Category: Virtualisation & Containers
8 European alternatives to OpenNebula — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted.
Spanish open-source platform for sovereign cloud and virtualisation infrastructure.
Facts
- Headquarters
- ES (EU)
- Category
- Virtualisation & Containers
- Type
- Product
- GDPR-compliant
- Yes
- Open-source
- Yes
- Data hosting
- EU
Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to OpenNebula
- APPUiO (VSHN)↗
Swiss managed OpenShift/Kubernetes hosting platform operated by VSHN AG (Zurich, Neugasse 10, CH-8005), founded 2014 and 100% self-owned with no foreign parent. Product is actively marketed in 2026 with current pricing, documentation, and free trial. Provides multi-environment container deployment with built-in DevOps/SRE support; Swiss data centers support FINMA-relevant compliance needs for financial-sector customers. Region classified as 'OTHER' (Switzerland is not EU/EEA) though it qualifies for eu-classification 'efta' per category rules.
CH · commercial
- Giant Swarm↗
German managed Kubernetes platform for enterprise cloud-native infrastructure
DE · open-source
- Kubermatic↗
German enterprise Kubernetes platform for multi-cloud container management
DE · open-source
- SUSE Linux Enterprise↗
Enterprise Linux distribution by SUSE for servers, cloud and edge computing
LU · open-source
Frequently asked questions
What is the best European alternative to OpenNebula?
It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to OpenNebula include APPUiO (VSHN), Gardener and Giant Swarm. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.
Are there open-source alternatives to OpenNebula?
Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to OpenNebula include Gardener, Giant Swarm, Harvester, K3s, Kubermatic, Proxmox VE and SUSE Linux Enterprise. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.
Is OpenNebula GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?
OpenNebula is headquartered in ES (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes OpenNebula an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.