CryptPad

France Project management

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

Quick facts

Headquarters Paris, France
Company XWiki SAS
Founded 2015
Ownership Independent
Hosting 🇫🇷 France
Infrastructure Own infrastructure
Data jurisdiction EU
Open source Full
GDPR Compliant
Pricing Freemium · from Free
Free tier Yes
Platforms Web, Self-hosted
Languages
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100 · Certified European
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Why does it score 100?

Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ
30/30
Ownership & control
Independent ownership
25/25
Data sovereignty
Own infrastructure
30/30
Accountability & trust
Fully open source + GDPR
12/15
Independence bonus
Bootstrapped, no outside investors
+5
EuroPoints total
100/100
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See how they compare

CryptPad
Nextcloud
Baserow
EuroPoints
100 Certified European
87 Strongly European
75 Strongly European
Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ30/30
EU member-state HQ30/30
EU member-state HQ30/30
Ownership & control
Independent ownership25/25
VC-backed, no non-EU parent15/25
VC-backed, no non-EU parent15/25
Data sovereignty
Own infrastructure30/30
Own infrastructure30/30
Mixed infra, all EU/EFTA-hosted18/30
Accountability & trust
Fully open source + GDPR12/15
Fully open source + GDPR12/15
Fully open source + GDPR12/15
Independence bonus
Bootstrapped, no outside investors5/5
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Headquarters
Paris, France
Stuttgart, Germany
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founded
2015
2016
2021
Open source
Full
Full
Full
Infrastructure
Own infrastructure
Own infrastructure
Mixed infrastructure
GDPR
✓
✓
✓
Free tier
✓
✓
✓
Pricing
Freemium · from Free
Open-core · from Free
Open-core · from Free
Platforms
Web, Self-hosted
Web, iOS, Android, Desktop, Self-hosted
Web, Self-hosted
Languages
en, fr, de, es, pt, nl, ru, zh, ar, ja
en, de, fr, es, it, nl, pl, pt, ru, zh, ja, ar
en

What does it replace?

Google Docs Notion Microsoft 365

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