European Services Directory

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IVPN

Malta EU

Privacy-focused VPN registered in Malta. No logs, fully open-source apps, no email required to sign up.

Alternative to: Nordvpn , Expressvpn , Surfshark

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AzireVPN

Sweden EU

Swedish VPN with strict no-logs policy and in-house owned servers. WireGuard-first with fully transparent operations.

Alternative to: Nordvpn , Expressvpn , Surfshark

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KeePass stores your passwords in a single encrypted file that stays on your device, with no cloud account and no company able to see your vault. Free, open-source, and maintained from Germany since 2003.

Alternative to: Lastpass , 1password , Dashlane

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Tuta Calendar

Germany EU

German end-to-end encrypted calendar by Tutao GmbH, tightly integrated with Tuta Mail. All calendar data is encrypted on German servers using post-quantum TutaCrypt encryption. Standalone calendar app launched in 2024. Open source, no ads, no tracking.

Alternative to: Google Calendar , Apple Calendar , Outlook

Calendar & contacts

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Internxt

Spain EU

Spanish zero-knowledge cloud storage founded in Valencia in 2020. Open-source, end-to-end encrypted, ISO 27001:2022 certified. Audited by Securitum in 2025. 1M+ users, EU data centres via OVHcloud, post-quantum encryption. Also offers VPN and antivirus.

Alternative to: Box , Google Drive , Dropbox , Onedrive , Icloud

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Murena

France EU

French company offering /e/OS, a de-Googled Android operating system, and Murena Cloud, a privacy-respecting alternative to Google Workspace. Founded by Gaël Duval, creator of Mandrake Linux. Phones shipped with zero Google services. EU-hosted cloud.

Alternative to: Google Workspace , Icloud , Google Drive

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Olvid

France EU

French end-to-end encrypted messenger certified by ANSSI, the French national cybersecurity agency. Unlike Signal, requires no phone number or personal data to register. Used by the French government, recommended by French Prime Minister for ministerial communications.

Alternative to: Imessage , Whatsapp , Signal , Telegram , Messenger , Wechat

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OsmAnd

Netherlands EU

A powerful offline maps and navigation app built on OpenStreetMap, developed by a company in the Netherlands. Detailed offline maps, hiking and cycling routes, and deep customisation, all without tracking where you go.

Alternative to: Google Maps , Apple Maps , Waze

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Filen

Germany EU

End-to-end encrypted cloud storage from a small German team, with all servers in Germany. Zero-knowledge AES-256 encryption, open-source apps, and one of the most generous free tiers in the category at 10GB - a genuinely private alternative to Dropbox and Google Drive.

Alternative to: Dropbox , Google Drive , Onedrive

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PhotoPrism

Germany EU

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.

Alternative to: Google Photos , Adobe Lightroom

Photos & memories

100

Fluxer

Sweden EU

Fluxer is open-source chat, voice and video software from Sweden, built as an alternative to Discord. It began as one student's project and now has a small team. Self-hosting unlocks every premium feature for free.

Alternative to: Discord

Mailfence

Belgium EU

Belgian encrypted email suite with calendars, contacts, and documents. No ads, no tracking, protected by Belgian privacy law.

Alternative to: Gmail , Outlook , Yahoo Mail , Vk Mail

Soverin

Netherlands EU

Dutch email service providing personal domain email hosting. Simple, privacy-respecting, and hosted entirely in the Netherlands. No ads, no data mining, straightforward annual pricing. Founded in Amsterdam in 2015.

Alternative to: Gmail , Outlook , Yahoo Mail , Vk Mail

Qobuz

France EU

French audiophile music streaming platform founded in Paris in 2007. Offers lossless CD-quality and Hi-Res 24-bit/192kHz audio. 1.2M+ monthly active users, fastest-growing music platform in 2025. Pays artists nearly $19 per 1,000 streams, among the highest in the industry.

Alternative to: Spotify , Apple Music

Magic Earth

Netherlands EU

A privacy-first navigation app from Amsterdam-based General Magic, built on OpenStreetMap data. Turn-by-turn navigation, live traffic, and offline maps, with no account required and no tracking of where you go.

Alternative to: Google Maps , Apple Maps , Waze

Sygic

Slovakia EU

A Slovak GPS navigation app with detailed offline maps covering more than 200 countries. Turn-by-turn voice guidance, speed-limit warnings, and traffic, all usable without a data connection - one of Europe's most popular navigation apps.

Alternative to: Google Maps , Waze

mailbox.org

Germany EU

A privacy-first email and groupware service from Berlin, run by long-time Linux specialists Heinlein Support. Encrypted mailboxes, calendars, contacts, and an online office - all hosted in certified German data centres and powered by green electricity, with no ads and no tracking.

Alternative to: Gmail , Outlook , Vk Mail

Mastodon

Germany EU

German non-profit social network founded by Eugen Rochko in 2016. Federated and open-source, with no ads, no algorithms, and no single point of control. Used by 47M+ accounts across 80,000+ independent servers. Hosts the European Commission's official server.

Alternative to: X Twitter , Facebook , Instagram , Linkedin

Pixelfed

Open-source federated photo sharing platform built on ActivityPub. Choose a European instance or self-host for full data sovereignty. No ads, no algorithms, no data mining. Major EU-hosted instances include pixelfed.social and pixelfed.de. Available on iOS and Android.

Alternative to: Instagram , Facebook , Tiktok

MetaGer

Germany EU

A privacy-focused metasearch engine run by the German non-profit association SUMA-EV. It blends results from multiple sources, hides your IP behind an anonymising proxy, and is open source. No profiling, no ad-tracking.

Alternative to: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search

Organic Maps

Estonia EU

A free, open-source maps and navigation app built on OpenStreetMap, run by a non-profit registered in Estonia. Fully offline, with no ads, no tracking, and no account - a genuinely private alternative to Google Maps.

Alternative to: Google Maps , Apple Maps , Waze

Kolab Now

Switzerland EFTA

A fully open-source email and collaboration suite hosted in Switzerland. Email, calendars, contacts, tasks, file storage, and collaborative editing - all built on free software and operated under strict Swiss privacy law, with no ads and no tracking.

Alternative to: Gmail , Outlook , Vk Mail

Runbox

Norway EFTA

Norwegian email provider focused on privacy and sustainability. Powered by renewable energy with no third-party tracking.

Alternative to: Gmail , Outlook , Fastmail , Vk Mail

Infomaniak kDrive

Switzerland EFTA

Swiss cloud storage from an ethical hosting company. 100% renewable energy, full data sovereignty, no investor pressure.

Alternative to: Box , Google Drive , Onedrive , Dropbox

Vivaldi

Norway EFTA

Feature-rich browser from former Opera developers, built in Norway. No telemetry, highly customisable, and privacy-respecting.

Alternative to: Chrome , Firefox , Edge , Safari

Web browsers

Proton Drive

Switzerland EFTA

End-to-end encrypted cloud storage from Proton AG in Geneva. Zero-knowledge architecture means even Proton cannot access your files. Own servers in Switzerland and Germany, ISO 27001 certified. Part of the Proton ecosystem alongside Mail, VPN, and Pass.

Alternative to: Box , Google Drive , Dropbox , Onedrive , Icloud

Proton Calendar

Switzerland EFTA

Swiss end-to-end encrypted calendar by Proton AG. All event details (titles, descriptions, locations, attendees) are encrypted so even Proton cannot read them. ISO 27001 certified, independently audited annually by Securitum, own infrastructure in Switzerland and Germany.

