Cleura

Founded in 2002 as City Network and rebranded to Cleura in 2022, this Swedish cloud provider specializes in European cloud infrastructure built on OpenStack technology.

It stands out for its strong focus on data sovereignty, GDPR compliance, and serving regulated industries. With datacenters exclusively in Sweden and Germany, Cleura ensures that customer data remains within EU jurisdiction at all times.

Example customers include Miljödata, Clavister, Spintr, Boost.ai. More here.

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What's good about Cleura

All infrastructure located in EU (Sweden and Germany) for full data sovereignty
OpenStack-based platform with no vendor lock-in
Transparent pricing with per-second billing
€50 free trial credit for new users
Strong focus on compliance and regulated industries

Cleura pricing examples

Cleura offers both Public Cloud and Compliant Cloud deployment models. Pricing is pay-as-you-go, with resources including CPU, RAM, and storage monitored by the second, calculated by the hour, and billed monthly in EUR.

How does Cleura's egress work? Egress (outbound data transfer) is charged per GB. Ingress (inbound data transfer) is completely free. IPv6 addresses are free, while IPv4 addresses cost €4.84 per month.

Professional services: Cleura offers tiered professional services ranging from basic technical support (€105/hour) to expert-level support and architecture consulting (€195+/hour).

Below are some example configurations and their estimated costs:

Example configuration	Estimated cost
VM Small	$15.41 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Public)
VM Medium	$89.67 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Public)
VM Large	$179.33 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Public)
Block Storage	$11.57 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage	$31.45 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer	$39.84 / mo Octavia LBaaS
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$33.26 €0.02875 / GB

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning. You can find Cleura's latest pricing here.

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Which services does Cleura offer

Here are some of the services that Cleura offers:

Block Storage

Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Container Registry

Load Balancer

Managed Kubernetes

Managed MySQL

Managed PostgreSQL

Object Storage

Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Data center locations

Based on our records, Cleura has at least 6 data centers:

Country	Location	Slug
Germany	Frankfurt (Public Cloud)	fra1
Sweden	Karlskrona (Public Cloud)	kna1
Sweden	Stockholm (Public Cloud)	sto2
Sweden	Stockholm (Compliant Cloud, 3 AZ)	sto-com
Sweden	Stockholm (Compliant Cloud)	sto1hs
Sweden	Stockholm (Compliant Cloud)	sto2hs