Non-EU vendorCDN, DNS & DomainsHeadquarters: TR

Medianova: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Medianova is a content delivery network and cloud security provider. Its services cover static and dynamic content delivery, acceleration of APIs and databases, image optimisation, video-on-demand and live streaming, cloud object storage, and a web application firewall with DDoS protection. The company describes an EMEA-focused edge network with a regional support team. The service is a hosted platform operated by Medianova, not software that customers install on their own infrastructure.

Medianova is headquartered in Istanbul, Türkiye, and received an investment in November 2024 from the Turkish private equity firm Turkven; the size of the stake is not stated. The company's website does not state where customer data is stored, which data processing terms apply, or whether a data centre in the EU or Türkiye is used. Türkiye is outside the EU and the EEA, so data transfers and the reach of local authorities should be assessed under the applicable data protection rules and the provider's contract terms. This matters most for a European organisation that routes personal data through the network.

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Sovereignty score

32 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-250
Headquartered outside the EU (TR)
Data residency SOV-30
No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-340
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-630
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	TR (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	No — no adequacy decisionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	NoVendor-stated
Category	CDN, DNS & Domains
Type	Product
Website	medianova.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Medianova

The European alternatives to Medianova come from our knowledge base of over 7,800 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 Medianova

Medianova is headquartered in TR, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

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

Medianova 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 Medianova 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 Medianova?

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

Are there open-source alternatives to Medianova?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Medianova include deSEC and dnsdist. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Medianova is headquartered in TR (OTHER) and hosts data in OTHER. 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

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Compliance evidence

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