Public Cloud
6.1/10OpenStack-based pay-as-you-go IaaS from Swiss host Infomaniak. It offers instances, block and S3-compatible object storage, and Kubernetes, all hosted in Swiss data centers.
Data last updated November 2026 · Our methodology
Overview
Infomaniak Public Cloud is an infrastructure-as-a-service platform from Infomaniak, a hosting company based in Geneva. It is built on open-source OpenStack. Infomaniak launched it publicly in September 2021, after running the same cloud internally for about ten years. It provides virtual machine instances with Linux, Windows or custom images, plus GPU and memory-optimized options. Block storage runs on Ceph, object storage on Swift with an S3-compatible API, and a managed Kubernetes service is available. Resources are managed through OpenStack Horizon and the standard OpenStack APIs. Because it uses the standard OpenStack APIs, existing OpenStack and Terraform tooling works with it and switching providers is easier. Infomaniak owns its data centers, and they are all in Switzerland. That makes the service a good fit for European organizations that care about data sovereignty and want an alternative to the US hyperscalers. Billing is pay-as-you-go: resource use is measured every hour, converted through Infomaniak Cloud Units, and invoiced each calendar month in CHF or EUR, excluding VAT. Stopped instances only incur storage, GPU and public IPv4 charges. New customers get CHF 300 of trial credit, valid for 3 months. At launch, the smallest instance was advertised from about 2.65 euros a month. The main limitations are geographic reach and the managed-service catalog. All regions are in Switzerland. Invoices can only be paid by credit card. Third-party reviewers note missing monitoring charts, and independent user reviews are scarce.
Our Rating
Who Public Cloud is best for
Good fit
The standard OpenStack APIs and Horizon console suit engineers who are comfortable managing their own infrastructure.
Infomaniak markets it to public organizations as a sovereign alternative hosted only in Swiss data centers.
It provides compute, storage and Kubernetes that IT teams can run under Swiss data residency.
Less suited
Hourly billing, low entry prices and CHF 300 of trial credit keep early costs down.
Enterprises get sovereignty benefits, but only Swiss regions and a smaller managed-service catalog than the hyperscalers.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Owned data centers located only in Switzerland, which supports data-sovereignty requirements
- Built on standard OpenStack, so existing tooling works and moving to another provider is easier
- Hourly billing that excludes most charges for stopped instances
- CHF 300 of free credit for the first 3 months
- S3-compatible object storage, encrypted block storage and DDoS protection
Cons
- All regions are in Switzerland, so there is no wider geographic footprint
- Invoices can only be paid by credit card
- Third-party benchmarks note missing monitoring charts and reverse DNS
- Very few independent user reviews on G2 or Capterra
Key Features
Public Cloud Pricing
Pay-as-you-go
- Credit card payment only
- Invoiced each calendar month, excluding VAT
- CHF 300 of trial credit for 3 months for new customers
- Stopped instances billed only for storage, GPU and public IPv4
- Hourly usage-based billing converted through Infomaniak Cloud Units
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Infomaniak offers CHF 300 of Public Cloud credit, usable for 3 months and limited to once per customer.
Resource use is measured hourly, converted through Infomaniak Cloud Units, and invoiced for each calendar month. Prices exclude VAT.
Only for their storage, plus any GPU and any public IPv4 address that stay attached to them.
Public Cloud invoices can only be paid by credit card.
In data centers that Infomaniak owns, all located in Switzerland.
Yes. The platform runs on OpenStack and is managed through Horizon and the standard OpenStack APIs.
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