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Privacy search engine with its own index, now partly served by the EUSP joint venture.

Inhaber

Qwant SAS

Hauptsitz

France

Hosting

France (EU)

Preis

Free

Search engine that funds tree planting from ad revenue.

Inhaber

Ecosia GmbH

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

EU; results partly from Google/Bing and EUSP index

Preis

Free

Privacy search front end that proxies Google and Bing results without logging queries.

European brand, US parent. See the ownership watch page.

Inhaber

Surfboard Holding BV; majority owner System1 (United States)

Hauptsitz

Netherlands

Hosting

Netherlands and United States

Preis

Free

Independent search engine running its own crawler and index.

Inhaber

Mojeek Limited

Hauptsitz

United Kingdom

Hosting

United Kingdom

Preis

Free

Family-friendly search with its own index and no query storage.

Inhaber

Swisscows AG

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

Switzerland

Preis

Freemium

Non-profit metasearch run by a German association and university partners.

Inhaber

SUMA-EV (non-profit association)

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Germany

Preis

Freemium

French metasearch that donates ad revenue to social and environmental projects.

Inhaber

Lilo SAS

Hauptsitz

France

Hosting

Unverified

Preis

Free

Peer-to-peer search software anyone can run as a node in a shared index.

Inhaber

Open-source community project

Hauptsitz

Germany (project origin)

Hosting

Self-hosted (distributed)

Preis

Free

Self-hosted metasearch aggregator that queries other engines without tracking you.

Inhaber

Open-source community project

Hauptsitz

Unverified

Hosting

Self-hosted

Preis

Free

Search with an independent index, included as a comparison entry.

Non-European comparison entry. Listed so readers can compare index independence claims side by side.

Inhaber

Brave Software Inc. (United States)

Hauptsitz

United States

Hosting

United States

Preis

Freemium

Feature-dense browser with built-in mail, calendar and tracker blocking.

Inhaber

Vivaldi Technologies AS

Hauptsitz

Norway

Hosting

Not applicable (desktop software); sync in Iceland

Preis

Free

Firefox fork focused on privacy defaults and legacy extension support.

Inhaber

BrowserWorks Ltd

Hauptsitz

United Kingdom

Hosting

Not applicable (desktop software)

Preis

Free

Hardened Firefox-based browser built with the Tor Project, designed for use with a VPN.

Inhaber

Mullvad VPN AB

Hauptsitz

Sweden

Hosting

Not applicable (desktop software)

Preis

Free

Community Firefox fork with telemetry removed and privacy settings pre-set.

Inhaber

Open-source community project

Hauptsitz

Unverified

Hosting

Not applicable (desktop software)

Preis

Free

Lightweight KDE browser using the QtWebEngine rendering engine.

Inhaber

KDE community project

Hauptsitz

Germany (KDE e.V.)

Hosting

Not applicable (desktop software)

Preis

Free

Independent browser forked from older Mozilla code, keeping classic add-on support.

Inhaber

Moonchild Productions

Hauptsitz

Netherlands

Hosting

Not applicable (desktop software)

Preis

Free

Chromium-based browser that applies Ecosia search and climate funding by default.

Inhaber

Ecosia GmbH

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Not applicable (desktop software)

Preis

Free

Long-running browser with built-in VPN and messaging sidebar.

Ownership is mixed and partly non-European. Marked Unverified pending a full shareholder check.

Inhaber

Opera Limited; listed in the United States, major shareholders in China

Hauptsitz

Norway

Hosting

Unverified

Preis

Freemium

Open-source Firefox fork with a workspace-style tab layout.

Inhaber

Open-source community project

Hauptsitz

Unverified

Hosting

Not applicable (desktop software)

Preis

Free

Chromium-based browser with ad blocking on by default, included as a comparison entry.

Non-European comparison entry. Widely used in Europe, controlled from the United States.

Inhaber

Brave Software Inc. (United States)

Hauptsitz

United States

Hosting

Not applicable (desktop software)

Preis

Free

End-to-end encrypted email with calendar, drive and VPN in paid tiers.

Inhaber

Proton AG; controlling shareholder Proton Foundation

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

Switzerland, Germany, Norway (own data centres)

Preis

Freemium

Encrypted email and calendar with its own green-powered infrastructure.

