What can replace Dropbox.
7 European products that cover Dropbox fully or in part. None of them is a clone — where something is missing, it says so.
Infomaniak kDriveCH
Storage with collaborative document editing, in Swiss data centres, as part of the kSuite.
SwitzerlandSolidEffort: Smallwww.infomaniak.com/en/ksuite/kdrive Replaces: Google Drive · Dropbox
luckycloudDE
A Berlin provider with end-to-end encryption, German data centres and contracts under German law.
EU / EEASolidEffort: Smallluckycloud.de Replaces: Dropbox · OneDrive / SharePoint
Nextcloud HubDE
Files, calendar, contacts, chat, video and office in one package you can run yourself — the most widely deployed European counterpart to Microsoft 365.
EU / EEAProvenEffort: MediumOpen sourceSelf-hostableCatchPerformance is a function of how you run it. An under-provisioned install feels slow, and there is nobody but you to hand that on to.
nextcloud.com Replaces: Microsoft 365 · Google Workspace · Dropbox
pCloudCH
A Swiss provider with an EU storage region to choose and a one-off lifetime plan.
SwitzerlandSolidEffort: Smallwww.pcloud.com Replaces: Dropbox · Google Drive
TresoritCH
End-to-end encrypted storage with mature permission handling; owned by Swiss Post.
SwitzerlandProvenEffort: SmallCatchProprietary and not self-hostable. You move the trust from a US corporation to a Swiss vendor; you do not remove it.
tresorit.com Replaces: Dropbox · Box · OneDrive / SharePoint
ownCloudDE
A Nuremberg file platform, technically mature, with the fast Infinite Scale core written in Go.
United StatesProvenEffort: MediumOpen sourceSelf-hostableCatchownCloud GmbH has belonged to the US company Kiteworks since 2023. The code stays open and self-hostable — but the vendor answers to US law. Exactly the case this site is about.
owncloud.com Replaces: OneDrive / SharePoint · Google Drive · Dropbox
SeafileCN
Very fast file sync with block-based storage, widely deployed at universities.
ChinaProvenEffort: MediumOpen sourceSelf-hostableCatchThe vendor is Seafile Ltd. in Beijing; a German GmbH sells and supports it in Europe. Manageable if you self-host, disqualifying for the hosted variant in sensitive settings.
www.seafile.com Replaces: Dropbox · Google Drive
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