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Proton Mail
Switzerland
Encrypted email from the team behind ProtonVPN. No ads, no tracking, servers in Switzerland.
EmailAlternative to: Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo Mail, Vk Mail
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Tuta Mail
Germany
Fully encrypted email based in Germany. Open-source and independently audited.
EmailAlternative to: Gmail, Outlook, Vk Mail
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Tresorit
Switzerland
End-to-end encrypted cloud storage. Swiss-based with zero-knowledge architecture.
Cloud storageAlternative to: Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, Onedrive
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Mullvad VPN
Sweden
No-logs VPN with anonymous accounts. No email needed to sign up, just a number.
VPN & privacy toolsAlternative to: Nordvpn, Expressvpn, Surfshark
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Nextcloud
Germany
Self-hostable productivity suite. Docs, calendar, contacts and more, all fully European.
Project managementAlternative to: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Notion
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Passbolt
Luxembourg
Luxembourg-based open-source password manager designed for teams and enterprises. End-to-end encrypted with GPG, fully auditable, self-host or use Passbolt Cloud. Raised €7.6M in 2025.
Password managersAlternative to: Lastpass, 1password, Keeper
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Plausible Analytics
Estonia
Estonian open-source analytics used by 18,000+ paying customers including Basecamp and Hugging Face. No cookies, no personal data, no consent banner needed. Fully EU-hosted on European-owned infrastructure.
Analytics & monitoringAlternative to: Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Adobe Analytics, Amplitude
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Hetzner
Germany
Family-owned German cloud and dedicated server provider founded in 1997. Own data centres in Germany and Finland, no outside investors, no VC pressure, delivering reliable European infrastructure at unbeatable prices.
Hosting & cloud infrastructureAlternative to: Heroku, Vercel, Netlify, Aws, Digitalocean, Linode, Alibaba Cloud
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Mistral AI
France
France's leading AI lab. Powerful open-weight models built and hosted entirely in Europe.
AI tools & APIsAlternative to: Chatgpt, Claude, Gemini, Github Copilot
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DeepL
Germany
World-class AI translation from Cologne. Outperforms big-tech rivals on European languages. All data processed in Germany.
AI tools & APIsAlternative to: Google Translate, Microsoft Translator, Amazon Translate
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Brevo
France
French email marketing and CRM platform formerly known as Sendinblue. Trusted by 600,000+ businesses across 180 countries with a generous free tier and GDPR-native infrastructure.
Email marketingAlternative to: Mailchimp, Hubspot, Activecampaign, Constant Contact
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Mollie
Netherlands
Dutch payment processor trusted by 250,000+ European businesses. Founded in 2004 by Adriaan Mol who remains CEO and majority shareholder. Supports iDEAL, Bancontact, SEPA and all major European payment methods.
Payments & bankingAlternative to: Square, Stripe, Paypal, Adyen, Visa, Mastercard, American Express
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Switching guides
Best Dropbox alternatives
Dropbox walked so the rest of cloud storage could run. It made syncing a folder across your devices feel effortless, and for a long time there was no real reason to look elsewhere. Lately, though, more and more people are deciding it's finally time to drop the box.
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Best Gmail alternatives
Gmail is the default. It came free with your phone, its search actually works, and switching feels like more hassle than it's worth. But 'free' has a price – your inbox is a Google product living on US servers – and more and more people are deciding it's finally time to hit archive on Gmail for good.
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Best Google Drive alternatives
Google Drive is the default place to keep your files, and it's genuinely handy – 15 GB free, Docs and Sheets built in, already there the moment you sign into Google. But that convenience is the hook: Drive is wired into your whole Google account and lives on US servers, and more and more people are deciding it's time to put Google Drive in park.
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Best WhatsApp alternatives
WhatsApp is how the world texts – two billion people, encrypted messages, and it's free. The catch is who owns it: Meta. Your messages are private, but the metadata around them isn't, and a growing number of people are starting to wonder what's really up with handing Meta their conversations.
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