Exoscale
European IaaS cloud with compute, object storage, managed Kubernetes and databases.
- Swiss CompanyThe operating company is headquartered and legally incorporated in Switzerland.
- Swiss Data OptionSwiss hosting is available as an option or for part of the service, but is not the default for everything.
exoscale.com
Overview
Exoscale is an infrastructure-as-a-service cloud operated by Akenes SA in Lausanne. It offers virtual machines (including GPU instances), block storage, S3-compatible object storage (SOS), the Scalable Kubernetes Service (SKS) and managed databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, OpenSearch and Valkey. The managed database service is powered by Finnish provider Aiven. Resources can be managed through a web portal, API, CLI and Terraform, and are billed by usage in CHF, EUR or USD.
The platform runs in eight zones: Geneva and Zurich in Switzerland, two in Vienna, Frankfurt, Munich, Sofia and Zagreb. Customers choose the zone for each resource, so data stays in Switzerland only if Swiss zones are selected. Both Swiss zones are hosted in Equinix data centres.
Exoscale was founded in Switzerland in 2011. Since 2017 it has been majority-owned by A1 Digital, part of the Vienna-listed A1 Telekom Austria Group, whose majority shareholder is Mexico’s América Móvil. The operator lists ISO 27001, 27017 and 27018 certifications, a BSI C5 attestation and a SOC 2 report.
Why it may be a Swiss alternative
Exoscale is operated by Akenes SA, which is headquartered in Lausanne, Vaud. Headquartered in Switzerland, but ultimately controlled by a company outside Switzerland.
Swiss hosting is available for part of the service or as an option — check the hosting details below before relying on it.
May replace
- Amazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Services, Inc. · USCovers compute, block and object storage, Kubernetes and managed databases; much smaller service catalogue.
- Google CloudGoogle LLC · USCovers core IaaS, Kubernetes and managed databases; much smaller service catalogue.
- Microsoft AzureMicrosoft Corporation · USCovers core IaaS, Kubernetes and managed databases; much smaller service catalogue.
- DigitalOceanDigitalOcean, LLC · US
- Amazon S3Amazon Web Services, Inc. · USVia the S3-compatible Exoscale object storage (SOS).
Foreign products with overlapping functionality. An alternative is not necessarily a one-to-one replacement.
Swiss footprint
Five independent questions. A Swiss company is not automatically Swiss-hosted — and vice versa. How the footprint is assessed
Swiss company · foreign parent. Headquartered in Switzerland, but ultimately controlled by a company outside Switzerland.
- HeadquartersIs the operating company headquartered in Switzerland?
- Lausanne, Vaud (VD), SwitzerlandVerified[3]
- Legal jurisdiction
- OwnershipIs the company ultimately Swiss-owned?
- No — A1 Digital International GmbH (A1 Telekom Austria Group) · AustriaVendor claim[1]
Exoscale is a trademark of Akenes SA, which describes itself as a member of A1 Digital, part of A1 Telekom Austria Group. A1 Digital acquired a majority stake in 2017, including the shares of Swisscom Ventures and Anaroll Holding. Telekom Austria AG is listed in Vienna; at the end of 2025 América Móvil (Mexico) held 60.9% and the Republic of Austria, via ÖBAG, 28.4%.
- DevelopmentIs the product developed in Switzerland?
- PartlyInferred[4]
Headquartered in Lausanne, but Exoscale describes its team as distributed across Europe and recruits engineers in other countries.
- HostingIs customer data hosted in Switzerland?
- Optional — Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria and CroatiaVendor claim[2]
Resources are created in a zone chosen by the customer. Two of eight zones are in Switzerland (CH-GVA-2 Geneva, CH-DK-2 Zurich); the others are in Austria, Germany, Bulgaria and Croatia, and a Madrid zone has been announced.
- InfrastructureIs the hosting infrastructure operated by a Swiss-owned provider?
- No — Akenes SA (Exoscale), own platform in third-party data centres · MexicoVendor claim[3]
Akenes SA belongs to A1 Digital (A1 Telekom Austria Group); Telekom Austria AG is majority-owned by América Móvil (Mexico). Data-centre facility: Equinix (both Swiss zones); A1 data centres in Vienna and Zagreb among others
Features & platforms
- Platforms
- Deployment
- Made for
- Interface languages
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Privacy & security
- Encryption at rest
- Yes
- Encryption in transit
- Yes
- Public API
- Yes
- Not verified
- End-to-end encryption, Multi-factor authentication, Single sign-on (SAML/OIDC), SCIM provisioning and Data export
- Certifications
Pricing
Paid plans fromCHF 0.00729 / hourMicro instance (512 MB RAM, 1 core); local storage and tax extra; same rate in EUR and USD
- Pricing model
- Usage-based
- Free plan
- Unknown / not verified
- Free trial
- Unknown / not verified
- Enterprise plan
- Unknown / not verified
- Billing in CHF
- Yes
Prices checked 15 Oct 2026. Always confirm on the vendor’s site. Pricing page ↗
Open source
- Open source
- PartlyVendor claim[10]
The CLI and Go SDK (egoscale) are open source; the cloud platform itself is proprietary.
- Licence
- Apache-2.0 · OSI-approved licence
- Source code
- github.com/exoscale/cli
- GitHub
- 93 stars
- 33 forks
- Apache-2.0
- Go
- last commit
Statistics from GitHub, fetched 15 Oct 2026.
Company
Lausanne-based company that operates the Exoscale cloud platform. It is a member of A1 Digital, part of the Austrian A1 Telekom Austria Group.
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Sources & verification
Every claim on this page is marked as verified, vendor claim or inferred. Unknown means we could not confirm it — not that the answer is “no”.
- Verified Confirmed by an independent or official source such as the commercial register.
- Vendor claim Stated by the vendor in its own documentation, website or legal terms.
- Inferred Derived by the editors from indirect evidence — see the note.
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