Comment by devn0ll
3 years ago
It is because of this, I had to move four of my customers away from Hetzner. Since they just did not want to be in the "sphere of US influence".
Choices for EU only companies are getting smaller, and this is a real let-down.
Some choices: https://european-alternatives.eu/category/cloud-computing-pl...
Non of them deliver equivalence of big cloud providers.
Also, track record of at least some of them is not the best, if we are to believe, for example, comments on HN. I've made initial research about most of them. Just to give some examples about Scaleaway: prices moving up by 75% without notice (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22923413).
As a counterpoint, i quite like Scaleway. I've been using them for a few years for a personal Kubernetes cluster, with some random experiments with their serverless and managed database offerings, and i didn't have any issues (for my minimal workloads). They've changed pricing quite a few of times which is far from ideal, but I accept that situations evolve (e.g. the latest one is due to the massive increase in electricity costs in France). Even with all the changes they're still cheaper than many of the alternatives, so it's still "a win".
This is becoming ridiculous. Sure, I may deploy to EU based provider, but then they will get bought or, like Hetzner, expand to USA, and now my business is at a legal risk all of a sudden.