EU sovereignCloud PaaSHeadquarters: FR

Upsun (formerly Platform.sh): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Platform.sh was renamed Upsun in September 2025. It is a cloud application platform that drives deployment from Git: each branch can get a full preview environment, and actions run through the CLI, console or API. It supports many frameworks and CMSs, including Django, Next.js, Drupal, WordPress and Laravel, and offers zero-downtime scaling, monitoring and security and compliance controls. The existing plan-based model is now called Upsun Fixed. It is a commercial SaaS service.

The company is headquartered in Paris, France, spun out of SensioLabs in 2015, and says it is privately owned and not part of any major cloud corporation. Customers choose the cloud and region themselves: Upsun runs on AWS, Google Cloud, Azure and OVHcloud. European regions include Germany, Ireland, Sweden and France, but regions in the US, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada and Australia are also offered. Many regions therefore run on US hyperscalers; an organisation that wants strong European sovereignty should deliberately choose a French OVHcloud region or another EU region.

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Sovereignty score

59 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-2100
Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
Data residency SOV-350
Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, CH, US, OTHER)
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-645
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 9, 2026

Headquarters	FR (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EU, CH, US, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Cloud PaaS
Type	Product
Website	upsun.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Upsun (formerly Platform.sh)

The European alternatives to Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) 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 Upsun (formerly Platform.sh)

Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) 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.

Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) hosts data in EU, CH, US, 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.

Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) 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 Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) 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 Upsun (formerly Platform.sh)?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) include alwaysdata, amazee.io and anynines (a9s). On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Upsun (formerly Platform.sh)?

Our list of EU alternatives to Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU, CH, US, OTHER. That makes Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) 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 9, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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