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

Quick facts

Headquarters Oslo, Norway
Company Filemail AS
Founded 2008
Ownership Acquired
Hosting 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇩🇪 Germany
Infrastructure Mixed infrastructure
Data jurisdiction EFTA
Open source No
GDPR Compliant
Pricing Freemium · from Free
Free tier Yes
Platforms Web, iOS, Android, Desktop
Languages
ENNODEFRES
61 · Mostly European
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Why does it score 61?

Legal jurisdiction
EFTA country HQ
25/30
Ownership & control
Acquired/corporate, EU/EFTA parent
10/25
Data sovereignty
Mixed infra, all EU/EFTA-hosted
18/30
Accountability & trust
GDPR compliant
8/15
EuroPoints total
61/100
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See how they compare

Filemail
WeTransfer
SwissTransfer
EuroPoints
61 Mostly European
58 Mixed Origins
98 Certified European
Legal jurisdiction
EFTA country HQ25/30
EU member-state HQ30/30
EFTA country HQ25/30
Ownership & control
Acquired/corporate, EU/EFTA parent10/25
Acquired/corporate, EU/EFTA parent10/25
Independent ownership25/25
Data sovereignty
Mixed infra, all EU/EFTA-hosted18/30
US cloud, EU-region hosted10/30
Own infrastructure30/30
Accountability & trust
GDPR compliant8/15
GDPR compliant8/15
Partially open source + GDPR + audited13/15
Independence bonus
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Bootstrapped, no outside investors5/5
Headquarters
Oslo, Norway
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Geneva, Switzerland
Founded
2008
2009
2019
Open source
No
No
Partial
Infrastructure
Mixed infrastructure
Amazon AWS
Own infrastructure
GDPR
✓
✓
✓
Free tier
✓
✓
✓
Pricing
Freemium · from Free
Freemium · from Free
Free · from Free
Platforms
Web, iOS, Android, Desktop
Web, iOS, Android
Web, iOS, Android
Languages
en, no, de, fr, es
en, nl, fr, de, es, it
en, fr, de, it, es

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