Cyso Cloud vs Exoscale

Cyso Cloud – 100% Dutch and independent

Cyso Cloud is an OpenStack-based cloud provider based in the Netherlands.

The Cyso Cloud service portfolio includes core Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offerings such as compute, storage, a managed Kubernetes service EMK and a transactional email service.

With its data centres in North Holland and in Frankfurt, Cyso Cloud can fulfill geo-redundancy requirements. The NEN 7510 certification for the Dutch healthcare sector can make Cyso Cloud a good choice for respective Dutch companies.

Exoscale – a solid European cloud hosting alternative

Exoscale offer a full range of IaaS services. Especially noteworthy are the DBaaS services for managed Apache Kafka, managed OpenSearch and managed Grafana.

Exoscale are operating 7 data centers across Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Croatia and Bulgaria.

Exoscale is owned by A1, the Austrian telecommunication company.

Cyso Cloud
  • HeadquartersAlkmaar, Netherlands
  • Parent companyCyso Group
  • Cloud since2025
  • Websitecyso.cloud
Exoscale

Product Comparison

CategoryServiceCyso Cloud – 100% Dutch and independentExoscale – a solid European cloud hosting alternative
ComputeCompute InstanceServersServersCompute InstancesCompute Instances
GPU Instance—GPU2 ServerGPU2 Server
GPU1 ServerGPU1 Server
GPU3 ServerGPU3 Server
3080ti Server3080ti Server
A5000 ServerA5000 Server
Image CatalogCloud ImagesCloud Images—
ContainersKubernetesManaged KubernetesManaged KubernetesScalable Kubernetes ServiceScalable Kubernetes Service
Data & AIData Warehouse/Lakehouse—Managed ClickHouse®Managed ClickHouse®
Search Engine—Managed OpenSearchManaged OpenSearch
DatabaseKey-Value Store—Managed ValkeyManaged Valkey
Messaging—Managed Apache KafkaManaged Apache Kafka
Relational DatabaseCloud DatabasesCloud DatabasesManaged MySQLManaged MySQL
Managed PostgreSQLManaged PostgreSQL
Managed ServicesE-MailTransactional EmailTransactional Email—
ManagementObservability—Managed GrafanaManaged Grafana
NetworkCDN—CDNCDN
Direct Connect—Private ConnectPrivate Connect
DNSDNSDNSDNSDNS
Elastic IPIP AddressesIP AddressesElastic IPElastic IP
FirewallSecurity GroupsSecurity GroupsSecurity GroupsSecurity Groups
Load BalancerLoad BalancersLoad BalancersNetwork Load BalancerNetwork Load Balancer
Private NetworkPortsPorts
NetworksNetworks		Private NetworksPrivate Networks
RouterRoutersRouters—
Security & IdentityIAMIAMIAM—
StorageBackupVolume snapshotsVolume snapshots
Volume backupVolume backup		—
Block StorageVolume storeVolume storeBlock StorageBlock Storage
Cold Storage—Archival StorageArchival Storage
Object StorageObject StorageObject StorageObject StorageObject Storage

Sovereignty

Sovereignty assessment side by side, following the EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework with its 8 objectives. Higher is better; the area shows each provider's coverage across all objectives.

Disclaimer: this assessment is conducted as an outside-in analysis, based on public information and, for some questions, educated guessing. The results may be factually wrong and in no way replace your own due diligence.

Cyso Cloud

70.3 %

SEAL 1

Exoscale

59.8 %

SEAL 1

Sovereignty Comparison

Data Centres

CountryCityCyso CloudExoscale
AustriaVienna—
  • AT-VIE-1
  • AT-VIE-2
BulgariaSofia—BG-SOF-1
CroatiaZagreb—HR-ZAG-1
GermanyFrankfurtCyso CloudDE-FRA-1
Munich—DE-MUC-1
NetherlandsAmsterdamCyso Cloud—
SwitzerlandGeneva—CH-GVA-2
Zurich—CH-DK-2

Certifications

CertificationDescriptionCyso CloudExoscale
BSI C5German cloud security catalogue—✓
CSA STARCloud Security Alliance Assurance Registry—✓
HDSFrench certification required for Health Data Hosting. Requires data management features such as high availability, automatic backups and encryption.—✓
ISO 27001World's best-known standard for information security management systems (ISMS)✓✓
ISO 27017Information security controls for cloud services—✓
ISO 27018Guidance for protecting PII data in public clouds—✓
NEN 7510 Information security management certification for healthcare in the Netherlands✓—
SOC 2Controls for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, or privacy—✓
TISAXAssessment mechanism concerning secure processing of information in automotive—✓
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