Alternative to: Google Calendar , Apple Calendar , Outlook

Calendar & contacts

Proton VPN

Switzerland EFTA

Swiss VPN by Proton AG with a strict no-logs policy independently audited annually. 11,496 servers across 117 countries, all owned and operated by Proton. Open-source apps on all platforms. Unique Secure Core architecture routes traffic through privacy-friendly countries first.

Alternative to: Nordvpn , Expressvpn , Surfshark

Threema

Switzerland EFTA

Swiss encrypted messaging app requiring no phone number or email to register. End-to-end encrypted messages, calls, and groups. One-time purchase of CHF 4.99, with no subscription, no ads, and no data mining. Used by Swiss government and military.

Alternative to: Imessage , Whatsapp , Signal , Telegram , Messenger , Wechat

pCloud

Switzerland EFTA

Swiss cloud storage with an optional client-side encryption layer. Lifetime plans available, EU data region.

Alternative to: Box , Dropbox , Google Drive , Icloud

Swisscows

Switzerland EFTA

Swiss search engine founded in 2014 by Andreas Wiebe, hosted in a high-security data center in a former military bunker in the Swiss Alps. No IP logging, no tracking cookies, no user profiling. Family-friendly content filtering built in by default.

Alternative to: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search

Infomaniak Mail

Switzerland EFTA

Swiss professional email service from Infomaniak, Europe's leading independent hosting provider. Powered by 100% renewable energy, owned and operated infrastructure in Switzerland, strict Swiss privacy laws, and a no data exploitation policy.

Alternative to: Gmail , Outlook , Google Workspace , Vk Mail

Qwant

France EU

French privacy search engine founded in 2013. No user tracking, no data reselling. In 2024 partnered with Ecosia to build the European Search Perspective (EUSP), Europe's first independent search index. Acquired in 2023 by Octave Klaba, founder of OVHcloud.

Alternative to: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search

Proton Pass

Switzerland EFTA

End-to-end encrypted password manager from Proton AG in Geneva. Open-source clients, zero-knowledge architecture, and built-in email alias support via SimpleLogin.

Alternative to: Lastpass , 1password , Dashlane , Bitwarden

Mobilizon

France EU

French open-source federated event platform originally created by Framasoft and now maintained by French non-profit Kaihuri. Organise events and groups without ads, tracking, or data exploitation. Federated via ActivityPub: host your own instance or join an existing one.

Alternative to: Facebook , Meetup , Eventbrite

PeerTube

France EU

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.

Alternative to: Youtube , Vimeo , Twitch

Video streaming

SimpleLogin

Switzerland EFTA

French open-source email alias service acquired by Proton AG in 2022. Create unlimited aliases to protect your real email address from spam, tracking, and data breaches. Now integrated with Proton ecosystem. Free tier available.

Alternative to: Gmail , Outlook , Vk Mail

Session

Switzerland EFTA

An encrypted messenger that needs no phone number or email - you get a random Session ID instead. Messages are onion-routed through a decentralised network of nodes, and the project moved its legal home to Switzerland in 2024 for stronger privacy protection.

Alternative to: Whatsapp , Telegram , Signal , Wechat

NordVPN

Lithuania EU

VPN from Nord Security, a Lithuanian-founded cybersecurity company. Runs its own RAM-only (diskless) server fleet and markets a no-logs policy that has been repeatedly audited by PwC and Deloitte. Caveat: the no-logs claim is framed around Panama's jurisdiction as a legal/marketing choice – the company itself is Lithuanian and EU-based.

Alternative to: Expressvpn

Passbolt

Luxembourg EU

Luxembourg-based open-source password manager designed for teams and enterprises. End-to-end encrypted with GPG, fully auditable, self-host or use Passbolt Cloud. Raised €7.6M in 2025.

Alternative to: Lastpass , 1password , Keeper

SimpleX Chat

United Kingdom Europe

A UK-built messenger that is the first with no user identifiers of any kind - no phone number, no username, not even a random ID. End-to-end encrypted, fully open source, and decentralised across relay servers, making it one of the most metadata-resistant chat apps available.

Alternative to: Whatsapp , Telegram , Signal , Wechat

Waterfox

United Kingdom Europe

Waterfox is a UK-built browser based on Firefox's engine, with telemetry off by default and private DNS to hide your browsing from your provider. It became independent again in 2023 after a period of US ownership.

Alternative to: Chrome

Web browsers

Cryptee

Estonia EU

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

Alternative to: Icloud , Google Photos

Photos & memories

N26

Germany EU

German neobank with a full banking licence from BaFin, operating across 23 European countries. Founded in Berlin in 2013, converted to a pan-European Societas Europaea (SE) in January 2025, and fully focused on Europe after exiting the US in 2021.

Alternative to: Revolut , Monzo

Ecosia

Germany EU

Berlin-based search engine that donates 100% of profits to tree-planting and climate projects. Founded in 2009, certified B Corp, over 20 million monthly users. Search results powered by Bing but privacy-respecting with no personal data sold.

Alternative to: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search

Mojeek

United Kingdom Europe

A genuinely independent search engine from the UK that runs its own web crawler and index rather than reselling Google or Bing results. No tracking, no user profiling, and a no-tracking privacy policy since day one.

Alternative to: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search

Icedrive

United Kingdom Europe

Zero-knowledge encrypted cloud storage built by a Welsh team. Client-side Twofish encryption, a slick drive-style interface, and a generous 10GB free tier - a British alternative to Dropbox and Google Drive that can't read your files.

Alternative to: Dropbox , Google Drive , Onedrive

Adyen

Netherlands EU

Amsterdam-based, publicly-listed (Euronext Amsterdam) payments company built full-stack: Adyen owns and operates its entire payment infrastructure on its own data centres, and European card data is kept in Europe. A single platform for online, in-app and in-person payments used by large enterprises. PCI DSS Level 1 certified and independently audited as a licensed European bank.

Alternative to: Paypal , Stripe , Square

Qwant Maps

France EU

French privacy-first map built on OpenStreetMap. No tracking, no profiling, fully GDPR-compliant and open data.

Alternative to: Google Maps , Bing Maps

Lemmy

Open-source, federated alternative to Reddit built on ActivityPub. No ads, no tracking, no corporate owner. Communities are hosted across thousands of independent instances that talk to each other and to the wider Fediverse.

Alternative to: Reddit

OpenStreetMap

United Kingdom Europe

A free, editable map of the entire world built by a community of mappers and stewarded by the UK-registered OpenStreetMap Foundation. Its open data powers countless privacy-friendly apps - and you can use and contribute to it directly.

Alternative to: Google Maps , Apple Maps , Waze

Briar

United Kingdom Europe

A peer-to-peer encrypted messenger designed for activists, journalists, and anyone who needs resilient communication. Messages sync directly between devices over Tor, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth - with no central servers - built by a European non-profit with EU public funding.

Alternative to: Whatsapp , Telegram , Signal , Wechat

bunq

Netherlands EU

Dutch mobile bank focused on sustainability. Plant trees with every payment. Full EU banking licence, no hidden fees.

Alternative to: Revolut , Monzo , Paypal , Visa , Mastercard , American Express

NordPass

Lithuania EU

Lithuanian password manager from the Nord Security family. End-to-end encrypted with zero-knowledge architecture, biometric unlock, and a clean cross-platform experience.

