EU Sovereignty Score
Non-EU vendorFinOps & Cloud Cost ManagementHeadquarters: US

CloudFix: sovereignty score and 6 European alternatives

CloudFix is an AWS cost optimisation product. It identifies savings recommended by AWS and, after approval, applies the changes in the customer's own AWS account. The vendor describes it as built only for AWS, and each fix runs as an AWS Systems Manager Automation runbook that is logged in that account. A companion product, RightSpend, offers commitment-free discounts on EC2 usage. It is delivered as an online service that customers log into.

CloudFix is a product of Aurea Software, which is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and funded by ESW Capital, a software operator also based in Austin. No non-US parent was found, so the ownership chain sits in the United States. The changes stay inside the customer's AWS environment, but the pages reviewed do not state where vendor-side data is hosted or name an EU option. A European organisation should confirm the data processing terms and the SOC 2 Type 2 report referenced on the site before connecting an AWS account.

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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 10, 2026
HeadquartersUS (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionOnly for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingUSVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantNoVendor-stated
CategoryFinOps & Cloud Cost Management
TypeProduct
Websitecloudfix.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to CloudFix

The European alternatives to CloudFix 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 CloudFix

CloudFix 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.

CloudFix 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.

CloudFix 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 CloudFix 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 CloudFix?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to CloudFix include Cloudchipr, CloudCockpit and Costory. On this page you can compare 6 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to CloudFix?

Our list of EU alternatives to CloudFix is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

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

CloudFix is headquartered in US and hosts data in US. Its GDPR compliance is limited or unclear. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 10, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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FinOps & Cloud Cost Management: Cloud cost visibility, optimisation and chargeback across multi-cloud and Kubernetes environments. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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