Elastx vs Seeweb

Compare Elastx and Seeweb on capabilities, jurisdiction, assurance, and fit for European buyers.

Both listed as alternatives to: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure

Elastx

Sweden· Cloud Computing

Needs review

Shortlist Elastx when you need a Sweden-only OpenStack public cloud with multi-AZ managed Kubernetes and DBaaS under a Swedish AB and self-operated Stockholm data centers. Skip when you need many global regions, hyperscaler managed-service breadth, or live migration as a platform feature—consider UpCloud, Scaleway, OVHcloud, or Azure/AWS instead depending on sovereignty vs scale tradeoffs.

Swedish OpenStack IaaSMulti-AZ managed KubernetesManaged DBaaSISO 27001/27017/27018 (claimed)Sweden data residencyHourly, no lock-in contracts

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Seeweb

Italy· Cloud Computing

Needs review

Shortlist Seeweb when you want Italian-operated IaaS with KVM cloud servers, NVIDIA/AMD GPU capacity, managed Kubernetes, and ACN-qualified product scope—plus European data-center choices under DHH Group ownership. Skip when you need global hyperscaler PaaS breadth or many continents of regions; consider OVHcloud, Scaleway, or Aruba Cloud instead for scale or alternate Italian sovereign stacks.

Italian operator (DHH)NVIDIA + AMD GPU cloudManaged Kubernetes (SKS)ACN QI2/QC2 (claimed)ISO 27001 (claimed)CISPE registered

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Elastx vs Seeweb: Snapshot
Feature	Elastx	Seeweb
Country of origin	Sweden	Italy
Category	Cloud Computing	Cloud Computing
Open source	No	No
Self-hosted	No	No
Headquarters	Sweden	Italy
Legal entity	Elastx AB	Seeweb S.r.l. (p.IVA/C.F. 02043220603); fully owned by DHH S.p.A.
US parent / control	No known US parent	No known US parent
CLOUD Act exposure (indicative)	Low	Low
Hosting / residency	Self-operated Swedish Tier 3 data centers; primary region se-sto with three Stockholm-area AZs (~20 km apart). Customer platform data documented as staying in Sweden; Swift object storage triple-replicated across AZs. Not sold as AWS/Azure/GCP regions. Website analytics: Piwik PRO. Optional products (Varnish CDN beta, Virtuozzo PaaS software, hybrid Cloud Connect/Exchange to other clouds) may add separate paths—confirm in DPA. No public full subprocessor inventory found.	Primary: Seeweb proprietary data centers in Milan and Frosinone (Italy). Additional cloud sites: Lugano (Swisscom facility), Zurich (Global Data Centers Switzerland AG), Sofia (Evolink). DR/backup marketed within Europe. No AWS/GCP/Azure as primary cloud host found on public pages. Network transit via multi-carrier mix (including Cogent, GTT, NTT) for connectivity.
Summary	Swedish cloud provider (Elastx AB) offering OpenStack IaaS, managed Kubernetes, DBaaS, and related services with data and operations kept in Sweden across three Stockholm availability zones.	Italian cloud and data-center provider (DHH Group): KVM cloud servers, NVIDIA/AMD GPU for AI, managed Kubernetes, VPC, and storage on European sites including proprietary Milan and Frosinone facilities.
Tags	cloud kubernetes iaas openstack swedish-cloud data-sovereignty dbaas	cloud kubernetes iaas infrastructure gpu italy gdpr sovereign-cloud ai data-center