Alternative to: Lastpass , 1password , Dashlane

Mollie

Netherlands EU

Dutch payment processor trusted by 250,000+ European businesses. Founded in 2004 by Adriaan Mol who remains CEO and majority shareholder. Supports iDEAL, Bancontact, SEPA and all major European payment methods.

Alternative to: Square , Stripe , Paypal , Adyen , Visa , Mastercard , American Express

DEGIRO

Germany EU

Dutch-founded broker, now operating as DEGIRO within BaFin-regulated flatexDEGIRO Bank AG. Europe's leading retail broker with 3M+ customers across 15 European countries and access to 50+ exchanges at some of Europe's lowest trading fees.

Alternative to: Robinhood

Surfshark

Netherlands EU

VPN founded in 2018 and headquartered in the Netherlands, which merged into Lithuania's Nord Security in 2022 (the two brands still operate separately). Runs its own RAM-only servers, has passed Deloitte no-logs audits, and operates under Dutch/EU jurisdiction.

Alternative to: Expressvpn

Proton Mail

Switzerland EFTA

Encrypted email from the team behind ProtonVPN. No ads, no tracking, servers in Switzerland.

Alternative to: Gmail , Outlook , Yahoo Mail , Vk Mail

Scaleway

France EU

French cloud provider with data centres in Paris and Amsterdam. Eco-friendly infrastructure, GDPR-native, competitive pricing.

Alternative to: Heroku , Aws , Google Cloud , Azure

HERE WeGo

Netherlands EU

Navigation and mapping from HERE Technologies, headquartered in Amsterdam. Offline maps, transit routing, and no Google tracking.

Alternative to: Google Maps , Apple Maps , Waze

Dailymotion

France EU

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.

Alternative to: Youtube , Vimeo

Video streaming

Startpage

Netherlands EU

Dutch private search engine that delivers Google-quality results while stripping out the tracking, profiling, and targeted ads. Operated from the Netherlands under EU privacy law, with an Anonymous View proxy for private browsing.

Alternative to: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search

StartMail

Netherlands EU

Private email from the team behind Startpage, operated in the Netherlands under EU privacy law. Unlimited disposable aliases, built-in PGP encryption, and no ads or tracking - though the parent company is US-owned.

Alternative to: Gmail , Outlook , Vk Mail

Deezer

France EU

French music streaming platform founded in Paris in 2007. Available in 180+ countries with 120M+ tracks, lossless HiFi audio, and Flow AI recommendations. Listed on Euronext Paris. Independent of US tech giants.

Alternative to: Spotify , Apple Music

Trade Republic

Germany EU

German neobroker and licensed bank headquartered in Berlin. 8 million users across 17 European countries, €100 billion in assets. Commission-free trading of stocks, ETFs, bonds, and crypto. Full ECB banking licence since 2023. €12.5B valuation, Europe's most valuable startup.

Alternative to: Robinhood , Coinbase

Scalable Capital

Germany EU

Munich-based digital investment platform with €30 billion in assets under management. Offers robo-advisor, self-directed broker, and banking services. ECB banking licence received in 2025. Active in Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands.

Alternative to: Robinhood

Bitpanda

Austria EU

Vienna-based multi-asset investment platform founded in 2014. 7.4 million registered users, €371M revenue in 2025. MiCA-licensed for crypto in Europe. Trade stocks, ETFs, crypto, and precious metals on a single regulated European platform.

Alternative to: Robinhood , Coinbase

IDAGIO

Germany EU

A Berlin-based streaming service designed for classical music, with lossless audio and a catalogue organised the way classical listeners actually search - by work, composer, conductor, and ensemble rather than just track title.

Alternative to: Spotify , Apple Music

Tresorit

Switzerland EFTA

End-to-end encrypted cloud storage. Swiss-based with zero-knowledge architecture.

Alternative to: Box , Dropbox , Google Drive , Onedrive

BeReal

France EU

French social app that sends a daily random notification prompting users to share an unfiltered two-minute photo. Founded in Paris in 2020, acquired by French mobile publisher Voodoo in 2024 for €500M. 40M+ active users.

Alternative to: Instagram , Tiktok , Facebook

Lovoo

Germany EU

German dating app founded in Dresden in 2011. One of the largest dating platforms in German-speaking Europe with 70 million+ registered users. Owned by The Meet Group (US) since 2017 but operated from Dresden with German data handling. Features live video dating and real-time matching.

Alternative to: Tinder , Bumble

Dating apps

Euronews

France EU

Pan-European news channel founded in Lyon in 1993. Broadcasts in 12 languages reaching 400M+ homes in 155 countries. Owned by Alpac Capital since 2021. Covers EU affairs, world news, business, and culture from a European perspective.

Alternative to: Google News , Youtube

News & reading

Spotify

Sweden EU

Swedish-founded audio streaming platform with 760M+ monthly users. Founded in Stockholm in 2006, legally registered in Luxembourg, operationally based in Stockholm, and listed on the NYSE.

Alternative to: Apple Music

Revolut

United Kingdom Europe

London-founded neobank for spending, transfers and FX. Its EU business runs through Revolut Bank UAB, licensed in Lithuania and supervised by the ECB, so EU customers bank under EU law – but the group is headquartered in the UK (outside the EU) and runs on AWS rather than its own infrastructure.

Alternative to: Paypal , Western Union , Moneygram

SoundCloud

Germany EU

Berlin-founded audio streaming platform built around independent and emerging artists, with a huge catalogue of tracks you won't find anywhere else. Headquartered in Berlin, though its investor base is international.

Alternative to: Spotify , Apple Music

Kagi Search

United States

Ad-free, privacy-first search engine. You pay a small fee, so they work for you, not advertisers.

Alternative to: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search

Signal

United States

The gold standard for encrypted messaging. Open-source and non-profit.

Alternative to: Imessage , Whatsapp , Telegram , Messenger , Wechat

Wise

United Kingdom Europe

UK-founded money transfer service with transparent fees and real exchange rates. EU-licensed through Wise Europe SA.

Alternative to: Paypal , Western Union , Moneygram , Visa , Mastercard , American Express

Bitwarden

United States

Open-source password manager with optional EU cloud hosting. Headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, but offers EU-hosted servers and is fully self-hostable. Audited, zero-knowledge encryption, free tier available. 50,000+ business customers.

Alternative to: Lastpass , 1password , Dashlane , Keeper

Monzo

United Kingdom Europe

UK digital bank, cloud-native on AWS since day one and regulated by the FCA/PRA. Caveat: it is UK-only, with no EU entity or EU banking licence, and post-Brexit both the bank and its AWS hosting sit under UK jurisdiction rather than the EU.

Alternative to: Paypal

TIDAL

Norway EFTA

Hi-fi music streaming service launched in 2014 by Norwegian company Aspiro, still headquartered in Oslo. Known for lossless and hi-res audio, though it is now majority-owned by the US company Block.

Alternative to: Spotify , Apple Music

Work & Productivity

52 services

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CryptPad

France EU

End-to-end encrypted collaboration suite. Docs, spreadsheets, and kanban boards. The server never sees your content.

Alternative to: Google Docs , Notion , Microsoft 365 , Microsoft Word , Microsoft Excel , Microsoft Powerpoint , Google Slides

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Twake Workplace

France EU

Open-source collaboration suite developed by French company Linagora. Combines Matrix-based messaging, cloud drive, mail, and calendar in one platform. EU-hosted and self-hostable.

