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PlanetHoster: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

PlanetHoster is a web hosting company that has operated its own infrastructure since 2007. It offers shared web hosting, HybridCloud dedicated and managed cloud servers, VPS servers, Linux dedicated servers and domain names. Customers choose the data centre for each project among Paris, Lausanne and Montreal. The company describes itself as 100 per cent privately owned, with shareholders unchanged for more than fifteen years, but does not name them.

For a European organisation, the key factor is where data is placed. PlanetHoster is headquartered in Laval, Quebec, Canada. Paris and Lausanne lie in Europe, while Montreal does not, so the EU or Swiss option must be chosen deliberately. According to the company, a site targeting France stays in Europe under the GDPR, and the website shows a GDPR page and certification badge. The services are hosted by the provider, so control of the infrastructure rests with PlanetHoster under its contract.

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Sovereignty score
42 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (CA)
  • Data residency SOV-350
    Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, CH, 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

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Facts and evidence

Last checked October 10, 2026
HeadquartersCA (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decisionYes — found adequate by the European CommissionVerified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEU, CH, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryWeb Hosting
TypeProduct
Websiteplanethoster.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to PlanetHoster

The European alternatives to PlanetHoster 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 PlanetHoster

PlanetHoster is headquartered in CA, 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.

PlanetHoster hosts data in EU, CH, OTHER. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

PlanetHoster 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 PlanetHoster 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 PlanetHoster?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to PlanetHoster 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 PlanetHoster?

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

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

PlanetHoster is headquartered in CA (OTHER) and hosts data in EU, CH, OTHER. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. 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.

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Web Hosting

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