At a glance: Elastx vs Seeweb
At a glance	Elastx	Seeweb
HQ	Stockholm, Sweden (Elastx AB)	Not listed
Founded	2012	1998
Primary region	se-sto — 3 AZs in Stockholm area	Not listed
Core stack	OpenStack IaaS, Kubernetes CaaS, DBaaS	Not listed
Commercial model	Hourly usage; no long-term lock-in contracts (vendor)	Pay-as-you-go / consumption (SPU & hourly GPU); no public free tier
Ownership	Swedish PE Sobro majority (~53%); no known US parent	100% DHH S.p.A. (Euronext Growth Milan) since 2020
HQ / legal entity	Not listed	Seeweb S.r.l. — Frosinone & Milan, Italy
Hosting regions	Not listed	IT (Milan, Frosinone), CH (Lugano, Zurich), BG (Sofia)
Core products	Not listed	Cloud Server, GPU, SKS Kubernetes, VPC, storage, colocation
Self-host product	Not listed	No — managed IaaS / DC services

Key capabilities: Elastx vs Seeweb
Key capabilities	Elastx	Seeweb
Swedish OpenStack IaaS	Yes	Not listed
Multi-AZ managed Kubernetes	Yes	Not listed
Managed DBaaS	Yes	Not listed
ISO 27001/27017/27018 (claimed)	Yes	Not listed
Sweden data residency	Yes	Not listed
Hourly, no lock-in contracts	Yes	Not listed
Italian operator (DHH)	Not listed	Yes
NVIDIA + AMD GPU cloud	Not listed	Yes
Managed Kubernetes (SKS)	Not listed	Yes
ACN QI2/QC2 (claimed)	Not listed	Yes
ISO 27001 (claimed)	Not listed	Yes
CISPE registered	Not listed	Yes

Elastx

OpenStack IaaS across three Stockholm AZs
Full virtual data center on OpenStack (Nova/Neutron/Cinder/Swift/Octavia/Barbican and related services): KVM instances, security groups, encrypted block and object storage, load balancers, and HSM-backed secrets. Primary region se-sto uses three separate data centers up to ~20 km apart; you pick AZ per resource. Marketplace-validated OpenStack public cloud; hourly metering. No live migration—design for multi-AZ yourself.
Managed multi-AZ Kubernetes (CNCF-certified)
Private Kubernetes clusters on Elastx OpenStack with at least three control-plane and three worker nodes spread across all three AZs. Fully managed option includes 24×7 cluster monitoring and planned rolling upgrades; non-managed includes office-hours upgrades/support without continuous monitoring. CNCF Certified Kubernetes Platform listing; OpenStack integration for persistent volumes and load balancers. Minimum production footprint is non-trivial—test clusters available under different terms.
Managed DBaaS with multi-engine choice
Self-service datastores for MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Valkey with automated provisioning, metrics UI, IP allowlisting, and MFA (TOTP/YubiKey) via Elastx Identity Provider. Single-node or primary plus one/two read replicas; multi-node layouts and backups use multiple Swedish AZs with automatic failover options. Backups land in triple-replicated Swift object storage. Customer owns query design, extra users/DBs, and restore decisions.
Platform security defaults and Swedish ops
Included L3/L4 DDoS protection, threat intelligence blocking, encryption at rest for ephemeral/volume/object storage, encrypted inter-AZ links, and HSM-backed secret management. Data centers described as Tier 3 with 24×7 staffing; staff described as Swedish citizens with annual background checks. Suits regulated buyers who want baseline controls without buying each security add-on separately—still shared responsibility for OS and app hardening on IaaS.
GPU and AI workloads on Swedish infrastructure
NVIDIA Ampere-class and related GPU flavors on OpenStack and Kubernetes for AI, analytics, and HPC-style jobs, plus an AI services offering framed around Swedish digital sovereignty and regulatory control. Useful when models or training data must stay in Sweden; not a substitute for evaluating the separate AI product scope, model licenses, or EU AI Act classification for your use case.

