cloudscale.ch Reviews

cloudscale.ch AG, founded in 2014, is a Swiss Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider headquartered in Zurich. The company identified a need for a user-friendly, reliable cloud platform focused on Swiss data protection standards. Officially launching its self-service platform in early 2016, cloudscale.ch allows users to rapidly deploy and scale virtual servers running various Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Flatcar, Fedora, Arch). Key differentiating factors include their commitment to operating exclusively within Swiss data centers, ensuring compliance with stringent Swiss privacy laws (and relevant certifications like ISO 27001 and FINMA RS 08/7). Their infrastructure, built on open-source technologies like OpenStack and Ceph, boasts high availability (99.99% SLA), redundant components, SSD/NVMe storage options (distributed and local), and features like IPv6, private networking, Floating IPs, load balancers, and S3-compatible Object Storage. In 2019, they added a second Swiss data center location to enable geo-redundant setups. cloudscale.ch targets developers, DevOps teams, and privacy-conscious businesses, particularly those in compliance-sensitive industries like finance and healthcare. They emphasize ease of use through a custom-developed control panel, API access, and integrations with tools like Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes (CSI/CCM), and offer a transparent, usage-based pricing model with no minimum term.