Files & storage, in European hands.
6 products in this category. What is judged is the jurisdiction of the parent company, not where the servers stand.
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
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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