Seeweb

KVM Cloud Servers with dedicated resources
Cloud Server is a KVM virtual machine with dedicated CPU, RAM, and SAN-backed storage, N+1 style redundancy messaging, and guaranteed 1 Gbps bandwidth class. Scale vertically (add CPU/RAM/disk) or horizontally by composing multi-tier stacks. Unmanaged or fully managed by Seeweb engineers—fit for production web, DB, and agency workloads that need predictable isolation rather than noisy shared hosts.
GPU cloud for AI/ML (NVIDIA + AMD)
Cloud Server GPU instances target training, inference, and HPC-style jobs with NVIDIA cards (H100, H200, A100, L40S, RTX A6000, L4 and related) and AMD options including MI300X. Ready-to-use drivers, Terraform support, hourly usage billing, and Spot Instances with a short preemption notice suit bursty or interruptible jobs. Data stays on European sites per vendor GDPR messaging—confirm region per SKU at order time.
Managed Kubernetes Service (SKS)
SKS is Kubernetes-as-a-Service with a HA control plane, worker sizing you design with Seeweb, CSI storage (Vast Data driver on the product page), optional S3-compatible object storage, load balancing, and GPU workers (including MI300X and NVIDIA H-class cards). Aimed at teams that want orchestration without running etcd themselves; Proactive Support tiers add predictive monitoring for production clusters.
VPC, Foundation Server, and hybrid DC footprint
Virtual Private Cloud builds private infrastructures on VMware or Proxmox; Foundation Server targets dedicated bare-metal-style capacity for business-critical virtualization. Combine with housing/colocation in Milan and Frosinone plus European partner sites for DR. Useful when you need private networking and dedicated hosts under the same Italian operator rather than public multi-tenant only.
ACN-qualified IaaS and CISPE EU residency claims
Seeweb publishes ACN CSP qualification (QI2 infrastructure; QC2 for Foundation Server Pro, VPC, Shared CPU/High Memory cloud, and AI/supercomputing infrastructures) for Italian public administration procurement. CISPE Code of Conduct registration is used to assert customer data stored exclusively in European territories. Pair these claims with your own DPIA—they are procurement signals, not a substitute for a signed DPA.

Assurance & compliance: Elastx vs Seeweb
Assurance & compliance	Elastx	Seeweb
Independent security / pen-test audit (public)	Not found No public independent audit PDF or pen-test report located; ISO management-system claims are separate.	Not applicable IaaS/data-center provider—not a consumer no-logs VPN. Assurance is via ISO/ISMS and sector qualifications rather than a no-logs report.
ISO 27001 / 27017 / 27018	Vendor claimed Vendor states ISO 27001 since 2015 and current 27017/27018; request current certificates. Badge marked claimed.	Vendor claimed Vendor certifications page: ISO/IEC 27001:2022, AXE REGISTER cert IT18-27702D, valid until 28 Nov 2027; locations Milan & Frosinone. Re-verify serial in procurement.
ISO 14001 (environmental)	Vendor claimed Vendor claims ISO 14001 with green electricity; Green Web Foundation badge linked on site.	Not listed
SOC 2 / SOC 3	Not found No SOC 2/3 claim found on official product/trust pages reviewed.	Not found No SOC 2/3 report advertised on the official certifications page at research time.
GDPR / EU data protection	Vendor claimed Swedish AB; privacy policy; Sweden data residency claims; DPA path advertised. Confirm processor role wording in contract.	Vendor claimed Italian controller/processor entity, European hosting messaging, privacy policy, ISO 27018 claim, CISPE; confirm DPA for your processing roles.
US CLOUD Act exposure (indicative)	Partial Swedish entity, no known US parent, self-operated SE DCs—not AWS/GCP/Azure primary hosting. Vendor claims Cloud Act–free. Public subprocessor inventory not found; optional hybrid links/CDN/SaaS tools can change residual risk. Indicative only—not legal advice.	Partial Italian Seeweb S.r.l., Italian DHH parent, no known US parent; primary hosting on European DCs (not AWS/GCP/Azure). Third-party Swiss/BG facilities and global transit carriers exist. Indicative only—not legal advice.
Data processing agreement (B2B)	Vendor claimed About page: ISO certifications and ability to enter DPAs for GDPR personal data. Obtain signed DPA + subprocessors in procurement.	Vendor claimed Art. 28 DPA language used for Seeweb-operated services (e.g. published for Regolo); request current signed DPA + TOMs + subprocessors for core cloud/IaaS contracts.
EU AI Act	Not applicable Core offering is IaaS/CaaS/DBaaS. Separate AI services exist—classify your own AI use case under the AI Act if applicable.	Partial Infrastructure/GPU provider and Rethic.AI partnership messaging; AI Act duties mainly fall on customer AI systems. Not a full provider high-risk AI assessment by EuropeanStack.
ISO/IEC 27017 (cloud security)	Not listed	Vendor claimed Appendix to ISO 27001 certificate on certifications page; same validity window stated.
ISO/IEC 27018 (cloud PII)	Not listed	Vendor claimed Appendix to ISO 27001 certificate on certifications page; same validity window stated.
CISPE Data Protection Code of Conduct	Not listed	Vendor claimed Vendor states CISPE registry presence and European data storage under the Code (since 31 May 2017 on certifications page).
ACN Qualified CSP (QI2/QC2)	Not listed	Vendor claimed IaaS qualification for Italian PA; QI2 infrastructure and QC2 for listed products including AI/supercomputing infrastructures (19 Jan 2023 on certifications page).
CSA STAR Level 1	Not listed	Vendor claimed Stated for Virtual Private Cloud and Foundation Server PRO (6 July 2022 on certifications page).

