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Swiss alternatives to Microsoft Azure

Looking for cloud platforms operated by a Swiss company or hosted in Switzerland? These 9 products overlap with Microsoft Azure. Not every alternative is a one-to-one replacement — check the differences below.

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Microsoft Azure

Microsoft's cloud platform for compute, storage, databases and AI services.

Vendor: Microsoft Corporation
Vendor country: United States US
Categories: Cloud Platforms, Managed Kubernetes, Object Storage
Website: azure.microsoft.com

9 Swiss alternatives

Ordered by Swiss footprint, then alphabetically. Not a ranking of quality.

Infomaniak Public Cloud
Infomaniak · Geneva, GE
OpenStack-based IaaS with instances, GPU, block and object storage, run in Switzerland.
Swiss native
- Hosted in Switzerland
Cloud PlatformsPaid
Naveum
Naveum · Adliswil, ZH
Virtual data centres, hosted private clouds and backup from Swiss data centres.
Swiss native
- Hosted in Switzerland
Cloud PlatformsPaid
Xelon Cloud
Xelon · Zug, ZG
Public and private cloud, Kubernetes and cloud backup from Swiss data centres.
Swiss native
- Hosted in Switzerland
Cloud PlatformsPaid
APPUiO
VSHN · Zürich, ZH
Managed Red Hat OpenShift container platform running in Swiss cloud zones.
Swiss company
- Hosted in Switzerland
Platform as a ServicePaid
BEGASOFT Managed Kubernetes Platform
BEGASOFT · Bern, BE
Dedicated managed Kubernetes clusters operated from a data centre in Bern.
Swiss company
- Hosted in Switzerland
Managed KubernetesPaid
Hikube
Hidora · Lancy, GE
Kubernetes-based cloud with VMs, GPUs and S3 storage replicated across three Swiss sites.
Swiss company
- Hosted in Switzerland
- Self-hostable
Cloud PlatformsPaid
Netstream Cloud
Netstream · Wallisellen, ZH
Virtual data centres, managed Kubernetes, S3 storage and backup from Swiss data centres.
Swiss company
- Hosted in Switzerland
Cloud PlatformsPaid
PHOENIQS Cloud
PHOENIQS · Freienbach, SZ
Swiss OpenShift-based cloud with managed Kubernetes, GPU compute and object storage.
Swiss company
- Hosted in Switzerland
- Self-hostable
Cloud PlatformsPaid
Exoscale
Exoscale · Lausanne, VD
European IaaS cloud with compute, object storage, managed Kubernetes and databases.
Swiss company · foreign parent
- Swiss Data Option
Cloud PlatformsPaid

At a glance

Key facts side by side, and where we know them, how each product differs from Microsoft Azure.

At a glance
Product	Swiss footprint	Hosting	Open source	Free plan	Paid plans from	Compared with Microsoft Azure
Infomaniak Public CloudInfomaniak · GE	Swiss native	YesCH	Partly	No	—	Covers core IaaS, managed Kubernetes and databases; much smaller service catalogue.
NaveumNaveum · ZH	Swiss native	YesCH	Unknown	Unknown	—	Virtual data centres on VMware Cloud Director rather than a hyperscaler platform; prices are quoted on request.
Xelon CloudXelon · ZG	Swiss native	YesCH	Partly	Unknown	—	Focused on virtual machines, private clouds and Kubernetes for IT service providers and SaaS companies.
APPUiOVSHN · ZH	Swiss company	YesCH	Partly	Unknown	CHF 0.001135 · usage-based	Only as an alternative to managed Kubernetes and container hosting (AKS, Azure Red Hat OpenShift).
BEGASOFT Managed Kubernetes PlatformBEGASOFT · BE	Swiss company	YesCH	No	Unknown	—	Only as an alternative to managed Kubernetes (AKS); no self-service provisioning.
HikubeHidora · GE	Swiss company	YesCH	Unknown	Unknown	CHF 24 / month	Covers core IaaS, managed Kubernetes and databases; much smaller service catalogue.
Netstream CloudNetstream · ZH	Swiss company	YesCH	Unknown	Unknown	—	Virtual data centres run on VMware Cloud Director rather than a hyperscaler platform; offered to businesses only.
PHOENIQS CloudPHOENIQS · SZ	Swiss company	YesCH	No	Unknown	—	Covers Kubernetes-based compute, GPUs and S3-compatible storage; much smaller service catalogue.
ExoscaleExoscale · VD	Swiss company · foreign parent	OptionalCH · AT · DE · BG · HR	Partly	Unknown	CHF 0.00729 / hour	Covers core IaaS, Kubernetes and managed databases; much smaller service catalogue.

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