Alternative to: Slack , Google Workspace , Microsoft 365 , Dingtalk

100

OpenProject

Germany EU

Berlin-based open-source project management platform with Gantt charts, Scrum and Kanban boards, time tracking, and wiki. Self-hostable with full data sovereignty. Used by governments and enterprises across Europe. No US parent, no CLOUD Act exposure.

Alternative to: Clickup , Basecamp , Notion , Monday Com , Asana , Jira

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Joplin

France EU

Open-source note-taking app created by French developer Laurent Cozic. Supports end-to-end encryption, Markdown, web clipping, and sync via Joplin Cloud (France-hosted) or self-hosted. Available on all platforms with a rich plugin ecosystem.

Alternative to: Notion , Evernote , Apple Notes

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XWiki

France EU

French open-source enterprise wiki founded in 2004 in Paris. Used by Amazon, Lenovo, and governments across Europe for knowledge management and collaboration. Self-hostable with full data sovereignty. Also the company behind CryptPad.

Alternative to: Notion , Confluence , Google Docs

100

Tuta Notes

Germany EU

End-to-end encrypted note-taking built into Tuta Mail by German company Tutao GmbH. Post-quantum TutaCrypt encryption. Notes stored on own German servers. Included in all Tuta plans including free.

Alternative to: Notion , Evernote , Apple Notes , Google Keep

100

LanguageTool

Germany EU

A grammar, spelling, and style checker from Germany that supports more than 30 languages. The core engine is open source and can be self-hosted, and the company processes data in Germany under GDPR - a privacy-respecting European alternative to Grammarly.

Alternative to: Grammarly

100

LimeSurvey

Germany EU

LimeSurvey is open-source survey software from Hamburg, Germany, built as a free alternative to Qualtrics. Self-hosting gives unlimited surveys and responses, and the hosted Cloud plan keeps data in Germany or Finland.

Alternative to: Qualtrics

Surveys & forms

100

Kimai

Austria EU

Kimai is open-source time-tracking software built by Austrian developer Kevin Papst in Vienna. Self-hosting is free with unlimited users, and the optional Kimai Cloud plan is hosted in Germany.

Alternative to: Harvest

Time tracking

Tally

Belgium EU

Belgian form builder with unlimited forms and submissions on the free tier. Founded in Ghent in 2020 by Marie Martens and Filip Minev, bootstrapped to $3M ARR with a team of five.

Alternative to: Google Forms , Jotform

Surveys & forms

SoftMaker Office

Germany EU

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.

Alternative to: Microsoft 365 , Google Docs , Microsoft Word , Microsoft Excel , Microsoft Powerpoint , Google Slides

Office suite

Reverso

France EU

A French translation and language-learning platform offering context-based translations, conjugation tables, grammar checking, and a bilingual dictionary. Long-established and Paris-based, it shows how phrases are used in real sentences across a dozen languages.

Alternative to: Google Translate

SwissTransfer

Switzerland EFTA

Send up to 50 GB for free with no account, no ads, and end-to-end encryption. Run by Infomaniak on its own renewable-powered Swiss data centres – the standout WeTransfer replacement.

Alternative to: Dropbox

LibreOffice

Germany EU

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

Alternative to: Microsoft 365 , Google Docs , Microsoft Word , Microsoft Excel , Microsoft Powerpoint , Google Slides

Office suite

Standard Notes

Switzerland EFTA

End-to-end encrypted note-taking app acquired by Proton AG in April 2024. Now running on Proton's Swiss infrastructure. Open source, independently audited four times, self-hostable. 300,000+ active users. Continues operating as a standalone product under Proton ownership.

Alternative to: Notion , Evernote , Apple Notes , Google Keep

Collabora Online

United Kingdom Europe

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

Alternative to: Google Docs , Microsoft 365 , Microsoft Word , Microsoft Excel , Microsoft Powerpoint , Google Slides

Mailcoach

Belgium EU

Mailcoach is email marketing software from Spatie, a Belgian software company in Antwerp. It runs self-hosted as a Laravel package, or as a pay-as-you-go hosted plan, positioned as an EU alternative to Mailchimp.

Alternative to: Mailchimp

Email marketing

Nextcloud

Germany EU

Self-hostable productivity suite. Docs, calendar, contacts and more, all fully European.

Alternative to: Google Workspace , Microsoft 365 , Notion , Microsoft Sharepoint

Stackfield

Germany EU

German all-in-one collaboration platform combining team chat, project management, video conferencing, and document editing. All data stored exclusively in Germany with end-to-end encryption. ISO 27001 certified. Used by 10,000+ companies.

Alternative to: Slack , Microsoft Teams , Discord , Dingtalk

Moneybird

Netherlands EU

Simple, well-designed invoicing and bookkeeping from the Netherlands. Independent, privately owned, with data hosted in the EU.

Alternative to: Xero

Accounting & invoicing

MyAirBridge

Czech Republic EU

Send or share big files up to 20 GB for free from a Czech provider, with optional end-to-end encryption and password protection. GDPR-compliant and EU-hosted.

Alternative to: Dropbox

TransferNow

France EU

Send large files via link or email from a French provider, with password protection and expiry controls. GDPR-compliant with data hosted in the EU.

Alternative to: Dropbox

Brevo

France EU

French email marketing and CRM platform formerly known as Sendinblue. Trusted by 600,000+ businesses across 180 countries with a generous free tier and GDPR-native infrastructure.

Alternative to: Mailchimp , Hubspot , Activecampaign , Constant Contact

Email marketing

KPN File Transfer

Netherlands EU

A free, no-frills large-file transfer tool operated by KPN, the Netherlands' incumbent telecom, running on Dutch infrastructure under EU data-protection law.

Alternative to: Dropbox

Wire

Switzerland EFTA

Swiss end-to-end encrypted messaging and collaboration platform for enterprise and government use. Backed by Schwarz Group (Lidl/Kaufland), hosted in the EU, and used by security-conscious organisations across Europe.

Alternative to: Imessage , Slack , Microsoft Teams , Whatsapp , Wechat , Dingtalk

Baserow

Netherlands EU

Open-source no-code database from the Netherlands. Self-host or use the cloud. A fully European Airtable alternative.

Alternative to: Airtable , Notion , Google Sheets

Element

United Kingdom Europe

European secure communications platform built on the open Matrix protocol. Used by NATO, the EU, French and German governments, and 47M+ users across 80,000+ deployments. Self-hostable with full end-to-end encryption.

Alternative to: Imessage , Slack , Microsoft Teams , Discord , Whatsapp , Wechat , Dingtalk

Yousign

France EU

eIDAS-compliant electronic signatures from France. Legally binding across the EU, with data kept on European servers and an API for developers.

Alternative to: Docusign

E-signature

Doodle

Switzerland EFTA

Swiss scheduling tool that makes it easy to find a meeting time that works for everyone, using simple group polls and booking pages. No account required for participants. Founded in Zürich in 2007 and owned by Swiss Post, a state-backed organisation fully owned by the Swiss Confederation, keeping your scheduling data in Swiss hands.

Alternative to: Calendly

Scheduling & booking

ONLYOFFICE

Latvia EU

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.

Alternative to: Microsoft 365 , Google Docs , Google Sheets , Microsoft Word , Microsoft Excel , Microsoft Powerpoint , Google Slides

Office suite

Smash

France EU

Send files of any size with no hard limit, aimed at creative professionals. French-built and GDPR-compliant, with a clean, ad-light experience.

Alternative to: Dropbox

Skribble

Switzerland EFTA

Legally valid electronic signatures from Switzerland, compliant with both Swiss ZertES and EU eIDAS. Data stays on Swiss servers.

