Cloud cost complexity is a major pain point for over 60% of IT departments. Many providers charge significant egress fees for data transfers, creating a barrier to switching services. The EU Data Act aims to make such fees obsolete by 2027, but our model eliminates them today. We offer a predictable pricing structure with no egress fees, no API call costs, and no minimum storage duration.
This transparency is especially valuable for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) who need predictable margins for their offerings. Our economic model avoids the hidden operational costs that affect 45% of cloud users. By removing financial penalties for accessing your own data, you can build a multi-cloud strategy without risk. This clear economic framework is a key driver for the 47% of German enterprises that have adopted cloud computing.
Leverage an Enterprise-Ready, S3-Compatible Architecture
Full S3-API compatibility is essential for a seamless transition, protecting your investment in existing tools and scripts. Our platform ensures not just basic S3 operations but also advanced capabilities like versioning and lifecycle management work out-of-the-box. This protects past investments for the 78% of large EU enterprises using cloud services. You can migrate data and applications without code rewrites, minimizing risk and downtime.
We utilize an “Always-Hot” object storage model, making 100% of your data immediately accessible without tier-restore delays. This approach avoids the fragility of complex tiering, which often leads to API timeouts and unexpected fees. The benefits of this architecture include:
- Consistent Performance: Strong read/write consistency and predictable latencies for mixed workloads.
- Operational Simplicity: No need to manage complex lifecycle policies for data retrieval.
- Tool Stability: Third-party backup and archive tools remain stable and performant.
- No Restore Surprises: Avoid delays and fees associated with retrieving data from cold tiers.
This robust decentralized architecture ensures high availability and integrity for all data types.
Achieve Compliance and Ransomware Resilience by Design
With ransomware attacks targeting backups in 96% of incidents, immutable storage is no longer optional. Our platform includes Immutable Storage with Object Lock, creating undeletable, unchangeable copies of your data for a specified period. This provides a powerful defense against ransomware and supports audit-ready data retention policies. Multi-layer encryption for data in transit and at rest further secures your assets.
Our security posture is built to meet modern regulatory demands. Key compliance features include:
- GDPR Alignment: Strictly EU-centric data storage and governance to meet all GDPR requirements.
- NIS-2 Readiness: Continuous security processes, vulnerability management, and supply-chain assurance are baked into our operations.
- EU Data Act (Sept 2025): Designed for data portability and interoperability, ensuring you have a real exit path with no lock-in.
- Advanced IAM: Identity and Access Management with MFA, RBAC, and support for SAML/OIDC secures access at a granular level.
These features provide the network security needed to protect critical enterprise workloads.
Empower Channel Partners with a Predictable Value Proposition
For MSPs, resellers, and system integrators, predictable margins are the foundation of a profitable business. Our partner-ready model is designed for the channel, offering zero egress and API fees to ensure the margins you quote are the margins you get. This is a significant advantage for Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) and archiving solutions, where data movement is constant.
Our multi-tenant partner console simplifies management with features like RBAC, MFA, and detailed reporting. Automation via a comprehensive API and CLI allows for deep integration into your existing workflows, enabling fast onboarding for new clients. Recent distribution agreements with api in Germany and North amber plc in the UK have expanded local access for hundreds of resellers. This growing partner network is a testament to our channel-first commitment.
Implement a Practical and Seamless Migration
Migrating to a new decentralized cloud storage provider should be straightforward. Thanks to full S3 compatibility, the process is designed to be low-risk and efficient. A typical migration involves just a few key steps, ensuring your operations continue with minimal disruption. Over 75% of database migrations are expected to be on cloud platforms, making a clear strategy essential.
Here is a simple checklist to guide your transition:
- Update Endpoint URLs: Point your existing S3-compatible applications, scripts, and tools to the new service endpoint.
- Configure Access Keys: Generate new access keys and secrets within the IAM console and update your applications.
- Replicate Bucket Policies: Recreate your existing bucket policies, lifecycle rules, and access controls in the new environment.
- Initiate Data Transfer: Use your preferred S3 tool (like rclone or the AWS CLI) to sync data from your old provider to the new one.
- Perform Test Restores: Conduct a test restore of a critical dataset to validate the integrity and accessibility of your migrated data.
This structured approach ensures a smooth transition to a more sovereign and predictable storage solution. For a deeper dive, explore our vision for a multi-service protocol.
More Links
Wikipedia offers a comprehensive overview defining and explaining the concept of digital sovereignty.
Fraunhofer describes its research activities in the field of digital sovereignty.
FAQ
Is your decentralized cloud storage solution fully GDPR compliant?
Yes. Our service is sovereign by design, operating exclusively in certified European data centers. We offer country-level geofencing to ensure data residency and governance under EU law, meeting all requirements for GDPR compliance.
Can I use my existing backup software with your storage?
Absolutely. Our platform offers full S3-API compatibility, ensuring out-of-the-box integration with leading backup tools, applications, and scripts that support the S3 protocol. This allows for a seamless transition with no need to change your existing workflows.
What does 'Always-Hot' storage mean?
Always-Hot' means all data stored on our platform is immediately accessible at all times, with no delays or extra fees for retrieval. This contrasts with tiered models where data in 'cold' or 'archive' tiers must be restored, a process that can take hours and incur additional costs.
How does your pricing model work?
We offer a transparent and predictable pricing model. You pay for the storage you use without any hidden fees. There are no charges for data egress (outbound transfers), no costs for API calls, and no minimum storage duration requirements.
What support do you offer for MSPs and channel partners?
We provide a partner-ready platform with a multi-tenant console, role-based access control (RBAC), and automation via API/CLI. Our predictable pricing model with zero egress fees allows partners to secure stable, defensible margins for their services.
How do you ensure data security against modern threats?
We provide multi-layer security, including encryption for data in transit and at rest, IAM with MFA/RBAC, and Immutable Storage with Object Lock for robust ransomware protection. Our operations are aligned with NIS-2 and other key EU regulations.