European alternatives to Vimeo

Professional video hosting and sharing platform.

Vimeo Inc. · Outside Europe

About Vimeo

Company: Vimeo Inc.
HQ: United States
Zone: Outside Europe

Key concerns

Non-European ownershipSubject to US CLOUD Act

PeerTube

92 · Certified European

France · Video streaming

French open-source federated video platform by non-profit Framasoft. 1,800+ active instances hosting 1.3M+ videos approaching 1 billion views. No ads, no tracking, no algorithm. Host your own instance or join an existing one. Powered by ActivityPub federation.

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Free · from Free Free tier Open source 🇪🇺 EU

Dailymotion

78 · Strongly European

France · Video streaming

One of the world's largest video platforms, founded in Paris in 2005 and owned by the French Canal+ Group. Watch and upload video without handing your viewing habits to Google.

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Freemium · from Free Free tier 🇪🇺 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 →