AWS alternative in Europe
EU-owned infrastructure with no per-GB egress billing and engineers answering in about 10 minutes - for the workload currently metered by AWS.
Who it is for
A team whose AWS bill is dominated by egress
Data transfer out of AWS is billed per GB and accumulates unpredictably at any real scale.
An organisation with a real EU data-residency requirement
AWS remains a US-headquartered company; a national regulator or a GDPR review sometimes asks where the parent company sits, not only where the region is.
A workload that does not need the AWS service catalogue
Compute, storage and a database is often the whole stack - paying AWS-scale prices for services never called is money spent on integration depth that goes unused.
What moves across unchanged
- Standard Linux images - the same distributions EC2 and EC2 Bare Metal run
- Databases and application servers previously paired with RDS, ElastiCache or a self-managed instance
- Containers and background workers, unchanged
- Your own IaC - Terraform points at our GraphQL API and CLI instead of the AWS provider
Sized the way an EC2 workload already is
Three cloud VPS tiers, the same specs and prices already published on /cloud-server. For a genuine bare-metal requirement, see /dedicated-server.
What is different from AWS
- No managed-service catalogue - no RDS, Lambda or ElastiCache. Run the equivalent open-source service on the same VM, or ask about managed administration.
- No multi-region, 30-plus-region footprint - two EU sites, Czechia and Portugal, not a global map
- No per-GB egress charge to plan around - bandwidth is a flat rate, not a metered line item that grows with success
AWS versus DCXV
| AWS | DCXV | |
|---|---|---|
| Egress billing | Per-GB, compounds with traffic | Flat rate, no per-GB surprise |
| Facility certification | SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / PCI DSS, varies by service | Tier III certified, both sites |
| Jurisdiction | US-headquartered company | Cyprus, EU, GDPR-native |
| Support response | Enterprise Support plan required for fast SLA | ~10 min average, 24/7/365, included at every tier |
| Regions | 30-plus regions worldwide | Two EU sites: Czechia and Portugal |
Moving from AWS
Pick the closest tier
Match vCPU, RAM and disk to the EC2 instance type in use today - the three packages above cover a typical small, medium and large instance.
We hand over a server
A cloud VPS in Prague or Covilha, deployed in under 10 minutes, with root access and a static IPv4; a dedicated bare-metal order is ready within about 24 hours.
Replace managed services with their open-source equivalent
RDS becomes a self-managed PostgreSQL or MySQL instance, ElastiCache becomes Redis on the same box - or ask about managed administration.
Point DNS and shut down the AWS side
Once traffic is verified on the new server, cut over DNS. Monthly billing, no minimum term, and no egress bill for the data that already moved.
Why choose us
- Tier III certified facilities, 99.982% facility SLA
- Own network, AS204057, IPv4 and IPv6 dual-stack
- 24/7/365 support with ~10 minute average response
- Cyprus company, EU jurisdiction, GDPR-native since 2007
FAQ
- Does DCXV charge egress fees like AWS?
No. Bandwidth is billed at a flat rate, not per gigabyte transferred out. AWS egress billing is the cost that is hardest to predict in advance and the one that compounds most as traffic grows - DCXV does not have that line item
- Is DCXV a real alternative for EU data-residency requirements?
DCXV operates exclusively from two EU sites, Czechia and Portugal, under EU jurisdiction, and is itself incorporated in Cyprus. AWS remains a US-headquartered company - for an organisation where the parent company's jurisdiction is part of the compliance question, not only the region selected, that is a real distinction
- What happens to the managed services my application uses on AWS?
They need a self-managed equivalent: RDS becomes a PostgreSQL or MySQL instance on the same server, ElastiCache becomes Redis. That is real migration work for an application built deeply into the AWS service catalogue, and this page does not pretend it is not - ask about managed administration if you would rather not run it yourself
- Can I get genuine bare-metal hardware, not another VM?
Yes. Dedicated servers start from EUR 210/month in Prague or Covilha - see /dedicated-server. The three packages on this page are cloud VPS tiers, sized to match a typical small, medium or large EC2 instance
- Is support as fast as AWS Enterprise Support without paying for a plan?
The roughly 10-minute average response and direct access to an engineer are included at every tier. AWS reaching a comparable response time needs an Enterprise Support contract at significant additional cost
- How many regions does DCXV operate in?
Two: Czechia and Portugal. That is a genuine trade-off against AWS's 30-plus regions - this is the right move for an EU-focused workload, not for one that needs bare metal in ten regions with one bill
If you require assistance or have additional questions, please contact the managers or write to the support team at support@dcxv.com
Ready to get started?
- Monthly billing
- No setup fee
- No lock-in