Alternative to: Docusign

E-signature

Linguee

Germany EU

A bilingual dictionary from the Cologne-based team that went on to build DeepL. Instead of raw machine output, Linguee shows how words and phrases are actually translated in real documents, making it a favourite of professional translators across Europe.

Alternative to: Google Translate

PONS

Germany EU

One of Germany's best-known dictionary publishers, PONS offers free online dictionaries, text translation, and vocabulary tools across dozens of languages. Backed by the long-established Klett education group in Stuttgart, it's a trusted European reference for learners and translators.

Alternative to: Google Translate

Anytype

Switzerland EFTA

Anytype is a local-first, encrypted workspace and private alternative to Notion. Notes stay on your device and sync peer-to-peer, so even the company can't read them. Legally Swiss, with its team based in Berlin.

Alternative to: Notion

Whereby

Norway EFTA

Norwegian browser-based video conferencing tool founded as appear.in inside Telenor. No app download needed, permanent room links, and a clean API for embedding video into products.

Alternative to: Webex , Skype , Zoom , Google Meet , Microsoft Teams

Video conferencing

Personio

Germany EU

HR, payroll, and recruiting in one platform built for European employment law. GDPR-native, with data hosted in the EU.

Alternative to: Workday , Bamboohr , Adp , Greenhouse , Lever

HR & recruitment

Factorial

Spain EU

All-in-one HR platform from Barcelona covering time off, payroll, documents, and hiring. Built for European teams and GDPR-compliant.

Alternative to: Gusto , Bamboohr , Greenhouse , Lever

HR & recruitment

sevDesk

Germany EU

GoBD-compliant accounting, invoicing, and receipt management built for German tax rules. Cloud-based, with data hosted in Germany.

Alternative to: Quickbooks

Accounting & invoicing

Taiga

Spain EU

Open-source agile project management tool by Madrid-based Kaleidos with 1M+ users. Scrum and Kanban boards, backlog management, and sprint planning. Self-hostable with full data sovereignty. Built by the same team behind Penpot.

Alternative to: Clickup , Basecamp , Jira , Asana , Monday Com , Trello

Tresorit Send

Switzerland EFTA

Send files with end-to-end, zero-knowledge encryption – the servers can't read what you send, even if compelled. A secure Swiss alternative for one-off transfers.

Alternative to: Dropbox

CRM & customer management

SuperOffice

Norway EFTA

Long-established Norwegian CRM for sales, marketing, and service, with data hosted in Europe. A European alternative to HubSpot and Salesforce.

Alternative to: Hubspot , Salesforce

Visma

Norway EFTA

One of Europe's largest business-software groups, offering cloud accounting, invoicing, and payroll built for local tax rules across the Nordics and beyond.

Alternative to: Quickbooks , Xero

Accounting & invoicing

Mailjet

France EU

French email platform for newsletters and transactional email, founded in 2010 and still run from Paris. Data stays in EU data centres, though the company now belongs to Swedish group Sinch and runs on Google Cloud.

Alternative to: Mailchimp , Sendgrid , Activecampaign , Constant Contact

Email marketing

Filemail

Norway EFTA

Send large files with no account required, with fast transfers and European data-centre hosting. GDPR-compliant, with EU-only routing options for businesses.

Alternative to: Dropbox

WeTransfer

Netherlands EU

The simple, no-account way to send big files. Dutch-founded and now Italian-owned, with data kept under EU jurisdiction – an alternative to Dropbox Transfer.

Alternative to: Dropbox

CRM & customer management

Timely

Norway EFTA

Automatic, AI-assisted time tracking from Oslo that logs your work in the background so you don't have to run timers. A European alternative to Harvest and Toggl.

Alternative to: Harvest

Time tracking

Clockify

Serbia Europe

A popular time tracker built in Serbia, known for its free unlimited-user plan. Part of the CAKE.com suite – a European-developed alternative to Toggl and Harvest.

Alternative to: Harvest

Time tracking

Typeform

Spain EU

Barcelona-based platform for building beautiful conversational forms, surveys and quizzes. Used by 130,000+ customers worldwide with a polished UI and deep integrations.

Alternative to: Google Forms , Surveymonkey , Jotform

Surveys & forms

Jitsi Meet

United States

Open-source browser-based video conferencing with no account or download needed. Originally founded in France, now owned by US company 8x8. Self-host for full data sovereignty.

Alternative to: Webex , Skype , Zoom , Google Meet , Microsoft Teams

Video conferencing

Pipedrive

Estonia EU

Visual, pipeline-focused sales CRM founded in Tallinn with a large Estonian engineering base. Now majority-owned by US firm Vista Equity Partners.

Alternative to: Hubspot , Salesforce

Cal.com

United States

Open-source scheduling platform founded by German entrepreneur Peer Richelsen. Self-hostable Calendly alternative with deep integrations. Incorporated in California despite European roots.

Alternative to: Calendly , Acuity Scheduling , Doodle

Scheduling & booking

Shopping & Lifestyle

47 services

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Fairphone

Netherlands EU

Dutch social enterprise making modular, repairable smartphones with ethical supply chains. Founded in Amsterdam in 2013. Fairphone 5 supports 8–10 years of software updates. Certified B Corp, carbon neutral, Fairtrade gold. The European answer to planned obsolescence.

Alternative to: Apple Iphone , Samsung Galaxy , Google Pixel

Picnic

Netherlands EU

Dutch online supermarket delivering groceries by electric van to customers in the Netherlands, Germany, and France. Founded in 2015, Picnic uses fixed delivery routes and a warehouse-to-door model to offer free delivery.

Alternative to: Instacart

Just Eat

Netherlands EU

One of Europe's largest food delivery platforms, founded and headquartered in Amsterdam. After acquiring Grubhub for $7.3B in 2021 and selling it for $650M in January 2025, Just Eat has returned to its European roots. Now operates in 18 countries across Europe, publicly listed on Euronext Amsterdam and the London Stock Exchange.

Alternative to: Uber Eats , Doordash

Decathlon

France EU

French sporting goods retailer with 1,817 stores in 79 countries. Founded in 1976 near Lille, family-owned by the Mulliez and Leclercq families. €15.6B revenue. Makes most of its own sports equipment under in-house brands like Quechua, Domyos, and Van Rysel.

Alternative to: Amazon

Online marketplaces

Mango

Spain EU

Barcelona fashion house founded in 1984 and still owned by the Andic family. Contemporary womenswear and menswear designed in Catalonia and sold in over 110 countries — an independent European alternative to throwaway imports.

Alternative to: Shein , Amazon Fashion

Armedangels

Germany EU

Independent Cologne label founded in 2007, making wardrobe staples from GOTS-certified organic cotton and recycled fibres under Fair Wear standards. A sustainable German answer to disposable fast fashion.

Alternative to: Shein

Veja

France EU

Paris footwear brand founded in 2004, making sneakers from organic cotton, Amazonian wild rubber and recycled materials — and famously spending nothing on advertising. Founder-owned and independent, a European alternative to fast-fashion trainers.

Alternative to: Shein , Amazon Fashion

Ecoalf

Spain EU

Madrid fashion label founded in 2009, making clothing and accessories from recycled materials, including plastic recovered from the sea. Spain's first B Corp fashion brand — a European alternative to disposable fast fashion.

