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	GCP US	Scaleway FR	OVHcloud FR	StackIT DE	IONOS DE	Hetzner DE
Virtual Machines	Compute Engine	Instances	Public Cloud Instances	Compute Engine	Compute Engine	Cloud Servers
Serverless Functions	Cloud Functions	Serverless Functions	—	—	—	—
Managed Containers	Cloud Run	Serverless Containers	—	—	—	—
Managed Kubernetes	GKE	Kubernetes Kapsule	Managed Kubernetes Service	Kubernetes Engine	Managed Kubernetes	—
Object Storage	Cloud Storage	Object Storage	Object Storage	Object Storage	Object Storage	Object Storage
Managed Relational Database	Cloud SQL	Managed Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL	Managed Databases	PostgreSQL Flex	DBaaS PostgreSQL	—
Key-Value Database	Bigtable	—	—	—	—	—
Document Database	Firestore	Managed MongoDB	Managed MongoDB	MongoDB Flex	DBaaS MongoDB	—
Search Database	—	—	Managed OpenSearch	OpenSearch	—	—
Data Warehouse	BigQuery	—	Data Platform	—	—	—
In-Memory Cache	Memorystore	Managed Databases for Redis	Managed Databases for Valkey	Redis	In-Memory DB	—
AI Model Inference	Vertex AI	Generative APIs	AI Endpoints	AI Model Serving	AI Model Hub	—
Load Balancer	Cloud Load Balancing	Load Balancers	Load Balancer	Load Balancer	Network Load Balancer	Load Balancers
Web Application Firewall and DDoS Protection	Cloud Armor	Edge Services (WAF)	Anti-DDoS Infrastructure	DDoS Protection (included)	DDoS Protection (included)	DDoS Protection (included)
Virtual Private Cloud	VPC Network	Private Network	Private Network (vRack)	Virtual Network	Private LAN	Networks
Content Delivery Network	Cloud CDN	Edge Services	CDN Infrastructure	Content Delivery Network	Content Delivery Network	—
Dedicated Network Connection	Cloud Interconnect	InterLink	OVHcloud Connect	Direct Connect	Cross-Connect	—
Monitoring and Logging	Cloud Monitoring	Cockpit	Logs Data Platform	Observability	Monitoring Service	—
Identity and Access Management	IAM	IAM	IAM	Identity Management	Identity & Access Management	—
Secrets and Key Management	Secret Manager	Secret Manager, Key Manager	Key Management Service	KMS	—	—
Message Queue	Cloud Pub/Sub	Queues	—	RabbitMQ	Event Streams for Apache Kafka	—
EU Regions	11 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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