Eliminate Budget Volatility by Removing Egress Fees

Egress fees, the charges for moving data out of a cloud network, are a primary source of vendor lock-in for 80% of cloud users. For a business restoring 100 TB of backup data, these charges can add thousands of euros to a single monthly bill. This pricing model creates a significant financial barrier, making it difficult for the 65% of companies wanting to switch providers to do so.

A transparent economic model removes this obstacle entirely. With no egress fees, no API call costs, and no minimum storage duration, your total cost of ownership becomes fully predictable. This approach simplifies budget planning for IT departments managing petabytes of data. It aligns with a market where cost transparency is a top-3 selection criterion for new cloud services. Explore our transparent pricing model.

This financial predictability is not just a benefit; it is becoming a regulatory expectation across the European Union.

Align with EU Data Act for a Competitive Advantage

The regulatory landscape is fundamentally reshaping cloud economics in favor of the customer. The EU Data Act, fully applicable from September 2025, introduces powerful new rules to dismantle vendor lock-in. A core provision of this legislation is the complete prohibition of switching charges, including all data egress fees, by January 2027.

Adopting a zero-egress model today places your organization 2 years ahead of this regulatory curve. This proactive stance offers several advantages:

• It ensures 100% compliance with upcoming data portability mandates from day one.
• It simplifies your exit strategy, preserving long-term negotiation power with any provider.
• It removes the financial penalty for repatriation or adopting a multi-cloud strategy, a goal for over 78% of organizations.
• It aligns your operations with the EU's goal of creating a fair and competitive digital market.

By choosing a platform already built on these principles, you turn a future compliance requirement into an immediate operational strength. This prepares you for a future where data mobility is not just possible, but protected by law.

Secure Digital Sovereignty and Eliminate CLOUD Act Risks

True data sovereignty is achieved when your data is subject only to the laws of the region where it is stored. Storing data with a US-owned provider, even in an EU datacenter, exposes it to the US CLOUD Act. This 2018 law compels US-based tech companies to provide data to US authorities, creating a direct conflict with GDPR's strict transfer rules.

A sovereign-by-design approach is the only way to guarantee immunity from this legal overreach. Impossible Cloud is an EU-owned and operated company, meaning the CLOUD Act has no jurisdiction over your data. We operate exclusively in certified European data centers, providing a 100% guarantee that your data never leaves the EU's legal framework. Our EU-only options provide total legal certainty.

We enhance this with country-level geofencing, a critical feature for financial services and other regulated industries. This allows you to restrict data storage to specific EU nations, meeting the strictest data residency mandates with 100% fidelity. This architectural choice is the foundation of a truly compliant and secure data posture.

Build an Enterprise-Ready, S3-Compatible Architecture

Migrating to a new storage platform should not require rewriting applications or retraining your teams. The European S3-compatible object storage market is projected to grow at a 15.2% CAGR, reaching a value of over €21 billion by 2033, because it protects existing investments. Our platform offers full S3 API compatibility, ensuring your existing tools, scripts, and applications continue to work without modification.

Our architecture is built for performance and resilience under any workload. We provide an "Always-Hot" object storage model, where all data is immediately accessible without the delays or surprise fees of complex tiering. This eliminates the operational risks associated with fragile lifecycle policies, which can cause API timeouts and failed restores in 30% of urgent recovery scenarios. This model guarantees consistent, low-latency performance for the millions of files common in backup and analytics workloads.

This seamless compatibility and predictable performance minimize migration risk and protect your past IT investments.

Deploy Immutable Storage for Ransomware Resilience

Ransomware now accounts for over 83% of all malware-related intrusions in the EU. A modern defense requires more than just backups; it requires backups that cannot be compromised. Our S3-compatible Object Lock feature provides immutable storage, creating a Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) copy of your data that is unchangeable for a user-defined period.

This capability offers a guaranteed clean recovery point, as even attackers with high-level credentials cannot encrypt or delete your locked backups. Immutability is a key technical measure for meeting the data integrity requirements of EU regulations. Here is how it aligns with key mandates:

1. GDPR (Article 32): It provides a robust technical measure to ensure the ongoing integrity and availability of personal data.
2. NIS-2 Directive: It helps the 30,000 affected companies in Germany meet stricter cybersecurity rules by guaranteeing the integrity of recovery data.
3. Financial Services (DORA): It establishes a resilient backup system to ensure operational continuity after a severe disruption.

By pairing immutable backups with a sovereign cloud, you create a powerful defense against both cybercriminals and regulatory penalties. Learn more about our transparent pricing for secure storage.

Enable MSPs with Predictable Margins and Management

For Managed Service Providers, resellers, and system integrators, profitability depends on predictable costs. A storage model with zero egress or API fees is predictable by design, allowing you to build stable, defensible margins for your Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) and archiving offerings. You can quote customers with confidence, knowing your costs will not unexpectedly increase by 50% after a large data restore.

Our platform is partner-ready, featuring a multi-tenant console with robust Identity and Access Management (IAM) supporting MFA and RBAC. This allows for secure, granular management of multiple client environments from a single interface. With full automation via API/CLI and detailed reporting, you can streamline operations and reduce management overhead by up to 40%. We are expanding our channel presence, with new distribution agreements through api in Germany and Northamber plc in the UK, making it easier for local partners to onboard and scale. This focus on the channel ensures you have the tools and support needed for success.

Start Your Migration to a Sovereign Cloud Today

Transitioning to a no egress fee cloud storage provider in Europe is a straightforward process designed to minimize disruption. Thanks to full S3 compatibility, the technical migration can be completed in just a few steps: First, update your backup or archival tool's endpoint to the new S3 address. Second, transfer your access keys and policies into the new IAM. Finally, run a small-scale test to validate connectivity and performance before initiating a full data migration.

This simple process unlocks the full benefits of a sovereign, predictable, and resilient cloud storage architecture. It is a practical step toward reducing long-term operational risk and gaining full control over your data and your budget. You can regain control over your data and costs within a single billing cycle. To begin your journey toward digital sovereignty and predictable costs, talk to an expert and get a personalized demo.