Considerations & known limitations: Elastx vs Seeweb
Considerations & known limitations	Elastx	Seeweb
No public subprocessor inventory	Medium Marketing/docs emphasize Swedish operations and ISO, but a complete public subprocessor list was not found. Request it with the DPA before treating residual transfer risk as zero.	Not listed
OpenStack operational constraints	Medium No live migration; no cross-AZ volume migration while attached; one router per project; floating-IP hairpin limits. Multi-AZ designs must be intentional—not automatic failover of every pattern.	Not listed
Sweden-centric footprint	Low Primary strength is Swedish residency; teams needing many non-Swedish regions will outgrow the geography and should evaluate multi-country EU clouds or hyperscalers.	Not listed
ISO claims need certificate pack	Low ISO 27001/27017/27018/14001 are vendor-claimed publicly; independent public audit PDFs for no-logs/pen-test not found. Procurement should verify current certificates.	Not listed
Smaller global footprint than hyperscalers	Not listed	Medium Region set is European (IT/CH/BG) with a mid-size operator catalog. Multi-continent apps or niche managed PaaS may force multi-cloud or a larger EU peer.
Certifications are vendor-published	Not listed	Low ISO and ACN claims include certificate numbers and dates on seeweb.it, but EuropeanStack did not re-download every registry PDF. Re-verify serials and scope statements in formal assurance reviews.
No single public subprocessor register found	Not listed	Medium Facility partners and network carriers are described on DC pages, but a consolidated customer-content subprocessor list was not found as one public document. Request annex under NDA for regulated workloads.
GPU Spot Instances can be interrupted	Not listed	Low Vendor documents ~2-minute notice before Spot termination when On-Demand needs capacity. Architect batch/checkpointing; do not run sole critical control planes only on Spot.
Some sites use third-party data centers	Not listed	Low Lugano, Zurich, and Sofia are presented via partner facilities (Swisscom, Global Data Centers Switzerland AG, Evolink). Italy-only residency must be contracted explicitly if required.

