{"id":27771,"date":"2025-03-07T10:26:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T10:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=27771"},"modified":"2026-09-03T10:29:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T10:29:50","slug":"diga-server-hosting-providers-2025","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/en\/news\/diga-server-hosting-providers-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"DiGA Server Providers &#038; C5 Certificate 2025: Who Hosts Where?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Web Services (AWS), Hetzner, IONOS, Telekom Cloud, and others\u2014(aspiring) DiGA providers have a wide range of options when it comes to choosing a hosting service provider. This leaves them facing a difficult decision: Which server provider is the right one?<\/p>\n<p>To provide an overview, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/en\/\">QuickBird Medical<\/a><\/strong> identified the server providers for the current DiGA in the BfArM directory and listed them in a summary.<\/p>\n<p>What stands out: Many of the listed DiGA have switched server providers. The reason?<\/p>\n<p>One might think it\u2019s due to the C5 certificate requirement. Starting in July 2025, DiGA backends will be required to provide proof of a Type 2 C5 certificate. But that doesn\u2019t seem to be the only reason.<\/p>\n<p>According to QuickBird Medical, the following observations can be made regarding the changes between 2023 and 2025:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A total of 7 DiGA have completed the transition from the Open Telekom Cloud (OTC) to Amazon Web Services (AWS). However, both providers hold Type 2 C5 certification. The motivation for the switch may therefore be due more to technical advantages or server costs.<\/li>\n<li>Hetzner (which is currently not C5-certified at all) lost two contracts to IONOS, which, in turn, is currently only C5 Type 1-certified.<\/li>\n<li>Interestingly, it appears that no DiGA provider has switched to the Open Telekom Cloud, even though it holds the C5 certificate and, unlike AWS, is based in Germany.<\/li>\n<li>Overall, almost no manufacturer has switched server providers yet, even though the legal deadline for C5 certification is approaching. More than 60% of manufacturers are still using server providers that do not have a C5 Type 2 certificate. Are manufacturers aware that, in the worst-case scenario, this could lead to their exclusion from the DiGA directory? The certificate is also required as part of the BSI certification process under BSI TR-03161.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although it is currently conceivable that there will be a transitional regulation or equivalence regulation with ISO 27001, this is not certain.<\/p>\n<p>All information on server providers can be found in <a href=\"https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/diga-verzeichnis\/\">the continuously updated DiGA directory for manufacturers<\/a> provided by QuickBird Medical.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28748 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DiGA-Server-Providers.webp\" alt=\"DiGA Server Providers\" width=\"1487\" height=\"1058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DiGA-Server-Providers.webp 1487w, https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DiGA-Server-Providers-1280x911.webp 1280w, https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DiGA-Server-Providers-980x697.webp 980w, https:\/\/quickbirdmedical.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DiGA-Server-Providers-480x342.webp 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1487px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Note: The entire analysis was conducted using publicly available data.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"display":[54],"class_list":["post-27771","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","display-display-on-news-page"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DiGA Server Providers &amp; C5 Certificate 2025: Who Hosts Where?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DiGA Hosting: Many providers are switching server providers. 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