Europe Switch

Switch to European software.

Type the app you use now and find a European alternative, from email to cloud hosting.

The guide

31 services from 10 countries, free and without ads.

Office & files 5

  • CryptPad (opens in a new tab) · France

    Edit documents together, fully encrypted.

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    Customer data stored in
    OVHcloud, France

    Replaces Google Docs

  • Infomaniak kSuite (opens in a new tab) · Switzerland (outside the EU)

    Email, storage, documents and video meetings in one Swiss cloud suite.

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    Customer data stored in
    Infomaniak's own data centres in Switzerland

    Replaces Google Workspace

  • LibreOffice (opens in a new tab) · Germany

    Free office suite for your own computer: documents, spreadsheets and presentations.

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    Customer data stored in
    On your own computer

    Replaces Microsoft Office

  • Nextcloud (opens in a new tab) · Germany

    Files, calendar and collaboration in your own or a European cloud.

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    Customer data stored in
    Your own server, or a hosting partner you choose

    Replaces Google Drive

  • RighettiOS Drive & Office (opens in a new tab) · Netherlands By the makers of this site

    Team, project and client folders with versions, and Word, Excel and PowerPoint files in your browser (Office in beta).

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    Customer data stored in
    Germany

    Replaces Google Drive & Microsoft 365

Email 5

  • mailbox.org (opens in a new tab) · Germany

    Business email with an office suite and storage.

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    Customer data stored in
    Its own servers in Berlin, Germany

    Replaces Gmail

  • Posteo (opens in a new tab) · Germany

    Ad-free email with calendar and address book, paid per month.

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    Customer data stored in
    Posteo's own servers in Germany

    Replaces Gmail

  • Proton Mail (opens in a new tab) · Switzerland (outside the EU)

    Encrypted email with calendar and custom domains.

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    Customer data stored in
    Proton's own servers in Switzerland, Germany and Norway

    Replaces Gmail

  • Runbox (opens in a new tab) · Norway (outside the EU)

    Email with your own domain, calendar and contacts.

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    Customer data stored in
    Runbox's own servers in Oslo, Norway

    Replaces Outlook

  • Tuta (opens in a new tab) · Germany

    Encrypted email and calendar, also for teams.

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    Customer data stored in
    Its own servers in Germany

    Replaces Outlook

Search & browsing 3

  • Mojeek (opens in a new tab) · United Kingdom (outside the EU)

    Search engine with its own index and no tracking.

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    Customer data stored in
    Mojeek's own servers in the United Kingdom

    Replaces Google Search

  • Seznam (opens in a new tab) · Czechia

    Czech search engine and web portal with its own index.

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    Customer data stored in
    Seznam's own data centres in the Czech Republic

    Replaces Google Search

  • Vivaldi (opens in a new tab) · Norway (outside the EU)

    Highly customisable browser with mail and calendar.

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    Customer data stored in
    Its own servers in Iceland

    Replaces Chrome

Chat & video 4

  • alfaview (opens in a new tab) · Germany

    Video conferencing for teams, classes and large meetings.

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    Customer data stored in
    Data centres in Germany, run by German companies

    Replaces Zoom

  • Threema (opens in a new tab) · Switzerland (outside the EU)

    Messaging without a phone number, also as a business version.

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    Customer data stored in
    Its own servers in Zurich, Switzerland

    Replaces WhatsApp

  • Tixeo (opens in a new tab) · France

    Video conferencing with end-to-end encryption, in the cloud or on your own servers.

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    Customer data stored in
    OVHcloud, France

    Replaces Microsoft Teams

  • RighettiOS Chat & Calls (opens in a new tab) · Netherlands By the makers of this site

    Chat, calls and video meetings in one place, with built-in translation: everyone writes and reads in their own language (calls in beta).

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    Customer data stored in
    Germany

    Replaces WhatsApp, Slack & Zoom

Business networks 1

  • Righetti Connect (opens in a new tab) · Netherlands By the makers of this site

    Business network for companies across Europe: profiles, posts and messages in your own language. Opening step by step.

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    Customer data stored in
    Germany

    Replaces LinkedIn

Cloud & hosting 6

  • Hetzner (opens in a new tab) · Germany

    Servers and cloud from Germany and Finland.