Fit

Elastx

Best fit when

Organizations that must keep infrastructure and personal data processing in Sweden under a Swedish legal entity
Platform teams that want OpenStack APIs, Terraform-friendly IaaS, and open standards without commercial lock-in contracts
Teams needing CNCF-aligned private Kubernetes with control planes and workers across three Swedish AZs
Product teams wanting managed MariaDB/MySQL/PostgreSQL/MSSQL/Valkey with multi-AZ options and object-storage backups
Buyers who value included baseline security (DDoS, threat intel, encryption at rest, HSM secrets) and 24×7 Swedish support

Poor fit when

Workloads that require many regions outside Sweden or a hyperscaler-scale SaaS/marketplace ecosystem
Architectures that depend on live migration or transparent cross-AZ volume moves (not supported)
Teams that only need a few simple VMs and prefer a minimal global UI over OpenStack operational depth
Buyers who require published independent pen-test/no-logs audit packs before shortlisting (not found publicly)

Consider instead when

When: You need high-performance IaaS across multiple European countries with a simpler product surface
Consider: UpCloud
Less Sweden-only OpenStack/K8s packaging; stronger multi-country footprint.
When: You want broad EU/FR developer cloud (bare metal, serverless, many regions) rather than Sweden-only OpenStack
Consider: Scaleway or OVHcloud
Different sovereignty and product mixes; not a drop-in OpenStack twin.
When: You need global regions and the deepest managed-service catalogs despite US CLOUD Act exposure
Consider: Microsoft Azure or AWS
Opposite sovereignty tradeoff.
When: Your RFP is pure Swedish public-sector OpenStack peers
Consider: Cleura or Safespring (evaluate off-catalog if not listed)
Closest Nordic sovereignty competitors.

Seeweb

Best fit when

Italian PA and public-sector projects that need ACN-qualified IaaS (verify QI2/QC2 scope against the tender)
AI/ML teams wanting European GPU hours (NVIDIA H-class / L-class and AMD MI300X) with usage-based or Spot billing
System integrators and SaaS vendors that prefer managed Kubernetes (SKS) plus Italian engineering support over pure DIY clusters
Workloads that must stay under Italian/EU legal entities with CISPE-style European data-location claims
Hybrid designs combining Cloud Servers or VPC with colocation in Milan/Frosinone and European DR sites

Poor fit when

Applications that depend on dozens of global regions or proprietary hyperscaler PaaS (Lambda-style, global managed DB fleets)
Buyers seeking a free tier or purely self-hosted open-source cloud distribution without a commercial operator
Teams that need a published SOC 2 Type II report as a hard gate (not found on Seeweb certifications page)
Organizations that refuse any third-party facility (Swiss/Bulgarian partner DCs) without Italy-only contractual pins

Consider instead when

When: You need a large multi-country European cloud with denser product catalog and strong self-service DX
Consider: OVHcloud or Scaleway
Broader regions and developer tooling; less Italian ACN-specific packaging than Seeweb.
When: You want another Italian sovereign cloud with mass-market public-cloud SKUs
Consider: Aruba Cloud
Closest national peer; compare GPU/K8s maturity and PA qualification details side by side.
When: You mainly need simple self-service VMs/storage at aggressive commercial terms without Italian PA focus
Consider: Hetzner
Strong for general-purpose EU VMs; different compliance and support model.
When: You require global enterprise PaaS and marketplace ecosystems
Consider: AWS or Microsoft Azure
Accept US-group cloud and CLOUD Act exposure tradeoffs for breadth.

Open questions for due diligence

Elastx

Will Elastx provide a current ISO certificate package and statement of applicability under NDA?
What is the full subprocessor list for support, ticketing, email, monitoring, CDN, and any AI services?
Which optional services (Varnish CDN, Virtuozzo PaaS, hybrid Cloud Exchange links) process customer data outside Elastx-operated Swedish DCs?
What RTO/RPO and availability SLA apply to the specific SKUs under evaluation (IaaS vs managed K8s vs DBaaS)?

Seeweb

Will Seeweb provide a current signed DPA, TOMs, and full subprocessor list scoped to our SKUs and regions?
Can every required product (GPU, SKS, VPC) be pinned exclusively to Milan/Frosinone under contract?
What is the exact SLA and support tier mapping for our architecture (marketing cites up to 99.99%)?
Are current ISO certificate serials and ACN register entries still valid for the products we will buy?
Is IBM Spectrum Protect operated entirely on Seeweb infrastructure, or does any backup path leave European facilities?