Inhaber

Tutao GmbH

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Germany

Preis

Freemium

Email, office and video meetings for people who want a German provider without ads.

Inhaber

Heinlein Support GmbH

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Germany

Preis

Paid

Ad-free email paid anonymously, run on green energy with no user tracking.

Inhaber

Posteo e.K.

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Germany

Preis

Paid

Encrypted email from the Startpage team, with disposable aliases.

Same US parent as Startpage. See the ownership watch page.

Inhaber

Surfboard Holding BV; parent System1 (United States)

Hauptsitz

Netherlands

Hosting

Netherlands

Preis

Paid

Email hosting bundled with the kSuite office tools, data kept in Switzerland.

Inhaber

Infomaniak Network SA

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

Switzerland

Preis

Freemium

Encrypted email suite with calendar and documents under Belgian law.

Inhaber

ContactOffice Group

Hauptsitz

Belgium

Hosting

Belgium

Preis

Freemium

Email hosting powered by renewable energy, operating since 1999.

Inhaber

Runbox Solutions AS

Hauptsitz

Norway

Hosting

Norway

Preis

Paid

Private email with your own domain and no advertising profile.

Inhaber

Soverin BV

Hauptsitz

Netherlands

Hosting

Netherlands

Preis

Paid

Groupware with email, calendar and files, marketed on Swiss data protection.

Inhaber

Kolab Systems AG

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

Switzerland

Preis

Paid

Encrypted email aimed at healthcare and legal practices, included as a comparison entry.

Non-European comparison entry.

Inhaber

Hush Communications Canada Inc.

Hauptsitz

Canada

Hosting

Canada

Preis

Paid

Self-hosted file sync, sharing and groupware you run on your own server.

Inhaber

Nextcloud GmbH

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Self-hosted (your server)

Preis

Freemium

End-to-end encrypted cloud storage aimed at regulated industries.

Inhaber

Tresorit AG

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

EU (Microsoft Azure regions in Europe)

Preis

Paid

Cloud storage with optional client-side encryption add-on and lifetime plans.

Inhaber

pCloud AG

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

EU region (Luxembourg) or United States, chosen per account

Preis

Freemium

Storage hub that also connects Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive accounts.

Inhaber

Koofr d.o.o.

Hauptsitz

Slovenia

Hosting

EU (Germany)

Preis

Freemium

Cloud drive inside kSuite, stored only in Switzerland.

Inhaber

Infomaniak Network SA

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

Switzerland

Preis

Freemium

Encrypted cloud storage from the Proton suite, sharing the same account as Proton Mail.

Inhaber

Proton AG; controlling shareholder Proton Foundation

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

Switzerland, Germany, Norway

Preis

Freemium

End-to-end encrypted photo and authenticator apps with open-source clients.

US company, EU-only servers. Listed as a comparison entry on control, not on hosting.

Inhaber

Ente Technologies, Inc. (United States)

Hauptsitz

United States

Hosting

EU (Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt)

Preis

Freemium

Zero-knowledge cloud storage with desktop sync clients.

Inhaber

Filen Cloud Dienste UG

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Germany

Preis

Freemium

Encrypted storage that shards files across a distributed network.

Inhaber

Internxt Universal Technologies SL

Hauptsitz

Spain

Hosting

EU (European data centres)

Preis

Freemium

Photo and file backup under Norwegian privacy law.

Inhaber

Jotta AS

Hauptsitz

Norway

Hosting

Norway

Preis

Freemium

Office suite with strong Microsoft format compatibility, for cloud or self-hosting.

Operating company is Latvian. The holding company sits in Singapore, which is stated here rather than hidden.

Inhaber

Ascensio System SIA; holding company ONLYOFFICE Capital Group Pte. Ltd. (Singapore)

Hauptsitz

Latvia

Hosting

Self-hosted or EU cloud options

Preis

Freemium

Document editing inside Nextcloud, based on Collabora Online technology.

Inhaber

Nextcloud GmbH with Collabora Productivity

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Self-hosted

Preis

Freemium

LibreOffice-based online office for self-hosted deployments.

Inhaber

Collabora Productivity Ltd

Hauptsitz

United Kingdom

Hosting

Self-hosted

Preis

Freemium

Full desktop office suite, free and open source, stewarded by a German foundation.

