Category: Storage & Backup

8 European alternatives to Ceph — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted.

Open-source distributed storage system (object, block, and file); US-origin project under the Linux Foundation's Ceph Foundation. IBM is the lead commercial steward since January 2023 (formerly Red Hat). Licensed under LGPL.

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Facts

Headquarters: US (OTHER)
Category: Storage & Backup
Type: Product
GDPR-compliant: Yes
Open-source: Yes
Data hosting: EU

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Ceph

Acronis
Swiss cyber protection company providing backup, disaster recovery, and secure file sync
CH · commercial
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Bareos
German open-source enterprise backup solution forked from Bacula
DE · open-source
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BorgBackup
Open-source deduplicating archival backup program with compression and encryption
DE · open-source
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Contabo
German hosting provider offering affordable object storage and backup in European data centres
DE · commercial
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Exoscale
Swiss cloud provider offering S3-compatible object storage from European data centres
CH · commercial
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Hetzner
German hosting provider offering affordable dedicated servers, cloud storage, and backup solutions
DE · commercial
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IONOS
German cloud and hosting provider with S3-compatible object storage and backup solutions
DE · commercial
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LINBIT
Austrian company behind DRBD and LINSTOR for replicated block storage and high availability
AT · open-source
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Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Ceph?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Ceph include Acronis, Bareos and BorgBackup. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Ceph?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Ceph include Bareos, BorgBackup and LINBIT. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

Ceph is headquartered in US (OTHER) and hosts data in EU. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

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