Exoscale
🇨🇠CH · from €0.018/GB/mo (Object Storage)
3.3/5· 8 reviews across 3 portals
Swiss cloud infrastructure with EU data centres, ISO 27001 and predictable per-gigabyte pricing.
Replaces
Exoscale is sought as a European alternative to:
Features
Compute Services
- High-performance SSD cloud servers
- Self-sustained zones for resilient deployments
- Snapshots and custom templates for instances
- Instance Pools for managing groups of machines
- Anti-affinity groups for workload distribution
- IAM and organization management
AI Workloads
- Dedicated NVIDIA GPUs for AI workloads
- Production-ready inference API endpoints
- Managed vector databases for RAG and semantic search
- OpenAI-compatible APIs without vendor lock-in
- Fully managed inference on dedicated, isolated hardware
Kubernetes
- Scalable Kubernetes Service
- Kubernetes clusters ready in 120 seconds
- Scale worker nodes up and down
- Full control plane lifecycle management
- Support for CLI, API, portal, and Terraform
- Deep integration with Network Load Balancer
Database as a Service
- Fully managed database services
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Apache Kafka, OpenSearch, and Valkey
- Managed Grafana for monitoring
- Databases ready in minutes
- End-to-end GDPR compliance
Storage
- Highly available multi-redundancy object storage
- Low-latency, high-bandwidth HTTP(s) access (public or private)
- S3-compatible API for tool integration
- Same-zone and cross-zone bucket replication
- Ultra-low latency for high-performance workloads
- Multiple volumes per instance attachable
- Highly available NVMe-based architecture with data replication
Networking & Security
- Dual 25 Gbps secure private networking
- Security groups for firewall rule management
- Network Load Balancer for traffic distribution
- Elastic IP addresses
- IPv6 support for instances
Pricing
Exoscale operates on a pay-as-you-go model with no long-term commitments. Prices are calculated per second and vary by resource usage (e.g., compute instances, storage, traffic). Use the official pricing calculator for exact costs.
EU Trust Profile
8 of 9 criteria verified with evidence, last checked 2026-08-03. Every ✓ links to its source.
- Evidence →Data Processing Agreement (DPA)Applicable starting May 5th, 2025
The Data Processing Addendum is part of the contract for services and is stored in the legal section of the customer's Exoscale account.
- Evidence →Trust center / security page
The compliance page provides information on security management, certifications, and regulatory standards.
- Evidence →EU data residencyFrankfurt (DE), Munich (DE), Vienna (AT), Sofia (BG), Zagreb (HR), Geneva (CH), Zurich (CH)
Customer data remains in the country of the chosen data center location.
- Evidence →Public sub-processor list
The Data Processing Addendum includes a list of approved sub-processors.
- Evidence →ISO 27001ISO/IEC 27001:2022
Exoscale's Information Security Management System (ISMS) is certified to this standard.
- Evidence →SOC 2
Exoscale holds a SOC 2 Type 2 certification for managing customer data.
- Evidence →BSI C5BSI C5 Type 2
Exoscale meets the German standard for secure cloud operations.
- Evidence →TISAX
Exoscale holds TISAX Level 2 certification for the automotive industry.
- German-language supportnot verified
Verified means: the claim was publicly documented at the linked source on the check date. The vendor's own information prevails.
Reviews
Recurring themes, synthesized from public reviews across portals.
What users value
- Intuitive, user-friendly interface that simplifies cloud management and reduces onboarding time
- High performance and reliability with SSD-powered servers and robust infrastructure for mission-critical workloads
- Strong GDPR compliance and data sovereignty with data centers in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and other European locations
- Transparent pay-as-you-go pricing with no hidden fees, ensuring cost efficiency
- Competent and responsive customer support via phone and ticketing, with quick resolution times
- Comprehensive cloud services including scalable compute instances, managed Kubernetes, databases, and integrated Akamai CDN
- Automation-friendly with support for APIs, CLI tools, and Terraform for DevOps workflows
Where users see room to improve
- · Limited volume of public user reviews, reducing the breadth of available feedback
- · Initial setup and onboarding could be improved with more streamlined guidance
- · No live chat or social media support channels, which some users find restrictive
Ratings across portals
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Integrations
Feature, pricing and integration details are based on web research (as of 2026-06-21), without guarantee, errors are possible. The vendor's website prevails.