S3 Storage
Made in Germany

Highly available S3-compatible object storage based on CEPH. Sovereign storage on European infrastructure – for backups, application data, and static files.

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UDS
Volkswagen
Liebherr
T-Systems
Program51
FJD
DWT
INH
Hades
HiOrg-Server
own3d
Tikfinity
Connext
Buben & Mädchen
Portainer
Prime Insights
TELTEC
Elevantiq
Moovit
CFTools
OCC
Reiner SCT
Schwarze Gruppe
Stadt Köln
Vivavis
Avemio Tech
Business Intelligence
Cosanta
Datamints
Rimian
Clade
Cyreen
Inett
Paperless Group
Pikon
PXIO
SaaS Systems
Seven2One
SEWOBE
Taywa
VJupix

Sovereign Object Storage

Our S3-compatible storage is based on CEPH and runs on European infrastructure. Full control over your data – without dependency on US hyperscalers.

S3 Compatible

Standard S3 API

Full compatibility with the S3 API. Use your existing tools, SDKs, and workflows without modification.
S3 API Compatibility

CEPH-based

Enterprise Storage

Based on CEPH – the proven open-source storage system for highly available, scalable object storage.
CEPH Open Source Enterprise
CEPH Details

EU Infrastructure

GDPR Compliant

All data stays in the EU. No dependency on US hyperscalers or Cloud Act. Full data sovereignty.
EU GDPR Sovereignty

Highly Available

Replication & Redundancy

Multiple replication across different storage nodes. No single points of failure.
HA Replication Redundancy

Encryption

At Rest & In Transit

Encryption of all data both at rest and in transit. Your data is secure.
Encryption TLS Security

Transparent Pricing

€0.05/GB/month

Simple, transparent pricing without hidden costs. No egress fees, no request costs.
Price Transparent Fair

Use Cases

S3 Storage is suitable for a variety of use cases – from backups to data pipelines.

Backups

Secure Data Backup

Automated backups of your Kubernetes workloads, databases, and application data. Customers of our Managed Kubernetes services receive 1 TB free storage for backups.
Backup Disaster Recovery Free

Application Data

Application Data

Store user uploads, media assets, documents, and other application data securely and scalably.
Uploads Media Documents

ETL Pipelines

Data Processing

Central staging area for data pipelines. Load, transform, and process large amounts of data.
ETL Data Processing

Static Files

Static Content

Host static websites, assets, downloads, and CDN content directly from S3 storage.
Static CDN Assets

Logs & Archives

Long-term Storage

Archive logs, audit trails, and historical data cost-effectively for compliance requirements.
Logs Archive Compliance

Machine Learning

Training Data

Store ML training data, models, and inference results scalably in S3 storage.
ML AI Training

Pricing

Transparent pricing without hidden costs.

Included

For Kubernetes Customers

€0 /month

  • ✓ 1 TB storage included
  • ✓ Reserved for backups
  • ✓ S3 API access
  • ✓ Encryption included
  • ✓ No egress costs
  • ✓ Support included
Book Kubernetes

S3 Storage

Pay-as-you-go

€0.05 /GB/month

  • ✓ From €0.05/GB/month
  • ✓ 1 TB free for K8s customers
  • ✓ S3-compatible API
  • ✓ CEPH-based
  • ✓ Highly available
  • ✓ Encryption included
  • ✓ No egress costs
  • ✓ No request costs
  • ✓ EU infrastructure

Enterprise

Custom Volumes

Custom

  • ✓ Volume discounts
  • ✓ Dedicated clusters
  • ✓ Custom SLAs
  • ✓ Own namespaces
  • ✓ On-premise option
  • ✓ Premium support

Comparison with Alternatives

Our S3 storage is the sovereign alternative to the object storage services of US hyperscalers.

