Cloud Service Mapping

Wondering what the European equivalent of your current cloud service is? See how common AWS, Azure, and GCP services map across OVHcloud, Scaleway, STACKIT, IONOS, and Hetzner, so you can start evaluating your options with confidence.

Which cloud are you using now?

All AWS Azure GCP

Which European cloud are you comparing?

All Scaleway OVHcloud StackIT IONOS Hetzner

Service	Azure US	Scaleway FR	OVHcloud FR	StackIT DE	IONOS DE	Hetzner DE
Virtual Machines	Virtual Machines	Instances	Public Cloud Instances	Compute Engine	Compute Engine	Cloud Servers
Serverless Functions	Azure Functions	Serverless Functions	—	—	—	—
Managed Containers	Container Instances	Serverless Containers	—	—	—	—
Managed Kubernetes	AKS	Kubernetes Kapsule	Managed Kubernetes Service	Kubernetes Engine	Managed Kubernetes	—
Object Storage	Blob Storage	Object Storage	Object Storage	Object Storage	Object Storage	Object Storage
Managed Relational Database	Azure SQL / DB for OSS	Managed Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL	Managed Databases	PostgreSQL Flex	DBaaS PostgreSQL	—
Key-Value Database	Cosmos DB	—	—	—	—	—
Document Database	Cosmos DB for MongoDB	Managed MongoDB	Managed MongoDB	MongoDB Flex	DBaaS MongoDB	—
Search Database	AI Search	—	Managed OpenSearch	OpenSearch	—	—
Data Warehouse	Synapse Analytics	—	Data Platform	—	—	—
In-Memory Cache	Cache for Redis	Managed Databases for Redis	Managed Databases for Valkey	Redis	In-Memory DB	—
AI Model Inference	Azure OpenAI Service	Generative APIs	AI Endpoints	AI Model Serving	AI Model Hub	—
Load Balancer	Load Balancer	Load Balancers	Load Balancer	Load Balancer	Network Load Balancer	Load Balancers
Web Application Firewall and DDoS Protection	Web Application Firewall	Edge Services (WAF)	Anti-DDoS Infrastructure	DDoS Protection (included)	DDoS Protection (included)	DDoS Protection (included)
Virtual Private Cloud	Virtual Network (VNet)	Private Network	Private Network (vRack)	Virtual Network	Private LAN	Networks
Content Delivery Network	Front Door / CDN	Edge Services	CDN Infrastructure	Content Delivery Network	Content Delivery Network	—
Dedicated Network Connection	ExpressRoute	InterLink	OVHcloud Connect	Direct Connect	Cross-Connect	—
Monitoring and Logging	Azure Monitor	Cockpit	Logs Data Platform	Observability	Monitoring Service	—
Identity and Access Management	Microsoft Entra ID	IAM	IAM	Identity Management	Identity & Access Management	—
Secrets and Key Management	Key Vault	Secret Manager, Key Manager	Key Management Service	KMS	—	—
Message Queue	Service Bus / Queues	Queues	—	RabbitMQ	Event Streams for Apache Kafka	—
EU Regions	12+ EU regions	3 regions (FR, NL, PL)	6 EU datacentres	2 regions (DE)	4 EU datacentres	3 EU locations

Service names are approximate equivalents. Actual feature parity varies. We help you evaluate the right fit during the audit phase.

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