Non-EU vendorCDN, DNS & DomainsHeadquarters: US

CacheFly: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

CacheFly is a content delivery network (CDN) that serves websites, software downloads, video and live streams from edge servers close to end users. The service is aimed at high-demand moments such as live-stream premieres, game launches and patch downloads. Customers can control caching and routing at the edge with programmable rules, add a dedicated cache tier called Dedicated Shield, or reserve dedicated capacity that CacheFly operates. It is delivered as a hosted service and can run alongside an existing CDN, without migration.

CacheFly describes itself as a CDN provider based in Chicago, Illinois. As a US company it is subject to US law, including the CLOUD Act, which can reach data held by a US provider wherever it is stored. The company's public pages do not state where its data centres or customer data are located, and they name no parent company. A European organisation should check the data processing agreement and network footprint before routing personal data through the service, and compare EU-based CDN providers where data residency matters.

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Sovereignty score

17 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-210
Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (US)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
Key management with a non-European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 11, 2026

Headquarters	US (US)	Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework	Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)	Verified by hand
Data hosting	US	Verified by hand
Open-source	No	Verified by hand
GDPR-compliant	Yes	Vendor-stated
Category	CDN, DNS & Domains
Type	Product
Website	cachefly.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to CacheFly

The European alternatives to CacheFly come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with CacheFly

CacheFly is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

CacheFly hosts data outside the EU (US). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

CacheFly is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs CacheFly together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to CacheFly?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to CacheFly include Bunny.net, ClouDNS and deSEC. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to CacheFly?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to CacheFly include deSEC, Knot DNS and Knot Resolver. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is CacheFly GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

CacheFly is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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