Alternative to: Shein , Amazon Fashion

Shiftphone

Germany EU

Family-run German maker of modular, repairable smartphones built for fairness and longevity, with no outside investors. Users can open and fix the devices themselves — a sustainable European alternative to sealed flagship phones.

Alternative to: Apple Iphone , Google Pixel

Punkt

Switzerland EFTA

Swiss design-led maker of deliberately minimal phones and devices, like the MP02, built for focus and privacy over apps and notifications. Founder-owned in Lugano — a European alternative to the always-on smartphone.

Alternative to: Apple Iphone , Google Pixel

Zalando

Germany EU

Berlin-based online fashion platform operating in 25 European countries with 62 million active customers. Founded in 2008, publicly traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. In 2025 acquired About You to form Europe's dominant fashion e-commerce group. €10.6B revenue in 2024.

Alternative to: Amazon , Shein , Express , Amazon Fashion

Vinted

Lithuania EU

Lithuanian second-hand fashion marketplace operating in 20+ European markets and the US. Founded in Vilnius in 2008, Lithuania's first unicorn. €1.1B revenue in 2025, €8B valuation. Mission: make second-hand the first choice worldwide.

Alternative to: Amazon , Shein , Express , Amazon Fashion

HelloFresh

Germany EU

Berlin-founded meal kit company operating in 18 countries. Delivers pre-portioned fresh ingredients with recipes directly to customers. Founded in 2011, listed on Frankfurt Stock Exchange. €7.5B revenue. German alternative to US food delivery platforms.

Alternative to: Instacart , Uber Eats

Holidu

Germany EU

Munich-based holiday rental platform founded in 2014. Searches and compares vacation rentals across 30+ booking sites including Booking.com, Vrbo, and others. 300,000+ listings across Europe. Also operates Bookiply, a property management tool for hosts.

Alternative to: Airbnb , Booking Com , Vrbo

H&M

Sweden EU

Stockholm-founded fashion group selling affordable clothing since 1947. Family-controlled and listed in Sweden, with EU operations and a growing resale arm — a European mainstay against ultra-fast-fashion imports.

Alternative to: Shein , Amazon Fashion

Reserved

Poland EU

The flagship brand of Poland's LPP, launched in 2000 and run from Gdańsk. On-trend, affordably priced clothing sold in hundreds of stores and online across Europe — a Warsaw-listed alternative to ultra-fast-fashion imports.

Alternative to: Shein , Amazon Fashion

Vestiaire Collective

France EU

Paris-founded resale marketplace for pre-owned fashion, launched in 2009, with authentication on premium items. A certified B Corp making secondhand the sustainable European alternative to buying new.

Alternative to: Shein

Omio

Germany EU

Berlin-founded travel platform (formerly GoEuro) that compares trains, buses and flights across 30+ countries and lets you book them in one place. A European one-stop alternative to piecing trips together across separate sites.

Alternative to: Booking Com

GetYourGuide

Germany EU

Berlin-headquartered marketplace for tours, attraction tickets and local experiences in thousands of destinations, with skip-the-line entry and instant mobile tickets. A European alternative for booking things to do.

Alternative to: Booking Com , Airbnb

FlixBus

Germany EU

Munich-founded operator behind FlixBus and FlixTrain, running affordable long-distance coach and rail routes across Europe and beyond on a low-emissions fleet. A European alternative for intercity travel without flying.

Alternative to: Booking Com

BlaBlaCar

France EU

Paris-founded carpooling marketplace connecting drivers with empty seats to passengers heading the same way, alongside a bus arm. France’s first unicorn and a European alternative for cheaper, lower-carbon long-distance travel.

Alternative to: Uber , Booking Com

eDreams ODIGEO

Spain EU

Barcelona-rooted online travel group behind eDreams, Opodo and GO Voyages, selling flights, hotels and packages across dozens of markets on a subscription model. A listed European alternative to the big online travel agencies.

Alternative to: Booking Com

HomeToGo

Germany EU

Berlin-run vacation-rental metasearch, listed in Frankfurt, that compares millions of holiday homes from thousands of providers in one search. A European alternative for finding rentals without defaulting to the US platforms.

Alternative to: Airbnb , Vrbo , Booking Com

Hostelworld

Ireland EU

Dublin-based, London-listed travel agency focused on hostels since 1999. Books budget beds in thousands of cities with a social layer for meeting other travellers — a European alternative to the big booking platforms.

Alternative to: Booking Com , Airbnb

Pierre & Vacances

France EU

French tourism group founded in 1967, running holiday villages, apartments and resorts under brands including Center Parcs, Maeva and Adagio. Paris-listed and European-rooted — an alternative to the US booking platforms.

Alternative to: Airbnb , Vrbo , Booking Com

Too Good To Go

Denmark EU

Copenhagen-founded B Corp fighting food waste: its app sells shops' and restaurants' unsold food as discounted 'Surprise Bags'. Used across 20+ countries — a Danish European alternative for cheaper meals with less waste.

Alternative to: Uber Eats

everdrop

Germany EU

Munich B Corp selling cleaning, laundry and personal-care products as concentrated refills you mix with water at home, cutting single-use plastic. A German European alternative to buying bottled household products online.

Alternative to: Amazon

TomTom

Netherlands EU

Amsterdam-founded navigation company making sat-nav devices and the maps and traffic data behind many cars and apps. Publicly listed and independent of Big Tech — a European alternative to Google-owned navigation.

Alternative to: Google Maps , Waze , Garmin

Teenage Engineering

Sweden EU

Stockholm design house behind cult synthesizers, samplers and pocket instruments like the OP-1 and the Pocket Operators. Fiercely design-led and Swedish — a European alternative for playful, high-craft music hardware.

Alternative to: Amazon

Bang & Olufsen

Denmark EU

Danish audio house founded in 1925 in Struer, making high-end speakers, televisions and headphones known for their design and longevity. Publicly listed and proudly European — an alternative to mass-market consumer audio.

Alternative to: Amazon

Devialet

France EU

Paris audio-technology company founded in 2007, known for its Phantom speakers and patented ADH amplifier design. French-engineered high fidelity — a European alternative to mainstream smart speakers.

Alternative to: Amazon

Bolt

Estonia EU

Europe's homegrown ride-hailing app, founded in Tallinn. Rides, scooters, and food delivery in one app across 45+ countries – a direct alternative to Uber.

Alternative to: Uber

Ride-hailing

Dott

Netherlands EU

Shared electric scooters and bikes across European cities. Formed by the 2024 merger of Amsterdam's Dott and Berlin's TIER – a European alternative to Lime.

Alternative to: Lime

Micro-mobility

Voi

Sweden EU

Stockholm-founded micro-mobility operator running shared e-scooters and e-bikes in cities across Europe – a European alternative to Lime.

Alternative to: Lime

Micro-mobility

Back Market

France EU

Buy verified, professionally refurbished phones, laptops, and gadgets with a warranty. A greener, French-built alternative to buying new on Amazon.

Alternative to: Amazon

Refurbed

Austria EU

Vienna-based recommerce marketplace for refurbished phones, laptops, and household goods, each with a warranty. A sustainable European alternative to buying new on Amazon.

Alternative to: Amazon

Kiabi

France EU

French value-fashion retailer founded near Lille in 1978, part of the Mulliez family's business group. Affordable everyday clothing for the whole family across Europe — a home-grown answer to ultra-cheap imports.

Alternative to: Shein , Amazon Fashion

Sellpy

Sweden EU

Stockholm resale service founded in 2014 and now majority-owned by H&M. Send in a bag and Sellpy photographs, lists and ships your pre-owned clothing for you — secondhand as a low-effort European alternative to buying new.

