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cyon: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

cyon is a Swiss web hosting provider based in Basel. Its range covers web hosting on a LiteSpeed web server, managed dedicated servers and domain registration. The Webhosting Pro package is aimed at sites with higher traffic, such as online shops. The packages include priority support.

cyon has its seat in Basel, Switzerland. A trade article reports that cyon runs its infrastructure in a Swiss data centre in Basel. The article describes cyon as a Basel company, and the company's public information names no owner or parent company. Switzerland is not an EU member state; its data protection law (the FADP, or DSG) is the statutory basis for this provider. For a European organisation this means a non-EU provider with its data location in Switzerland. The offer is not open-source software. A data processing agreement and the Swiss legal framework are the points to examine before choosing it.

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Sovereignty score
67 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in Switzerland: Swiss law, recognised by the EU as adequate
  • Data residency SOV-380
    Hosting in Switzerland only (recognised by the EU as adequate)
  • 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

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Facts and evidence

Last checked October 12, 2026
Headquarters
CH (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
CHVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
Domain Name Registrars
Type
Product
Website
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Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with cyon

cyon is headquartered in Switzerland and falls under Swiss law, including the revised Swiss data protection act. Switzerland is not an EU member, but the European Commission recognises its level of data protection as adequate. Its Swiss headquarters does not by itself bring it under US legislation such as the CLOUD Act.

cyon hosts data in Switzerland only. Switzerland is not part of the EU or the EEA, so the GDPR does not apply there directly; the European Commission does recognise Swiss data protection as adequate, so personal data can go there without extra safeguards. Our model therefore scores it between EU hosting and hosting outside Europe. If you require strictly EU hosting, take this into account.

cyon 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 cyon 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 cyon?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to cyon include 101domain, Active24 and Afnic. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to cyon?

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

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

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

Details and sources

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