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Clouding: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Clouding is a cloud server (VPS) provider operated by Cloudi NextGen S.L. in Barcelona, Spain. Customers configure CPU, RAM and SSD NVMe storage per server. Servers run on the KVM hypervisor with ECC memory, and storage is replicated three times on a Ceph cluster. Functions include resizing, snapshots, backups, private VLAN networking, anti-DDoS protection, root access and an emergency remote console. Linux and Windows images are offered, with control panels such as Plesk and HestiaCP and applications such as WordPress and Docker.

According to the vendor, the platform is hosted in an industrial area of Barcelona. All IP addresses are geolocated in Spain, and traffic is exchanged with national operators at several points in Spain. The data centre is described as Tier IV with 100% renewable energy, without naming a certifying body. For a European organisation, the operator and the hosting both fall under Spanish and therefore European law.

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Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
    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 1, 2026
HeadquartersES (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
Hosting signalCLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US (US)Technically measured
CategoryWeb Hosting
TypeProduct
Websiteclouding.io ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Clouding

The European alternatives to Clouding 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 Clouding

Clouding is headquartered in ES and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Clouding scores best on data residency.

Clouding 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 Clouding 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 Clouding?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Clouding include Alfahosting, ALL-INKL.COM and Antagonist. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Clouding?

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

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

Clouding is headquartered in ES (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Clouding an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

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 1, 2026.

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Compliance evidence

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