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TimmeHosting: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

TimmeHosting offers managed web hosting and servers for websites and online shops. The range includes web hosting on nginx, shop hosting, managed virtual and dedicated servers, a scalable cloud server called ScaleServer and object storage. It supports shop systems such as Shopware, Magento and WooCommerce and content management systems such as WordPress, TYPO3, Drupal and Joomla, with container hosting and a free migration service as add-ons. The provider administers the servers as a managed online service.

The operating company is Timme Hosting GmbH & Co. KG, based in Lüneburg, Germany. The provider states that customer data is stored in a data centre in Germany with redundant network connections and power. No non-European parent company or owner is named. The hosting platform is proprietary and cannot be self-hosted, but the systems it hosts, such as WordPress or TYPO3, are open source and can be moved elsewhere. Provider and hosting location are both in Germany, so German and EU law apply.

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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 September 8, 2026
HeadquartersDE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
Hosting signalHETZNER-AS - Hetzner Online GmbH, DE (DE)Technically measured
CategoryWeb Hosting
TypeProduct
Websitetimmehosting.de ↗

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 TimmeHosting

The European alternatives to TimmeHosting 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 TimmeHosting

TimmeHosting is headquartered in DE 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 TimmeHosting scores best on data residency.

TimmeHosting 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 TimmeHosting 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 TimmeHosting?

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

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

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

TimmeHosting is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes TimmeHosting 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 September 8, 2026.

Sources

This record was checked via the vendor's website and legal notice when it was added on September 8, 2026. Source links have been recorded per record since 20 September 2026.

Compliance evidence

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