European alternatives to Google Photos

Google's photo storage and sharing service, tied to your Google account.

Google LLC · Outside Europe

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About Google Photos

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

Key concerns

Non-European ownershipSubject to US CLOUD Act

PhotoPrism

100 · Certified European

Germany · Photos & memories

Open-source, self-hosted photo library with on-device AI tagging and search. Keep your entire photo collection on your own server – a private alternative to Google Photos.

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Open-core · from Free Free tier Open source 🇪🇺 EU

Cryptee

88 · Strongly European

Estonia · Photos & memories

Zero-knowledge encrypted storage for your photos and documents, built in Estonia. The server never sees your files – a private alternative to iCloud Photos.

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Freemium · from Free Free tier Partly open source 🇪🇺 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.

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