Cloud hosting vendors, ranked by transparency
Cloud and application hosting providers, ranked by what they publish about how they handle your data.
- 30Vendors
- 27Ranked
- 12Criteria each
- 2026-08-31Checked
| # | Vendor | Score | DPA | Subproc. | Region | Status | Pricing | Certs | SLA | HSTS | Consent | sec.txt | Notice | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exoscale | 85 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| 2 | DigitalOcean | 75 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | – | – |
| 3 | Vercel | 75 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | – | – |
| 4 | Kinsta | 70 | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | – | – |
| 5 | Railway | 70 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 6 | Render | 70 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | – | – |
| 7 | Cloudflare | 65 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | – | – |
| 8 | Netlify | 65 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 9 | Aptible | 55 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 10 | Fly.io | 55 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 11 | Heroku | 50 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 12 | Hetzner | 50 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| 13 | Scaleway | 45 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| 14 | UpCloud | 45 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 15 | WP Engine | 45 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | – | – |
| 16 | Fastly | 40 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 17 | Cloudways | 37 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | – | – | – |
| 18 | Clever Cloud | 35 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | – | – |
| 19 | Gcore | 35 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | – | – |
| 20 | Northflank | 35 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 21 | Koyeb | 30 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 22 | Upsun | 30 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | – | – |
| 23 | Bunny | 25 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 24 | Mittwald | 25 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | – | – |
| 25 | IONOS Cloud | 15 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | – | – |
| 26 | OVHcloud | 5 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | – | – |
| 27 | T Cloud Public | 0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| Akamai | not enough data | – | – | – | ✓ | – | ✗ | – | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | |
| Contabo | not enough data | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ✓ | ✗ | – | – | – | |
| Vultr | not enough data | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ✗ | ✗ | – | – | – |
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How this market does on each criterion, with its own share and how it compares with the rest.
Data processing agreement · Subprocessor list · Data location stated · Status page with history · Public pricing · Certifications named · Uptime SLA with a figure · HTTPS enforced with HSTS · No third-party tracking before consent · security.txt (RFC 9116)
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