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VNET Cloud: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

VNET is a Slovak telecom provider based in Bratislava with its own optical network. Its offering covers business internet, voice services over VoIP, cloud, cybersecurity and managed IT services. On the cloud side, VNET offers CloudPRO, an IaaS service ranging from standalone virtual machines to a complete virtual data center, built on the OpenStack platform. It also provides Smart storage, POHODA in the Cloud (a hosted version of Slovak accounting software), server housing and colocation in three data centers.

VNET was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Bratislava, Slovakia. The company's three data centers are all in Bratislava. CloudPRO runs from two independent, fully separate cloud platforms in the Digitalis and SHC III data centers. Your data therefore remains in Slovakia, within the EU. The services are delivered as hosted services and are not open source.

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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 October 6, 2026
Headquarters
SK (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
SKVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Cloud IaaS
Type
Product
Website
vnet.sk ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to VNET Cloud

The European alternatives to VNET Cloud 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 VNET Cloud

VNET Cloud is headquartered in SK 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 VNET Cloud scores best on data residency.

VNET 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 VNET 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 VNET Cloud?

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

Are there open-source alternatives to VNET Cloud?

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

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

VNET Cloud is headquartered in SK (EU) and hosts data in SK. That makes VNET Cloud 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 6, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Cloud IaaS

Cloud IaaS: Infrastructure as a Service — virtual machines, storage, networking. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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