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    Customer data stored in
    Its own data centres in Germany and Finland, or a region you choose

    Replaces AWS

  • IONOS (opens in a new tab) · Germany

    Web hosting, domains, servers and cloud for businesses.

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    Customer data stored in
    IONOS's own data centres, including in Germany

    Replaces GoDaddy

  • OVHcloud (opens in a new tab) · France

    Large European cloud with its own data centres.

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    Customer data stored in
    Its own data centres, in a region you choose

    Replaces Azure

  • Scaleway (opens in a new tab) · France

    Cloud, storage and GPU servers in Europe.

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    Customer data stored in
    Its own data centres in Europe

    Replaces Google Cloud

  • STACKIT (opens in a new tab) · Germany

    Cloud platform of the Schwarz Group for businesses.

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    Customer data stored in
    Its own data centres in Germany and Austria

    Replaces AWS

  • UpCloud (opens in a new tab) · Finland

    Cloud servers, storage and databases.

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    Customer data stored in
    Its own servers, in a region you choose

    Replaces DigitalOcean

Business & accounting 1

  • RighettiOS (opens in a new tab) · Netherlands By the makers of this site

    CRM, quotes and invoices, bookkeeping and HR in one platform, with e-invoices in seven formats.

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    Customer data stored in
    Germany

    Replaces HubSpot, QuickBooks & Workday

AI & translation 1

  • RighettiOS translation (opens in a new tab) · Netherlands By the makers of this site

    Messages in your own language, translated on our own servers in the EU, with the original one tap away.

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    Customer data stored in
    Germany

    Replaces Google Translate

Marketing & analytics 2

  • Plausible (opens in a new tab) · Estonia

    Lightweight website analytics without cookies.

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    Customer data stored in
    Hetzner (Germany) and UpCloud (Finland)

    Replaces Google Analytics

  • Simple Analytics (opens in a new tab) · Netherlands

    Website statistics without cookies or personal data.

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    Customer data stored in
    The Netherlands and Germany

    Replaces Google Analytics

Security 3

  • G DATA (opens in a new tab) · Germany

    Antivirus and IT security for home and business.

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    Customer data stored in
    Germany

    Replaces Norton

  • Mullvad VPN (opens in a new tab) · Sweden

    VPN without an email address or personal details.

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    Customer data stored in
    Its own servers; account data in Sweden

    Replaces NordVPN

  • Proton Pass (opens in a new tab) · Switzerland (outside the EU)

    Encrypted password vault with email aliases.

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    Customer data stored in
    Proton's own servers in Switzerland, Germany and Norway

    Replaces 1Password

What European leaders say

“Today, we simply rely on non-EU providers for over 80% of our digital products, services and infrastructure.”

Henna VirkkunenExecutive Vice-President of the European Commission for tech sovereignty · Remarks on the tech sovereignty package, 3 June 2026

“We cannot afford to depend on others for the technologies that keep our hospitals running, our energy grids stable and our services secure.”

Ursula von der LeyenPresident of the European Commission · Press release on the tech sovereignty package, 3 June 2026

“Europe doesn’t want to be the client of the big entrepreneurs or the big solutions being provided either from the U.S. or from China. We clearly want to design our own solutions.”

Emmanuel MacronPresident of France · Summit on European Digital Sovereignty, Berlin, 18 November 2025

“For Europe, digital sovereignty means the ability to shape technology across the entire value chain in line with European interests and needs.”

Friedrich MerzFederal Chancellor of Germany · Joint press release, Berlin summit, 18 November 2025

From public speeches and documents, with a link to each source. The speakers do not endorse this guide or the services in it.

Righetti Connect, a European business network

An alternative to LinkedIn. Follow companies, post what you make and message businesses across Europe, each in your own language.

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List your software

Does your European company make software that people use every day? Add it to the guide yourself. Listing is free, and there are no paid places.

Who can be listed

  • The company is based in the EU, the EEA, Switzerland or the United Kingdom.
  • Customer data is not stored with an American cloud provider.
  • The service is your own product, and anyone can use it.

How it works

  1. Create a free RighettiOS account, or sign in. You come straight back to the form.
  2. Fill in your service: name, website, category, country, what it replaces, a short description, your mission, why people should choose you and where customer data is stored.
  3. We review it, then publish it, ask you for changes or explain why it is not listed. You follow the status in your account.

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