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Solid Data Cloud: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Solid Data Cloud is the cloud offering of SolidData, an Italian cloud provider aimed at IT channel partners such as MSPs, system integrators and software houses. It includes an IaaS cloud data centre with on-demand storage, networking and virtualisation, hybrid cloud, disaster recovery, cloud backup and cloud storage. S3-compatible storage with Object Lock is also available for protected data retention. Partners buy the services from SolidData and offer them to their own customers.

SolidData S.p.A. is based in Milan, Italy. The website names no parent company or owner. According to the provider, its Tier IV data centres are located in Italy, so that the location of the data is certain. The privacy policy states that data is processed within the EU, with transfers outside the EU only under the safeguards of Chapter V GDPR. A self-hosted variant is not described. For European organisations this means hosting under European jurisdiction; no specific data-centre site is named, so ask the provider.

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 October 15, 2026
Headquarters
IT (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
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Type
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Solid Data Cloud

The European alternatives to Solid Data Cloud come from our knowledge base of over 9,400 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 Solid Data Cloud

Solid Data Cloud is headquartered in IT 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 Solid Data Cloud scores best on data residency.

Solid Data Cloud 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 Solid Data Cloud 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 Solid Data Cloud?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Solid Data Cloud include 1984 Hosting, acens and ADESTIS Cloud. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Solid Data Cloud?

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

Is Solid Data Cloud GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Solid Data Cloud is headquartered in IT (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Solid Data Cloud 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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Compliance evidence

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