Icedrive – European cloud storage
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.
Quick facts
Zero-knowledge Twofish encryption and a generous 10GB free tier, with a slick drive-style interface.
Being UK-based rather than EU/EFTA caps how it scores here, and the one-time lifetime plans, while attractive, mean you're betting on a small company's long-term survival.
Why does it score 86?
Registered in Cardiff, Wales (UK) – outside the EU/EFTA, the main reason its legal score sits below EU-based rivals.
Independently owned, with no outside investors or parent company.
Icedrive runs its own storage infrastructure in the UK rather than a third-party cloud.
GDPR-compliant, but the apps aren't open source, which keeps the accountability score more modest.
See how they compare
IcedriveWhat does it replace?
Dropbox 
Google Drive 
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