This post is part of a series on moving off American software.
Cloudflare is less a CDN than a bundle: content delivery, DNS, security, and edge compute in one platform. That matters for this post, because the European alternatives are mostly focused on delivery. If you rely on Cloudflare's application security or edge compute, no single service below replaces all of it — plan for that before migrating. If your main need is serving assets fast with sane caching rules, these cover it well.
All services mentioned appear in the CDN category on European Alternatives; where the listing states a country, we note it.
Bunny CDN and KeyCDN
Bunny CDN offers image processing such as scaling, specialized services for video streaming, and Edge Storage — object storage at edge locations, which shortens delivery times further. That makes it a reasonable single vendor for sites that mix static assets, images, and video.
KeyCDN is a straightforward CDN provider that also offers image resizing. If your setup is "cache and deliver static assets," this is the simple end of the market.
BlazingCDN
BlazingCDN comes from Poland and runs a network of more than 25 points of presence. It covers three use cases: serving static content with caching, proxying entire websites, and video streaming. The site-proxy option is worth noting if your current setup leans on Cloudflare's full-site proxying rather than asset-only CDN mode.
Myra CDN: built for compliance-heavy industries
Myra CDN is operated by the German company Myra Security. It caches and distributes both static and dynamic content across edge locations, reducing latency and offloading origin servers, and is used for websites, APIs, and media assets. Myra positions it particularly for organizations in finance, e-commerce, healthcare, and public administration — buyers who need performance combined with data protection under German and EU law. If that describes your procurement environment, Myra is the one on this list built for that conversation.
Varnish CDN: caching control without VCL
Varnish CDN, from Sweden, is a managed CDN for websites, online shops, and APIs, built on Varnish Enterprise. The pitch: Varnish's caching power without writing Varnish Configuration Language. A browser dashboard lets teams configure caching rules, headers, cookies, and query parameters. Purging works from the dashboard or API, including by tag.
It also carries features you would otherwise bolt on separately: managed TLS certificates, image optimization, WebSocket proxying, and configurable web application firewall and bot protection. Grace mode keeps serving cached content when your origin goes down — a small feature that pays for itself the first time an origin server fails during a traffic spike.
Two more worth knowing
CDN77 serves media companies, online shops, web applications, and software distribution, with multilayer caching and request collapsing to cut repeated origin requests, plus live streaming and video on demand. One caveat for a European-alternatives list: it is operated by UK-based DataCamp Limited, whose controlling holding company is based in Czechia — decide for yourself whether that fits your requirements.
OVHcloud CDN Infrastructure is the managed CDN of the French cloud provider, sitting in front of origin servers at OVHcloud or other clouds. It serves up to 1,000 domains through a dedicated Anycast IP, with custom cache rules, free TLS certificates, DDoS protection, real-time logs, and edge locations in Europe and North America. If you are already on OVHcloud — see our AWS alternatives post — it is the path of least resistance.
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