Exoscale vs T Cloud Public
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.
T Cloud Public – The cloud platform of Deutsche Telekom AG
T Cloud Public is a cloud computing service operated by Deutsche Telekom AG, formerly known as Open Telekom Cloud.
T Cloud Public has a very broad portfolio of cloud services, from a complete IaaS range over higher-level services such as managed Kubernetes and serverless functions up to data processing and AI services. The cloud product range is one of the most comprehensive ones in Europe.
T Cloud Public has data centres in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
- HeadquartersLausanne, Switzerland
- Parent companyA1 Digital International GmbH & Co KG
- Cloud since2013
- ISINAT0000720008
- Websitewww.exoscale.com
- HeadquartersBonn, Germany
- Parent companyDeutsche Telekom AG
- Cloud since2016
- ISINDE0005557508
- Websitewww.t-cloud-public.com
Product Comparison
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.
Exoscale
59.8 %
SEAL 1
T Cloud Public
77.8 %
SEAL 2
Data Centres
| Country | City | Exoscale | T Cloud Public |
|---|---|---|---|
 Austria | Vienna |
| — |
 Bulgaria | Sofia | BG-SOF-1 | — |
 Croatia | Zagreb | HR-ZAG-1 | — |
 Germany | Biere | — | TCP |
| Frankfurt | DE-FRA-1 | — | |
| Magdeburg | — | TCP | |
| Munich | DE-MUC-1 | — | |
 Netherlands | Aalsmeer | — | TCP |
| Almere | — | TCP | |
 Switzerland | Bern | — | TCP |
| Geneva | CH-GVA-2 | — | |
| Zollikofen | — | TCP | |
| Zurich | CH-DK-2 | — |
Certifications
| Certification | Description | Exoscale | T Cloud Public |
|---|---|---|---|
 BSI C5 | German cloud security catalogue | ✓ | ✓ |
 CSA STAR | Cloud Security Alliance Assurance Registry | ✓ | — |
 DIN EN 50600 | European standard for data centers | — | ✓ |
 ENS | National Security Framework, applicable to the entire Public Sector in Spain | — | ✓ |
 HDS | French certification required for Health Data Hosting. Requires data management features such as high availability, automatic backups and encryption. | ✓ | — |
 ISO 27001 | World's best-known standard for information security management systems (ISMS) | ✓ | ✓ |
| ISO 27017 | Information security controls for cloud services | ✓ | — |
| ISO 27018 | Guidance for protecting PII data in public clouds | ✓ | — |
 SOC 1 | Validation of internal controls over financial reporting | — | ✓ |
 SOC 2 | Controls for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, or privacy | ✓ | ✓ |
 SOC 3 | Controls for security, availability, integrity, confidentiality and privacy for distribution | — | ✓ |
 TISAX | Assessment mechanism concerning secure processing of information in automotive | ✓ | ✓ |