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OVHcloud vs Hetzner vs DanubeData: Which European Cloud in 2026?
A no-nonsense 2026 comparison of Europe's three most talked-about sovereign clouds. OVHcloud's certifications, Hetzner's raw price-performance, and DanubeData's managed services on Hetzner bare-metal, with pricing tables, honest trade-offs, and a decision framework.
Contabo Alternatives: Better-Value European VPS with Actual Reliability (2026)
Contabo is cheap, but is it reliable enough for production? A 2026 buyer's guide to European VPS alternatives: DanubeData, Hetzner, Scaleway, OVHcloud, IONOS, Netcup, UpCloud. Compare NVMe vs HDD plans, IOPS throttling, setup fees, and 20TB traffic allowances — with migration steps and real benchmarks.
AWS Lightsail Alternatives in Europe: Better Value Simple VPS Hosting (2026)
AWS Lightsail offers simplified VPS hosting starting at $3.50/month, but its 1-3TB traffic caps, CPU credit throttling, CLOUD Act exposure, and $0.09/GB egress overages make European alternatives significantly better value. Compare DanubeData, Hetzner, Scaleway, OVHcloud, UpCloud, Linode EU, and Vultr EU with real cost math for 2026.
PlanetScale Shutdown Aftermath: European MySQL Options in 2026
Two years after PlanetScale killed the Hobby tier and dropped Vitess open-source maintenance, the dust has settled. Here is the honest post-mortem: where everyone went, what the pricing shock actually cost teams, and the EU-specific managed MySQL and MariaDB options that make sense in 2026 — including why 99% of PlanetScale customers never needed Vitess in the first place.
Neon Alternatives in Europe: GDPR-Compliant Serverless Postgres (2026)
Neon is a brilliant serverless Postgres product, but a US-headquartered one now owned by Databricks. Here are the serious 2026 alternatives for EU teams: DanubeData, Aiven, Scaleway, Crunchy Bridge, and self-hosted options, with real cost math and a migration playbook.
ElephantSQL Shutdown: Where to Migrate Your Managed PostgreSQL in 2026
ElephantSQL has officially sunset its managed PostgreSQL service. If your indie project, Heroku replacement, or production app was still running on it, here is a practical 2026 migration guide: comparison of EU and US alternatives (DanubeData, Neon, Supabase, Aiven, Scaleway, Crunchy Bridge, ElestIO), a tested pg_dump/pg_restore playbook, logical replication for zero-downtime cutover, and GDPR/CLOUD Act considerations.
MongoDB Atlas Alternatives in Europe: GDPR-Compliant Options (2026)
MongoDB Atlas is the default managed Mongo, but its US ownership (CLOUD Act), steep pricing escalation, and SSPL license raise real concerns for European teams. This 2026 guide compares Atlas against EU-sovereign alternatives — including FerretDB, self-hosted Mongo, and migrating to managed PostgreSQL JSONB on DanubeData — with a full schema and query migration walkthrough.
Upstash Redis Alternatives: Serverless Redis Compared to Managed Redis in Europe (2026)
Upstash pioneered serverless Redis with per-request pricing and a global edge, but a single real-time feature can blow the free tier apart and push bills past €500/mo. Here are the best Upstash alternatives for European teams in 2026, including flat-rate DanubeData Managed Redis, Valkey, and Dragonfly from €4.99/mo.
Render.com Alternatives in Europe: GDPR-Compliant PaaS Options (2026)
Looking for a Render.com alternative in Europe? Compare DanubeData, Scaleway, Koyeb, Railway, Fly.io, Dokku, and Platform.sh on price, GDPR compliance, managed Postgres, and production scalability. Complete 2026 guide for EU developers.
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