Inhaber

The Document Foundation

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Not applicable (desktop software)

Preis

Free

End-to-end encrypted pads, docs and sheets where the server cannot read content.

Inhaber

XWiki SAS (project lead)

Hauptsitz

France

Hosting

France (flagship instance) or self-hosted

Preis

Freemium

Mail, drive, docs and meetings in one Swiss-hosted suite.

Inhaber

Infomaniak Network SA

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

Switzerland

Preis

Freemium

Encrypted collaborative documents inside Proton Drive.

Inhaber

Proton AG; controlling shareholder Proton Foundation

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

Switzerland, Germany, Norway

Preis

Freemium

Commercial desktop office suite with close Microsoft format fidelity.

Inhaber

SoftMaker Software GmbH

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Not applicable (desktop software)

Preis

Paid

KDE office and creativity suite for Linux desktops.

Inhaber

KDE community project

Hauptsitz

Germany (KDE e.V.)

Hosting

Not applicable (desktop software)

Preis

Free

Community fork of ONLYOFFICE code started by EU-based companies in 2026.

Young fork. Governance and release process not yet verified.

Inhaber

Community fork, multiple EU contributors

Hauptsitz

Unverified

Hosting

Self-hosted

Preis

Free

Browser video meetings you can self-host; the public instance is run by 8x8.

Software is open source. Control of the default public instance is American, so hosting choice decides the jurisdiction.

Inhaber

Open-source project; 8x8 Inc. (United States) is main sponsor

Hauptsitz

United States (sponsor)

Hosting

Self-hosted, or United States for meet.jit.si

Preis

Free

Encrypted group calls built on the Matrix protocol.

Inhaber

Element (New Vector Ltd)

Hauptsitz

United Kingdom

Hosting

Unverified

Preis

Freemium

Encrypted video meetings launched by Proton in 2026.

Inhaber

Proton AG; controlling shareholder Proton Foundation

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

Unverified

Preis

Freemium

Free video meetings with no account needed for guests, hosted in Switzerland.

Inhaber

Infomaniak Network SA

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

Switzerland

Preis

Free

Video conferencing marketed to defence and public sector buyers on security.

Inhaber

Tixeo SAS

Hauptsitz

France

Hosting

France

Preis

Paid

Open-source SIP video and voice app with hosted or self-hosted options.

Inhaber

Belledonne Communications

Hauptsitz

France

Hosting

Unverified

Preis

Freemium

Browser meetings with a simple room link, no downloads for guests.

Inhaber

Whereby AS

Hauptsitz

Norway

Hosting

Europe (EEA)

Preis

Freemium

Webinar and video meeting platform for marketing and sales teams.

Inhaber

Livestorm SAS

Hauptsitz

France

Hosting

Unverified

Preis

Paid

Virtual classroom software with whiteboard and breakout rooms, usually self-hosted.

Non-European project origin. Self-hosting in the EU keeps data under EU control.

Inhaber

Open-source project; Blindside Networks (Canada)

Hauptsitz

Canada

Hosting

Self-hosted

Preis

Free

Open-source notes with end-to-end encrypted sync to a target you choose.

Inhaber

Joplin project (lead developer in France)

Hauptsitz

France

Hosting

Self-hosted, Joplin Cloud (Unverified) or your own cloud

Preis

Freemium

Encrypted notes app, acquired by Proton and kept as a separate product.

Inhaber

Proton AG (acquired 2024)

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

Unverified

Preis

Freemium

Encrypted notes with a local-first editor and paid sync.

Inhaber

Streetwriters (Pakistan)

Hauptsitz

Pakistan

Hosting

Unverified

Preis

Freemium

Local-first workspace that syncs peer to peer without a central server.

Inhaber

Any Association

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

Local device; optional backup node Unverified

Preis

Freemium

Self-hosted collaborative markdown pads for teams.

Inhaber

Open-source community project

Hauptsitz

Germany (project origin)

Hosting

Self-hosted

Preis

Free

Self-hosted real-time collaborative editor, one of the oldest open options.

Inhaber

Ether Foundation / community project

Hauptsitz

Unverified

Hosting

Self-hosted

Preis

Free

Hierarchical personal knowledge base with scripting and sync server options.

Inhaber

Open-source community project

Hauptsitz

Czechia (project origin)

Hosting

Self-hosted

Preis

Free

Outline-based knowledge tool storing notes as local markdown files.

Inhaber

Logseq Inc.

Hauptsitz

Unverified

Hosting

Local device

Preis

Freemium

Notion-style workspace with local-first storage and self-hosting.

Non-European company. Included because self-hosting keeps content on your own machine.

Inhaber

ToEverything Pte. Ltd. (Singapore)

Hauptsitz

Singapore

Hosting

Self-hosted or Unverified cloud

Preis

Freemium

Enterprise wiki and collaboration platform with structured pages.

Inhaber

XWiki SAS

Hauptsitz

France

Hosting

Self-hosted or Unverified cloud

Preis

Freemium

Password manager with built-in email aliases, inside the Proton account.

Inhaber

Proton AG; controlling shareholder Proton Foundation

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

Switzerland, Germany, Norway

Preis

Freemium

Offline password vault stored as one encrypted file you control.

Inhaber

Dominik Reichl (open-source project)

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Local device

Preis

Free

Community fork of KeePassX with browser integration and modern audits.

Inhaber

KeePassXC Team (community project)

Hauptsitz

Unverified

Hosting

Local device

Preis

Free

Password manager with EU hosting option, included as a comparison entry.

Non-European comparison entry. The EU region changes hosting, not the controlling jurisdiction.

Inhaber

Bitwarden Inc. (United States)

Hauptsitz

United States

Hosting

United States by default; EU cloud region available

Preis

Freemium

Lightweight self-hosted server compatible with Bitwarden clients.

Inhaber

Open-source community project

Hauptsitz

Unverified

Hosting

Self-hosted

Preis

Free

Open-source password manager for teams, built for self-hosting.

Inhaber

ESAQA UG / Psono project

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Self-hosted

Preis

Freemium

Stateless password generator that computes passwords instead of storing a vault.

Inhaber

Open-source community project

Hauptsitz

France (project origin)

Hosting

Local device

Preis

Free

Minimal open-source password manager with apps for all major platforms.

Inhaber

Padloc project

Hauptsitz

Unverified

Hosting

Unverified

Preis

Freemium

KeePass-compatible manager for mobile and desktop with cloud sync you pick.

Inhaber

Open-source community project

Hauptsitz

Austria (project origin)

Hosting

Local device or your cloud

Preis

Free

Password manager storing vaults in your own cloud accounts, comparison entry.

Non-European comparison entry.

Inhaber

Enpass Technologies (India)

Hauptsitz

India

Hosting

Your own cloud storage

Preis

Freemium

Flat-rate VPN with numbered accounts, no email signup and cash payments.

Inhaber

Mullvad VPN AB, owned by Amagicom AB; founders hold 100 percent

Hauptsitz

Sweden

Hosting

Servers worldwide; company and jurisdiction in Sweden

Preis

Paid

VPN with a free tier, audited apps and servers in 100+ countries.

Inhaber

Proton AG; controlling shareholder Proton Foundation

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

Servers worldwide; company and jurisdiction in Switzerland

Preis

Freemium

VPN run with published ownership and regular transparency reports.

Inhaber

IVPN Limited

Hauptsitz

Gibraltar

Hosting

Servers worldwide; jurisdiction Gibraltar

Preis

Paid

VPN started by activists, with port forwarding and detailed server stats.

Inhaber

AirVPN project

Hauptsitz

Italy

Hosting

Servers worldwide; jurisdiction Unverified

Preis

Paid

VPN that owns its server hardware and publishes court-order outcomes.

Inhaber

OVPN Integritet AB

Hauptsitz

Sweden

Hosting

Own servers in several countries

Preis

Paid

VPN with multi-hop cascades and a warrant canary tradition.

Inhaber

Webinvest International SA

Hauptsitz

Unverified

Hosting

Unverified

Preis

Paid

VPN with a generous free tier, included as a comparison entry.

Non-European comparison entry.

Inhaber

Windscribe Limited (Canada)

Hauptsitz

Canada

Hosting

Servers worldwide; jurisdiction Canada

Preis

Freemium

Mass-market VPN in the Nord Security group, popular across Europe.