Alternative to: Shein

Zeeman

Netherlands EU

No-frills Dutch clothing chain founded in 1967, selling everyday basics and textiles at very low prices across Western Europe. A bricks-and-mortar European option for shoppers chasing Shein-level prices closer to home.

Alternative to: Shein

Kiwi.com

Czech Republic EU

Brno-based flight-search company that combines flights from carriers that don't normally cooperate — its 'virtual interlining' often beats direct fares. A Czech European alternative to the big flight aggregators.

Alternative to: Booking Com

Interhome

Switzerland EFTA

Swiss holiday-rental specialist founded in 1965, offering tens of thousands of vetted homes and apartments across Europe. Now part of the HomeToGo Group but Swiss-rooted — a European alternative to the big rental platforms.

Alternative to: Airbnb , Vrbo , Booking Com

Booking.com

Netherlands EU

Amsterdam-based accommodation platform offering 4 million+ properties in 220+ countries. Dutch entity (Booking.com B.V.) but owned by US-listed Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG). Founded in Amsterdam in 1996, acquired by Priceline in 2005.

Alternative to: Airbnb , Vrbo

Wolt

Finland EU

Finnish food delivery platform founded in Helsinki in 2014. Operates in 27 countries across Europe, Middle East, and Japan. Acquired by US company DoorDash in 2022 for $8.1B but continues to operate independently from Helsinki. 35M+ customers.

Alternative to: Uber Eats , Doordash

Wallapop

Spain EU

Barcelona-founded marketplace for buying and selling secondhand goods locally, from clothes to electronics. One of Spain's most-used apps and a European alternative to buying everything new online.

Alternative to: Amazon , Shein

FREENOW

Germany EU

Hamburg-founded mobility app for licensed taxis and private hire across European cities. Now US-owned after Lyft's 2025 acquisition.

Alternative to: Uber

Ride-hailing

Trainline

United Kingdom Europe

London-based platform selling train and coach tickets across 40+ countries, with live times and one-tap e-tickets. A publicly listed European alternative for booking rail without each operator's own site.

Alternative to: Booking Com

Raspberry Pi

United Kingdom Europe

Cambridge-born maker of the credit-card-sized single-board computer that put affordable, hackable computing in millions of hands. Rooted in a UK education charity and now London-listed — a European computing-hardware alternative.

Alternative to: Amazon

Health & fitness tracking

Health & Wellbeing

8 services

Withings

France EU

French health technology company making connected scales, blood pressure monitors, sleep trackers, and health-focused smartwatches. Founded in Paris in 2008. Products used by clinicians and consumers in 100+ countries. Data stored in Europe, GDPR-compliant.

Alternative to: Fitbit , Garmin , Apple Watch

Polar

Finland EU

Finnish wearable technology company that invented the world's first wireless heart rate monitor. Founded in 1977 in Kempele, Finland. Fully independent, 1,200 employees, products sold in 80+ countries. Makes premium sports watches and health trackers for athletes.

Alternative to: Fitbit , Garmin , Apple Watch

Health & fitness tracking

YAZIO

Germany EU

Nutrition, calorie, and fasting tracker from Germany. Independent and profitable, with a large European food database and GDPR-compliant handling of your diet data.

Alternative to: Myfitnesspal

Nutrition & food tracking

Petit BamBou

France EU

Europe's leading meditation app, with guided programmes in multiple languages. Independent and privately held – a European alternative to Calm and Headspace.

Alternative to: Calm , Headspace

Mental health & mindfulness

Doctolib

France EU

Book appointments and hold video consultations with doctors across France, Germany, and Italy. Health data hosted in the EU under HDS certification.

Alternative to: Zocdoc

Telemedicine

Selfapy

Germany EU

Psychologist-designed online courses for depression, anxiety, and stress from Berlin. Several are approved German digital health apps (DiGA) that doctors can prescribe.

Alternative to: Betterhelp

Mental health & mindfulness

Lifesum

Sweden EU

Stockholm-built app for tracking meals, calories, and healthy habits, with meal plans and a polished interface. A European alternative to MyFitnessPal.

Alternative to: Myfitnesspal

Nutrition & food tracking

Suunto

Finland EU

Finnish outdoor sports watch brand founded in 1936. Known for precision GPS watches for trail running, triathlon, diving, and mountaineering. Owned by Finnish investment company Triton since 2020. Products sold globally, R&D in Helsinki.

Alternative to: Fitbit , Garmin , Apple Watch

Health & fitness tracking

Education & Learning

5 services

ANTON

Germany EU

A free, ad-free learning app for grades 1–10 covering maths, German, languages, and more, aligned to European school curricula. Co-funded by the EU.

Alternative to:

Kids & schools

Babbel

Germany EU

Subscription language courses from Berlin built around practical, conversational lessons – a European alternative to Duolingo.

Alternative to: Duolingo

Language learning

OpenClassrooms

France EU

Paris-based learning platform offering job-focused, mentor-supported paths and recognised diplomas across tech, data, and business. A European alternative to Coursera and Udemy.

Alternative to: Coursera , Udemy

Online learning

GoStudent

Austria EU

One-to-one online tutoring from Vienna, matching school students with tutors across subjects and languages. A European-built tutoring platform.

Alternative to: Coursera , Udemy

Online learning

Citavi

Switzerland EFTA

A long-established reference-management and knowledge-organisation tool popular in German-speaking academia, developed in Switzerland. Now owned by US firm Lumivero.

Alternative to: Zotero

Research & reference

Developer & Technical Tools

35 services

100

Simple Analytics

Netherlands EU

Dutch privacy-first analytics with no cookies, no fingerprinting and no IP logging. Data stays on Dutch servers. Used by 30,000+ websites including government organisations.

Alternative to: Google Analytics , Fathom , Amplitude

Hetzner

Germany EU

Family-owned German cloud and dedicated server provider founded in 1997. Own data centres in Germany and Finland, no outside investors, no VC pressure, delivering reliable European infrastructure at unbeatable prices.

Alternative to: Heroku , Vercel , Netlify , Aws , Digitalocean , Linode , Alibaba Cloud

Bunny CDN

Slovenia EU

Slovenian content delivery network and cloud storage provider founded in 2017. Operates 120+ PoPs worldwide with European ownership and no ties to US Big Tech. Simple pricing, no hidden fees, GDPR-compliant infrastructure.

Alternative to: Akamai , Aws Cloudfront , Vercel , Netlify , Aws , Cloudflare , Fastly , Alibaba Cloud

Hetzner Object Storage

Germany EU

S3-compatible object storage launched by German cloud provider Hetzner in December 2024. Store data in certified European data centres in Falkenstein, Nuremberg, or Helsinki. From €4.99/month per TB with no egress charges within the EU network zone.

Alternative to: Aws , Google Cloud , Azure , Cloudflare , Alibaba Cloud

Plausible Analytics

Estonia EU

Estonian open-source analytics used by 18,000+ paying customers including Basecamp and Hugging Face. No cookies, no personal data, no consent banner needed. Fully EU-hosted on European-owned infrastructure.

Alternative to: Google Analytics , Mixpanel , Adobe Analytics , Amplitude

Codeberg

Germany EU

German non-profit Git hosting platform founded in 2019 and run by Codeberg e.V., a registered charitable association in Berlin. Built on Forgejo, fully open-source, no ads, no data harvesting, no VC. 246,000+ users and 371,000+ repositories as of late 2025.

