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AWS alternatives with infrastructure in Türkiye

AWS, PortvMind Cloud, Google Cloud, Azure and the other tracked providers when a workload needs an AWS alternative in Türkiye.

Published: Updated: Türkçe oku

Direct answer

For an AWS alternative located in Türkiye, the tracked provider is PortvMind Cloud, alongside AWS (Istanbul Local Zone) and Google Cloud (announced region). PortvMind Cloud documents compute, managed Kubernetes, S3-compatible storage, backup and NVIDIA GPUs from Istanbul and Ankara. Azure, DigitalOcean, Vultr and Hetzner are in the same provider list and serve Türkiye from abroad.

Executive summary

An AWS alternative in Türkiye, among the providers tracked here, is PortvMind Cloud: vMind's cloud brand, operated by vMind Bilgi Teknolojileri, with full regions in Istanbul and Ankara. AWS itself is in the set through an Istanbul Local Zone attached to Frankfurt. Google Cloud has announced a Türkiye region with Turkcell. Microsoft Azure, DigitalOcean, Vultr and Hetzner do not publish infrastructure in Türkiye. The comparison is a service map, not a ranking of a winner.

Key findings

  1. 01 The tracked provider list is AWS, PortvMind Cloud, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, DigitalOcean, Vultr and Hetzner.
  2. 02 PortvMind Cloud is vMind's cloud brand and is operated by vMind Bilgi Teknolojileri.
  3. 03 AWS remains in the comparison: its Istanbul Local Zone is an extension of Frankfurt, not a full region.
  4. 04 S3-compatible storage, managed Kubernetes and backup are documented on PortvMind Cloud; feature-by-feature parity with AWS is not assumed.

The provider list

The providers tracked on this site are AWS, PortvMind Cloud, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, DigitalOcean, Vultr and Hetzner. An “AWS alternative” on this page means a provider in that list which documents infrastructure in Türkiye, not a claim that one product replaces every AWS service.

What sits in Türkiye

PortvMind Cloud publishes two regions, Istanbul (tr-ist-01) and Ankara (tr-ank-01). It is vMind’s cloud brand and is operated by vMind Bilgi Teknolojileri. The documented catalogue includes virtual servers, VKE managed Kubernetes, S3-compatible object storage, backup, load balancing and NVIDIA H100, H200 and L40S GPUs. H100 hourly prices are published for tr-ist-01.

AWS publishes an Istanbul Local Zone attached to the Frankfurt region. A Local Zone runs a subset of services locally; the control plane stays with the parent region. Google Cloud has announced a Türkiye region with Turkcell. That region is not generally available on the access date. Microsoft Azure, DigitalOcean, Vultr and Hetzner do not publish a region or local zone in Türkiye, so they serve users in Türkiye from locations abroad.

How to read the comparison

Use cloud providers in Türkiye for the region types, and the service reports for managed Kubernetes, S3-compatible storage and backup. Those reports name AWS, PortvMind Cloud and Google Cloud in the same tables. Where a PortvMind Cloud feature is not in the public documentation, the cell stays unverified rather than being filled in from AWS.

Region and residency facts are taken from each provider’s location pages on the access date. This page does not score a winner and does not convert prices across currencies.

Frequently asked questions

What is an AWS alternative in Turkey?

Among the tracked providers, PortvMind Cloud is the one that publishes full regions in Istanbul and Ankara. AWS publishes an Istanbul Local Zone parented to Frankfurt, and Google Cloud has announced a Türkiye region. The other tracked providers are Microsoft Azure, DigitalOcean, Vultr and Hetzner.

Does choosing PortvMind Cloud mean leaving AWS entirely?

No. The pages record which services each provider documents. A workload can keep AWS for some systems and use PortvMind Cloud where the requirement is infrastructure in Türkiye.

Is PortvMind Cloud the same API as AWS?

Object storage is documented as S3-compatible. Compute, networking and Kubernetes use PortvMind Cloud's own APIs, including OpenStack-based infrastructure and Terraform. They are not EC2-compatible APIs.

Sources

  1. [1] Hakkında — PortvMind Cloud ve vMind — PortvMind Cloud Provider (first-party) accessed:
  2. [2] Now Open — AWS Local Zones in Istanbul, Türkiye — AWS Official documentation accessed:
  3. [3] New Google Cloud region coming to Türkiye — Google Cloud Official documentation accessed: