European alternatives to Google Slides

Google's browser-based slide editor, bundled free with any Google account and built for several people to edit a deck at once. Like the rest of Workspace, presentations live on US infrastructure inside the Google ecosystem.

Company information about Google Slides
Company
Google LLC
Parent company
Alphabet Inc.
Headquarters
Mountain View, United States
Founded
2006
Data jurisdiction
United States
Ownership
Publicly traded
GDPR
No
Open source
No
Infrastructure
Own infrastructure

Why people switch away from Google Slides

Subject to US CLOUD ActProfit-driven (public markets)Proprietary softwareNot covered by GDPR

European alternatives to Google Slides

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Germany 98 · Certified European

German office suite from Nuremberg with word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation apps that read and write Microsoft formats natively. A free version, FreeOffice, is also available. Runs offline, so your documents stay on your device.

Freemium · from Free Free tier Bootstrapped Own infrastructure EU
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Germany 97 · Certified European

A complete, free office suite – documents, spreadsheets, presentations – that runs entirely on your own computer. No subscription, no cloud, no tracking.

Free · from Free Free tier Open source Non-profit Own infrastructure EU
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United Kingdom 90 · Certified European

LibreOffice in the browser, built by Collabora. Integrates with Nextcloud for a fully European document editing suite.

Enterprise Open source Bootstrapped Own infrastructure European
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Latvia 72 · Mostly European

Open-source office suite for documents, spreadsheets, and presentations with some of the best Microsoft Office file compatibility around. Registered in Riga, Latvia. Self-host it for free or use the hosted cloud edition.

Freemium · from Free Free tier Open source Own infrastructure Part of OnlyOffice Capital Group Pte. Ltd. EU

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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.

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