European alternatives to Google Ads

Google's advertising platform and the backbone of its ad business.

Google LLC · Outside Europe

About Google Ads

Company
Google LLC · Alphabet Inc.
HQ
United States
Zone
Outside Europe

Key concerns

Non-European ownershipSubject to US CLOUD Act
#1

Adform

89 · Strongly European

Denmark · Digital advertising

A Copenhagen-based, independent full-stack advertising platform running entirely on its own European infrastructure – an alternative to the Google ad stack.

Enterprise · from Custom 🇪🇺 EU
#2

Criteo

83 · Strongly European

France · Digital advertising

Paris-headquartered commerce-media and retargeting platform. A large, publicly traded European adtech alternative to the Google and Meta ad duopoly.

Enterprise · from Custom 🇪🇺 EU

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Did you know? Storing data on European servers does not protect you from US law if the company is American-owned.

Why avoid United States-owned services?

CLOUD Act

Allows US authorities to compel American companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world.

FISA Section 702

Permits mass surveillance of non-US persons' data held by US tech providers, without a warrant.

GDPR vs US law

Transferring personal data to US companies may conflict with EU data protection rules under GDPR.

These concerns apply to all United States tech companies — see our full analysis →