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Quick facts

Headquarters Lyon, France
Company Smash SAS
Founded 2017
Ownership VC-backed
Hosting 🇫🇷 France
Infrastructure Mixed infrastructure
Data jurisdiction EU
Open source No
GDPR Compliant
Pricing Freemium · from Free
Free tier Yes
Platforms Web, iOS, macOS
Languages
ENFRESDE
71 · Mostly European
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Why does it score 71?

Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ
30/30
Ownership & control
VC-backed, no non-EU parent
15/25
Data sovereignty
Mixed infra, all EU/EFTA-hosted
18/30
Accountability & trust
GDPR compliant
8/15
EuroPoints total
71/100
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Smash
WeTransfer
SwissTransfer
EuroPoints
71 Mostly European
58 Mixed Origins
98 Certified European
Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ30/30
EU member-state HQ30/30
EFTA country HQ25/30
Ownership & control
VC-backed, no non-EU parent15/25
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
Bootstrapped, no outside investors5/5
Headquarters
Lyon, France
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Geneva, Switzerland
Founded
2017
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, macOS
Web, iOS, Android
Web, iOS, Android
Languages
en, fr, es, de
en, nl, fr, de, es, it
en, fr, de, it, es

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