City Network review
Updated September 28, 2026 · DeployCue Editorial Team · Facts checked September 26, 2026
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Our verdict
City Network suits teams and developers who want compliant hosting with phone support and no long commitment, since billing runs per second, hourly and monthly. Its overall score sits at 6 out of ten, held back by a Windows-only operating system list and 6 regions in SE and DE.
Key facts
- Best for
- Short-commitment European hosting with phone support, storage and compliance certificates in one catalogue.
- Billing models
- Per-second, Hourly, Monthly↗
- Locations
- 6↗
- Regions
- SE, DE↗
- Free credits
- EUR 50 free trial voucher↗
- Compliance certifications
- ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001:2022↗
- Server types
- VPS, Bare-metal↗
- Operating systems
- Windows↗
- Legal entity
- Cleura AB↗
- Headquarters
- Sweden↗
- Support channels
- Email, Phone, Help-centre, Community↗
- Pricing model
- Hourly billing
- Official website
- citynetwork.eu
Storage
Databases
- Free tier
- Yes↗
Facts checked September 26, 2026, 8 sources
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Pros and cons
Pros
- Billing options are broad: per second, hourly and monthly, with hourly as the published granularity.
- Support covers email, phone and help centre, so phone and a help centre sit alongside email.
- Compliance is documented through ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 27001:2022.
- Storage spans object and block with S3-compatible object storage.
Cons
- The operating system list covers windows only, so Linux fleets need another host.
- Coverage is 6 locations in SE and DE, with no wider region list to draw on.
- Public Cloud charges Data transfer charged per GB egress, and egress fees run €0 to €0.029, while free egress sits on Compliant Cloud.
Who it suits
- Teams in SE and DE that need ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 27001:2022 certified hosting for regulated work.
- Developers who want vps and bare metal servers and object and block storage from one supplier.
- Anyone testing a provider before spending, using the free tier and EUR 50 free trial voucher.
Who should look elsewhere
- Linux-standardised teams, since the operating system list is windows only, and SberCloud or UCloud fit that ground better.
- Buyers who want one monthly subscription, since City Network bills per second, hourly and monthly while UCloud and Aruba bill monthly.
- Workloads needing a wide region spread, given 6 locations in SE and DE.
What you get free
City Network has a free tier, which lets a small environment run before any spend, and new accounts can pick up EUR 50 free trial voucher to cover the first build. Read the tier as a testing lane rather than a permanent allowance, and read the voucher as trial credit rather than a discount that carries into billing.
Core features
The footprint is compact: 6 locations, with SE and DE as the published region list. That suits workloads that need European hosting with a short hop to Nordic and German users, and it keeps deployment simple for teams that only ever target these markets. Anyone serving users elsewhere will have a longer path to a nearby site.
How City Network compares
City Network vs ScalaHosting9.1 vs 8.3
City Network vs Contabo9.1 vs 9.2
City Network vs Kamatera9.1 vs 9.5
City Network vs Cloudways9.1 vs 9.2
City Network vs PlanetHoster9.1 vs 8.7
City Network vs Aruba9.1 vs 9.3Aruba bills monthly only, a cleaner fit for a fixed subscription.
City Network vs Hostinger9.1 vs 9.1
City Network vs Easy-Hebergement9.1 vs 8.6
City Network vs HostNoc9.1 vs 8.4
City Network vs AIS Cloud9.1 vs 8.1- City Network vs Miss Hosting FI9.1 vs 8.0
- City Network vs Miss Hosting SE9.1 vs 8.0
Frequently asked questions
How is City Network priced?+
City Network bills per second, hourly and monthly rather than pushing one subscription, and the published billing granularity is hourly. A short test server costs a fraction of one kept for a month, while a monthly term suits steady loads. The model you pick is the main cost lever.
What does data transfer out cost?+
Egress is charged per GB under Data transfer charged per GB egress, and egress fees run €0 to €0.029. Outbound data transfer is free on Compliant Cloud, and inbound transfer is free on Public and Compliant Cloud, so the free allowance depends on which cloud a workload sits in.
Is there a free tier to try before paying?+
Yes, City Network has a free tier, and new accounts can pick up EUR 50 free trial voucher. That covers a small environment and a quick test without spending, which suits developers checking billing behaviour before a real deployment. Longer-running workloads sit on paid plans.
Where does City Network host servers?+
The published footprint is 6 locations, and the region list is SE and DE. That is a compact European base around the Nordics and Germany, sized for European workloads and data-sovereignty requirements. Teams serving other markets should expect a longer path to a nearby site.
Which operating systems can I run?+
The published operating system list is windows, so Windows is what this catalogue is built around. Across the wider market, Linux listings account for 98.2%, so Linux-standardised teams should confirm image availability before ordering or pick a Linux-focused provider.
How do I reach support?+
Support runs on email, phone and help centre, covering email, phone, a help centre and a community. Phone and help centre contact sit alongside written channels, which matters when an incident needs a conversation rather than a written trail.
What storage is available?+
Storage covers object and block storage, and the object layer is S3-compatible, so tooling written against S3 can be reused. Block storage suits disks attached directly to a server, including databases, while object storage fits buckets, backups and media libraries.
Sources
- cleura.com checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Free credits, Free tier
“In addition to a EUR 50 free trial voucher & tips”
- cleura.com/cloud-pricing checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Billing granularity, Billing models, Egress fee, Pricing model, Operating systems
“monitored by the second, calculated by the hour and billed per month”
- cleura.com/cloudguide/perspectives/cloud-egress-fees checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Egress price per GB, Free egress
“outbound transfer for Cleura Public Cloud costs €0.02875 per GB”
- cleura.com/public-cloud checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Compliance certifications, Server types
“Cleura Public Cloud is certified according to ISO 9001, 14001 and 27001”
- cleura.com/resources/company checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Headquarters, Legal entity
“As a part of Iver, Cleura is headquartered in Sweden”
- cleura.com/resources/getting-started-with-cleura-cloud/re... checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Locations, Regions, Regions
“We offer Compliant Cloud, Public Cloud and Private Cloud in the following cloud regions”
- cleura.com/resources/products-services/cloud-storage checked September 26, 2026
Backs: S3-compatible, Storage types
“Using AWS S3 APIs or OpenStack Swift APIs, you can easily connect different data sources directly to our Object Storage”
- cleura.com/resources/support/support-plans checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Support channels
“E-mail Support, Service Portal, Phone Support”
Compiled from 8 source pages, checked September 26, 2026. We did not open an account.
Not confirmed yet: Entry price, Entry plan, Bandwidth allowance.
City Network
Short-commitment European hosting with phone support, storage and compliance certificates in one catalogue.