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OVHcloud: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

OVHcloud offers Object Storage as an S3-compatible cloud service, alongside backup products. It supports features such as Object Lock, versioning, server-side encryption, lifecycle rules and replication. There are storage classes for different needs: Multi-Zone, which spreads data across three geographic zones, Single-Zone, and a Local Zone for low latency and data-residency requirements, with archive classes up to tape. The service is consumed as public cloud through a web console and API, and OVHcloud lists integrations with backup software such as Veeam, HYCU, Veritas and NetBackup.

OVHcloud is a French company, founded in 1999, headquartered in Roubaix and listed on Euronext Paris. It operates data centres in Europe and elsewhere, including Canada and the United States, so for European data you select a European region. The storage service itself is proprietary, not open source. According to OVHcloud, Object Storage meets ISO 27001, 27017, 27018 and 27701. The pages consulted name no parent company.

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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 July 2, 2026
Headquarters
FR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Hosting signal
OVH - OVH SAS, FR (CA)Technically measured
Category
Storage & Backup
Type
Product
Website
ovhcloud.com ↗

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 OVHcloud

The European alternatives to OVHcloud come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 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 OVHcloud

OVHcloud is headquartered in FR 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 OVHcloud scores best on data residency.

OVHcloud 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 OVHcloud 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 OVHcloud?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to OVHcloud include Acronis, Atempo and Bacula Systems. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to OVHcloud?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to OVHcloud include Bacula Systems, Bareos and BorgBackup. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

OVHcloud is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes OVHcloud 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 July 2, 2026.

Sources

This record was checked via the vendor's website and legal notice during the full audit of June and July 2026. Source links have been recorded per record since 20 September 2026.

Compliance evidence

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