vs. AWS S3

Kriterium ayedo AWS S3
Jurisdiction
EU / GDPR compliant
US / Cloud Act
Pricing
€0.05/GB – done
Complex + Egress
Egress Costs
None
From $0.09/GB
Request Costs
None
Per 1,000 requests

vs. Azure Blob

Kriterium ayedo Azure Blob
Jurisdiction
EU / GDPR compliant
US / Cloud Act
Pricing
Transparent
Tiers + Egress
Egress Costs
None
From $0.087/GB
Vendor Lock-in
Standard S3 API
Azure-specific

vs. Google Cloud

Kriterium ayedo Google Cloud
Jurisdiction
EU / GDPR compliant
US / Cloud Act
Pricing
Transparent
Classes + Egress
Egress Costs
None
From $0.12/GB
Support
Personal
Ticket system

Integration in Polycrate

Our S3 storage is part of the Polycrate Software Security Framework and seamlessly integrated into your infrastructure.

Kubernetes Integration

Native Integration

S3 storage as backend for Velero backups, PersistentVolumes, and application data in your Managed Kubernetes clusters.
Kubernetes Velero PV
Explore Kubernetes

Loopback

Self-Service Storage

Create and manage S3 buckets directly through the Loopback UI – self-service without tickets.
Loopback Self-Service UI
Explore Loopback

Compliance & Regulatory Requirements

The ayedo Software Delivery Platform meets the requirements of current EU regulations. From GDPR to NIS-2 to DORA – our platform is designed for regulated industries and critical infrastructures.

GDPR-Compliant Data Processing

Privacy by Design & Default.

EU data residency (Germany), Customer-Managed Keys (BYOK/BYOHSM), encryption at rest/in transit. ISO 27001-certified data protection management. Support for data subject rights, DPA, incident response. More about GDPR.

NIS-2-Compliant Operations

Resilience for critical infrastructures.

24/7 monitoring, incident response, BCP/DR processes, supply chain transparency (SBOM). EU-based operations, MFA/PAM, vulnerability management, patch processes. Ideal for essential/important entities. More about NIS-2.

DORA-Ready for Financial Institutions

ICT resilience tailored.

ICT risk management framework, documented exit strategies, third-party risk management, TLPT readiness. Structured incident reporting chains, continuous resilience testing, ISO 27001-certified. More about DORA.

CRA-Compliant Software Supply Chain

Security by Design across the entire lifecycle.

SBOM generation, CVE scanning, vulnerability disclosure processes, update management. Signed container images, GitOps-based audit trails, transparent supply chain. More about CRA.

Cloud Sovereignty Framework

Digital sovereignty made measurable.

EU-based operations, open standards, exit capability without lock-in. Designed for SEAL-4 (Full Digital Sovereignty) across all eight sovereignty objectives. No dependencies on non-EU control. More about the Framework.

Data Act-Compliant Portability

Switching without barriers.

Open APIs (OpenAPI), standardized formats (YAML/JSON/OCI), complete exit runbooks, Infrastructure-as-Code portability. Multi-cloud capable, no egress fees, functional equivalence. More about Data Act.

Integrated Compliance Roadmap

Holistic approach.

How ayedo systematically addresses GDPR, NIS-2, DORA, CRA, Data Act, Cloud Sovereignty Framework, ISO 27001/9001. Certifications, processes, technical measures, audit readiness. To overview.

You build it. We run it.

Excellent performance and maximum uptime - that’s what we wake up for. And sometimes even in the middle of the night.

270 Million End Users

per month

More than 9 million end users use software we deploy every day, on the internet or on-premise.
User Endanwender Software

99.99% Uptime

annual average

Our managed services are unavailable for less than 1 hour per year on average.
Uptime Verfügbarkeit SLA

MTTD < 5 Minutes

on average

Our granular alerting system detects errors and outages faster than you can say ‘Service Level Agreement’.
MTTD Monitoring Detection

15 Billion Logs

per month

More than 2000 logs per second are collected by our collectors and stored GDPR-compliant.
Logs Observability Ingestion

46 Million Active Timeseries

per month

1.7 million datapoints are measured per second by our monitoring systems.
Monitoring Metrics Datapoints

50 TB Backups

per month

More than 2000 backups are stored daily on our encrypted long-term storage.
Backup Storage Sicherheit