European alternatives to Google Photos
Google's photo backup and library, offering unlimited-feeling storage and powerful AI search. Your entire visual life is scanned and stored on US infrastructure by an advertising company.
Company information about Google Photos
- Company
- Google LLC
- Parent company
- Alphabet Inc.
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, United States
- Founded
- 2015
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- Publicly traded
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- No
- Infrastructure
- Own infrastructure
Why people switch away from Google Photos
European alternatives to Google Photos
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.
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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iCloud 
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Start somewhere.
Switching everything overnight is not realistic. Start where it matters most: your email, your cloud storage, your business tools. Replace one thing at a time.
The European Alternative already exists.
Pick Europe.
Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.
FISA Section 702
Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.
GDPR vs US law conflict
EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.