Companies Consider Moving From AWS to UpCloud for Cost and Data Sovereignty

A guide published on moveinfra.eu explains how European companies can migrate from AWS to UpCloud, which works well for standard web stacks using virtual machines, Kubernetes, relational databases, and S3-compatible storage. Core services such as EC2, RDS, ElastiCache, S3, EKS, and load balancers have direct managed equivalents on UpCloud, while proprietary services like Lambda, SQS, and DynamoDB require refactoring to containers or open-source alternatives. Migrating typically aims to reduce monthly spend by avoiding outbound transfer fees, Kubernetes control plane charges, and fragmented billing, since UpCloud bundles compute, storage, and transfer into flat rates. The article also highlights UpCloud's Finnish headquarters as a way to sidestep US CLOUD Act exposure, which can simplify compliance under regulations such as DORA. It notes that under the EU Data Act, switching egress fees are capped at cost until January 2027, when they are banned entirely.