Ready to ditch Big Tech?
Millions of Europeans are switching to privacy-friendly, independently owned alternatives. Find what you use, and discover what to switch to.
Or filter by country of origin
Showing 197 tools
Most replaced tools
Switching guides
The Degoogle guide
Most people use five or more Google services without thinking about it — Search, Gmail, Maps, Drive, YouTube, Chrome — and Google stitches all that data into a single profile of you. This guide walks through replacing each one with a European alternative, showing how hard the switch is and what you might give up.
Start degoogling →
Best Dropbox alternatives
Dropbox walked so the rest of cloud storage could run. It made syncing a folder across your devices feel effortless, and for a long time there was no real reason to look elsewhere. Lately, though, more and more people are deciding it's finally time to drop the box.
Read guide →
Best Gmail alternatives
Gmail is the default. It came free with your phone, its search actually works, and switching feels like more hassle than it's worth. But 'free' has a price – your inbox is a Google product living on US servers – and more and more people are deciding it's finally time to hit archive on Gmail for good.
Read guide →
Best Google Drive alternatives
Google Drive is the default place to keep your files, and it's genuinely handy – 15 GB free, Docs and Sheets built in, already there the moment you sign into Google. But that convenience is the hook: Drive is wired into your whole Google account and lives on US servers, and more and more people are deciding it's time to put Google Drive in park.
Read guide →
Best WhatsApp alternatives
WhatsApp is how the world texts – two billion people, encrypted messages, and it's free. The catch is who owns it: Meta. Your messages are private, but the metadata around them isn't, and a growing number of people are starting to wonder what's really up with handing Meta their conversations.
Read guide →