[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":234},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article:\u002Fcompare\u002Feu-managed-redis":3,"related:\u002Fcompare\u002Fkvnest-vs-upstash,\u002Fcompare\u002Fredis-vs-valkey,\u002Fblog\u002Fcloud-act-and-your-cache":225},{"id":4,"title":5,"answer":6,"author":7,"body":8,"dateModified":186,"datePublished":187,"description":188,"extension":189,"faq":190,"lastVerified":187,"meta":206,"navigation":207,"ogImage":208,"path":209,"pillar":210,"providers":211,"published":207,"related":212,"seo":216,"sources":217,"stem":223,"__hash__":224},"compare\u002Fcompare\u002Feu-managed-redis.md","EU managed Redis & Valkey: 11 providers compared (Nov 2026)","Seven of the 11 providers keep both the company and the data in the EU: Aiven, OVHcloud, Scaleway, Clever Cloud, UpCloud, Stackhero and KVNest. UpCloud is the cheapest with data on disk, at €8 a month for 1 GB. As of 4 November 2026, KVNest is the only one of the 11 that combines a free tier, a hosted MCP server and a choice of Redis or Valkey.","KVNest",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":174},"minimark",[11,16,19,22,26,34,37,41,47,50,54,91,95,115,119,160,164],[12,13,15],"h2",{"id":14},"the-short-version","The short version",[17,18],"provider-matrix",{},[20,21],"pick-for-me",{},[12,23,25],{"id":24},"a-region-is-not-an-owner","A region is not an owner",[27,28,29,33],"p",{},[30,31,32],"strong",{},"Where the company is matters as much as where the data is."," A Frankfurt region keeps your data in the EU. But a US parent is subject to the CLOUD Act: with a warrant, US authorities can require it to disclose data it controls, wherever that data is stored. Providers can challenge an order that conflicts with local law, but the risk stays with you.",[35,36],"ownership-map",{},[12,38,40],{"id":39},"what-a-gigabyte-costs","What a gigabyte costs",[27,42,43,46],{},[30,44,45],{},"Price per GiB:"," the cheapest plan with data on disk, divided by its stated RAM.",[48,49],"price-ladder",{},[12,51,53],{"id":52},"eu-owned-providers","EU-owned providers",[55,56,57,61,64,67,70,73,76],"provider-grid",{},[58,59],"provider-card",{"id":60},"aiven",[58,62],{"id":63},"ovhcloud",[58,65],{"id":66},"scaleway",[58,68],{"id":69},"clever-cloud",[58,71],{"id":72},"upcloud",[58,74],{"id":75},"stackhero",[58,77,79],{"id":78},"kvnest",[27,80,81,84,85,90],{},[30,82,83],{},"Disclosure:"," we run KVNest. Agent setup: ",[86,87,89],"a",{"href":88},"\u002Fdocs\u002Fmcp","MCP docs",".",[12,92,94],{"id":93},"owned-outside-the-eu","Owned outside the EU",[55,96,97,106,109,112],{},[58,98,100],{"id":99},"exoscale",[27,101,102,105],{},[30,103,104],{},"Ownership:"," Swiss-run; its group's majority owner is América Móvil (Mexico).",[58,107],{"id":108},"upstash",[58,110],{"id":111},"redis-cloud",[58,113],{"id":114},"render",[12,116,118],{"id":117},"where-kvnest-falls-short","Where KVNest falls short",[120,121,122,154],"limits-box",{},[123,124,125,132,138,144],"ul",{},[126,127,128,131],"li",{},[30,129,130],{},"Single node."," No replica or automatic failover yet.",[126,133,134,137],{},[30,135,136],{},"No backups or SLA"," during the preview. Keep a copy of anything you can't lose.",[126,139,140,143],{},[30,141,142],{},"Starter is a cache."," Nothing goes to disk; when memory is full, least recently used keys go.",[126,145,146,149,150,90],{},[30,147,148],{},"Paid plans aren't on sale yet."," Casual and Pro prices are provisional; see ",[86,151,153],{"href":152},"\u002Fpricing","KVNest pricing",[27,155,156,159],{},[30,157,158],{},"Need failover today?"," Exoscale Business-1 (about €50 a month) is the cheapest European option we found; Scaleway with a standby (about €55) and Aiven Business ($70) are the cheapest EU-owned.",[12,161,163],{"id":162},"how-we-checked","How we checked",[27,165,166,169,170,90],{},[30,167,168],{},"From each provider's own pricing, docs or legal pages,"," read on 4 November 2026. USD at that day's ECB rate (1 USD = €0.8875); hourly prices at 730 hours a month. Found an error? Email ",[86,171,173],{"href":172},"mailto:legal@kvnest.com","legal@kvnest.com",{"title":175,"searchDepth":176,"depth":177,"links":178},"",2,3,[179,180,181,182,183,184,185],{"id":14,"depth":176,"text":15},{"id":24,"depth":176,"text":25},{"id":39,"depth":176,"text":40},{"id":52,"depth":176,"text":53},{"id":93,"depth":176,"text":94},{"id":117,"depth":176,"text":118},{"id":162,"depth":176,"text":163},"2026-11-05","2026-11-04","Who owns them, where your data lives, what the free tier and smallest plan cost, and who runs a hosted MCP server. Checked against each provider's own pages.","md",[191,194,197,200,203],{"question":192,"answer":193},"Which managed Redis providers are EU-owned?","Aiven and UpCloud (Finland), OVHcloud, Scaleway, Clever Cloud and Stackhero (France), and KVNest (the Netherlands). Exoscale is run from Switzerland, but its parent group is majority-owned by América Móvil in Mexico. Upstash and Render have EU regions and US parents; Redis Cloud has EU regions and is US-headquartered.",{"question":195,"answer":196},"Is a Frankfurt region on a US provider GDPR-compliant?","It can be, with safeguards such as the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or standard contractual clauses. What an EU region doesn't change is that a US company can be ordered under the CLOUD Act to hand over data it controls, wherever that data is stored. Whether that matters depends on your data and your customers. This isn't legal advice.",{"question":198,"answer":199},"What's the cheapest managed Redis in Europe?","For a persistent gigabyte from an EU-owned company, UpCloud at €8 a month. For the lowest entry price, Redis Cloud's 250 MB plan at about €4.44 (US-headquartered) or Clever Cloud's 128 MB plan at €5.",{"question":201,"answer":202},"Is there a free managed Redis service hosted in the EU?","Yes. KVNest Starter gives you 256 MiB in Germany, cache only, free during the public preview. Upstash (250 MB), Redis Cloud (30 MB) and Render (25 MB) have free tiers in EU regions from US companies, and Clever Cloud's Materia KV is free in Paris during its beta. Aiven's free tier is 1 GB, but Aiven picks the cloud and region.",{"question":204,"answer":205},"Which providers run a hosted MCP server?","KVNest, Aiven and OVHcloud (in beta) among EU-owned providers, and Upstash and Render among US ones. Clever Cloud and Redis Cloud publish official servers that you run yourself.",{},true,null,"\u002Fcompare\u002Feu-managed-redis","eu",[78,60,66,63,69,72,75,99,108,111,114],[213,214,215],"\u002Fcompare\u002Fkvnest-vs-upstash","\u002Fcompare\u002Fredis-vs-valkey","\u002Fblog\u002Fcloud-act-and-your-cache",{"title":5,"description":188},[218,220],{"label":153,"url":219,"checked":187},"https:\u002F\u002Fkvnest.com\u002Fpricing",{"label":221,"url":222,"checked":187},"ECB euro reference rates","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ecb.europa.eu\u002Fstats\u002Fpolicy_and_exchange_rates\u002Feuro_reference_exchange_rates\u002Fhtml\u002Findex.en.html","compare\u002Feu-managed-redis","BUAR9aNLUUabZYclb9KDigWA40a9lXpCh-s3Am95wB8",[226,230],{"path":213,"title":227,"answer":228,"description":229,"published":207},"KVNest vs Upstash: EU-owned or serverless? (Nov 2026)","Pick Upstash for serverless and edge apps that want an HTTP API, per-request pricing, global read replicas or high availability today. Pick KVNest if you want an EU-owned company and upstream Redis Open Source 8.10 or Valkey 9.1 over a standard TLS connection, free during the public preview with no command quota.","Upstash wins for serverless apps, per-request billing, global replicas and HA. KVNest is EU-owned and runs upstream Redis or Valkey over TLS, free in preview.",{"path":214,"title":231,"answer":232,"description":233,"published":207},"Redis vs Valkey in 2026: what's different and which to pick","For most apps it doesn't matter: Redis 8 and Valkey 9 speak the same protocol, and mainstream Redis clients connect to both. Pick Redis if you need TimeSeries or the newest Redis Query Engine features; pick Valkey if you want a BSD license and a Linux Foundation project. On KVNest you choose per instance, at the same price.","Redis 8 and Valkey 9 speak the same protocol. They differ in license, governance and modules. A neutral, dated comparison from a host that offers both.",1793839178673]