Alternative to: Github , Gitlab , Bitbucket

CI/CD & DevOps

Blender

Netherlands EU

Dutch open-source 3D creation suite covering modelling, animation, rendering, video editing, VFX, and motion graphics. Maintained by the Blender Foundation, a non-profit in Amsterdam. Used by studios and individual artists worldwide. 100% free, no subscription.

Alternative to: Adobe After Effects , Adobe Premiere Pro , Final Cut Pro

Kdenlive

Germany EU

Free open-source non-linear video editor maintained by KDE, the German-rooted open-source community. Available on Linux, Windows, and macOS. Supports multi-track editing, wide format support, and GPU-accelerated rendering. Trusted by content creators and educators.

Alternative to: Adobe Premiere Pro , Final Cut Pro , Davinci Resolve

Darktable

Germany EU

Free open-source photography application and RAW developer. Handles photo management, RAW processing, and non-destructive editing. Community-maintained with strong European contributor base. Available on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Used by professional photographers.

Alternative to: Adobe Lightroom , Adobe Photoshop

Infomaniak Web Hosting

Switzerland EFTA

Swiss web hosting from Infomaniak, Europe's leading independent hosting provider. Shared web hosting, WordPress and domains on owned, 100% renewable-powered data centres in Switzerland, under strict Swiss privacy law with no data exploitation.

Alternative to: Godaddy , Bluehost , Aws , Alibaba Cloud

Pirsch Analytics

Germany EU

German cookie-free analytics hosted entirely on Hetzner in Germany. Built by a two-person team in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, GDPR-compliant out of the box with no extra setup required.

Alternative to: Google Analytics , Fathom , Amplitude

Status pages & uptime monitoring

OpenStatus

France EU

OpenStatus is open-source status-page and uptime-monitoring software from Paris, France, built by a small, bootstrapped team with no outside investors. Self-hosting is free, and a free hosted tier is also available.

Alternative to: Statuspage

Bitdefender

Romania EU

Independent Romanian cybersecurity firm with top-rated antivirus and endpoint protection. A European alternative to Kaspersky, without the geopolitical baggage.

Alternative to: Kaspersky

Cybersecurity tools

ESET

Slovakia EU

Independent Slovak antivirus and endpoint security maker behind NOD32. A long-established European alternative to Kaspersky.

Alternative to: Kaspersky

Cybersecurity tools

Ory

Germany EU

Open-source identity, authentication, and authorization from Germany. Self-host the full stack or use Ory Network – no vendor lock-in.

Alternative to: Okta , Auth0

Authentication & identity

Qdrant

Germany EU

Open-source vector database built in Rust for high-performance similarity search. Self-host it or use Qdrant Cloud with EU regions – a European alternative to Pinecone.

Alternative to: Pinecone

Databases

Weaviate

Netherlands EU

Open-source vector database from Amsterdam with built-in vectorization and hybrid search. Self-host it or run Weaviate Cloud – a European alternative to Pinecone.

Alternative to: Pinecone

Databases

INWX

Germany EU

A Berlin-based registrar covering 1,000+ TLDs with a powerful API, free privacy protection, and a strong reputation among developers and resellers.

Alternative to: Godaddy

Domain registrars

Mistral AI

France EU

France's leading AI lab. Powerful open-weight models built and hosted entirely in Europe.

Alternative to: Chatgpt , Claude , Gemini , Github Copilot , Microsoft Copilot

Aleph Alpha

Germany EU

German sovereign AI provider. Pharia and Luminous models trained and hosted entirely in Europe, built for enterprise compliance.

Alternative to: Chatgpt , Claude , Gemini , Github Copilot , Microsoft Copilot

DeepL

Germany EU

World-class AI translation from Cologne. Outperforms big-tech rivals on European languages. All data processed in Germany.

Alternative to: Google Translate , Microsoft Translator , Amazon Translate

OVHcloud

France EU

France's largest cloud provider with 43 data centres across Europe and beyond. Family-founded in 1999, publicly listed, with a strong focus on data sovereignty and competitive pricing.

Alternative to: Heroku , Vercel , Netlify , Aws , Azure , Google Cloud , Alibaba Cloud

Authentication & identity

IONOS

Germany EU

Website builder, hosting, domains, and cloud from Germany's largest web host. Data hosted in the EU under German data-protection law.

Alternative to: Wix , Godaddy

Website builders & CMS

ZITADEL

Switzerland EFTA

Open-source identity infrastructure from Switzerland with built-in multi-tenancy and passwordless login. Self-host it or run it on Swiss-hosted cloud.

Alternative to: Okta , Authy

Hostinger

Lithuania EU

Lithuanian web hosting giant serving 29 million users in 178 countries. Affordable shared, VPS and cloud hosting with a custom control panel and strong European infrastructure.

Alternative to: Vercel , Netlify , Aws , Godaddy , Bluehost , Alibaba Cloud

Aiven

Finland EU

Fully managed open-source databases – PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kafka, OpenSearch, and more – deployable in the region and cloud of your choice, including the EU.

Alternative to: Planetscale , Mongodb Atlas

Databases

F-Secure

Finland EU

Finnish consumer security brand offering antivirus, VPN, and identity protection. A Nordic, EU-based alternative to Kaspersky.

Alternative to: Kaspersky

Cybersecurity tools

Matomo

New Zealand

Open-source web analytics platform used on 1.4 million websites in 190 countries. Self-host for full data ownership or use Matomo Cloud. GDPR-compliant with no data sent to third parties.

Alternative to: Google Analytics , Adobe Analytics , Mixpanel , Amplitude

Jimdo

Germany EU

Easy website and online-store builder from Hamburg, aimed at small businesses. GDPR-friendly by default with data hosted in the EU.

Alternative to: Wix , Squarespace

Website builders & CMS

n8n

Germany EU

German workflow automation software that connects your apps, the same job Zapier does. n8n Cloud runs on EU servers in Frankfurt, and you can self-host it for free to keep full control of your data.

Alternative to: Zapier

Workflow automation

Gandi

France EU

A long-established French registrar known for its 'no bullshit' ethos, transparent pricing, and included privacy protection. Domains, hosting, and email.

Alternative to: Godaddy

Domain registrars

Linearity Curve

Germany EU

Berlin-based vector design platform formerly known as Vectornator. Includes Linearity Curve (vector design) and Linearity Move (animation). AI-powered design tools for Mac and iPad. Backed by EQT Ventures. Used by millions of creators and marketing teams.

Alternative to: Adobe Illustrator , Canva , Figma , Adobe Indesign

Penpot

Spain EU

Open-source design and prototyping platform built by Madrid-based Kaleidos. First design tool built on open web standards (SVG, CSS, HTML). Fully self-hostable with no vendor lock-in. Used by teams at Mozilla, Red Hat, and thousands of European organisations.

Alternative to: Figma , Adobe Xd , Sketch , Adobe Indesign

Sketch

Netherlands EU

Dutch-made macOS design tool from The Hague, long self-funded but with a 2019 Series A from US VC Benchmark. The app is local-first – your .sketch files live on your Mac – while the optional Sketch Cloud backend runs on AWS us-east-1 (US) by default, with EU hosting only on Private Cloud plans.

Alternative to: Figma , Adobe Xd

Hugging Face

United States

French-founded open AI platform and model hub, often called the GitHub of machine learning. Significant US presence reflected in lower score.

Alternative to: Openai , Google Ai Studio , Azure Openai , Github Copilot