Group structure spans several countries. Marked Unverified until the controlling entity is confirmed.

Inhaber

Surfshark B.V.; group parent Nord Security

Hauptsitz

Netherlands

Hosting

Servers worldwide; group jurisdiction Unverified

Preis

Paid

Mass-market VPN, included because many readers ask where it actually sits.

Not an EU company despite large Lithuanian operations. Marked Unverified on control details.

Inhaber

Nord Security group

Hauptsitz

Panama (brand owner); operations in Lithuania

Hosting

Servers worldwide

Preis

Paid

Free VPN from a US non-profit, included as a comparison entry.

Non-European comparison entry.

Inhaber

Calyx Institute (United States, non-profit)

Hauptsitz

United States

Hosting

United States

Preis

Free

Lightweight, cookieless analytics script under 1 KB, hosted in the EU.

Inhaber

Plausible Insights OÜ

Hauptsitz

Estonia

Hosting

EU (Germany, Hetzner)

Preis

Paid

Full-featured analytics you can self-host, with a cloud option.

Project stewardship is outside Europe. Self-hosting in the EU or the EU cloud region keeps data in Europe.

Inhaber

Innocraft Ltd (New Zealand); Matomo project

Hauptsitz

New Zealand

Hosting

Self-hosted, or EU cloud region

Preis

Freemium

Privacy-first analytics with a plain dashboard and no cookies.

Inhaber

Simple Analytics B.V.

Hauptsitz

Netherlands

Hosting

Netherlands

Preis

Paid

Tiny open-source analytics that counts page views without tracking people.

Inhaber

Martin Tournoij (open-source project)

Hauptsitz

Netherlands

Hosting

Self-hosted or Unverified hosted plan

Preis

Freemium

Self-hosted analytics dashboard running on your own server and MongoDB.

Inhaber

Tobias Reich (open-source project)

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Self-hosted

Preis

Free

Cookieless analytics with server-side tracking options for developers.

Inhaber

Pirsch project

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Unverified

Preis

Paid

Open-source analytics with performance and error tracking in one dashboard.

Inhaber

Swetrix project

Hauptsitz

Estonia

Hosting

Unverified

Preis

Freemium

Simple self-hosted analytics, included as a comparison entry.

Non-European comparison entry. Self-hosting decides where data lives.

Inhaber

Umami project (United States origin)

Hauptsitz

United States

Hosting

Self-hosted

Preis

Free

Simple analytics with EU data residency add-ons, comparison entry.

Non-European comparison entry.

Inhaber

Conva Ventures Inc. (Canada)

Hauptsitz

Canada

Hosting

Canada by default; EU residency optional

Preis

Paid

Dedicated servers and cloud instances at low prices, run from German data centres.

Inhaber

Hetzner Online GmbH

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Germany, Finland; also United States locations

Preis

Paid

Europe's largest host, from domains to bare metal and public cloud.

Inhaber

OVH Groupe SA (listed in France)

Hauptsitz

France

Hosting

France and other EU sites; also Canada and United States

Preis

Paid

Hosting, domains and cloud from an independent Swiss host with its own data centres.

Inhaber

Infomaniak Network SA

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

Switzerland

Preis

Paid

Cloud instances, bare metal and GPU servers from the Iliad group.

Inhaber

Scaleway SAS (Iliad group)

Hauptsitz

France

Hosting

France, Netherlands, Poland

Preis

Paid

Domain registrar and hosting known for its no-bullshit policy since 1999.

Inhaber

Gandi SAS; owned by Total Webhosting Solutions

Hauptsitz

France

Hosting

France, Luxembourg

Preis

Paid

Swiss cloud platform aimed at European data residency requirements.

Inhaber

Exoscale (A1 Digital group)

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria

Preis

Paid

Budget VPS and root servers popular with German self-hosters.

Inhaber

netcup GmbH (Anexia group)

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Germany, Austria

Preis

Paid

Low-cost VPS with data centres on four continents.

Inhaber

Contabo GmbH

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Germany and worldwide locations

Preis

Paid

Small German host with manual-style shared hosting and honest pricing since 2011.

Inhaber

Uberspace (Jonas Pasche)

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Germany

Preis

Paid

CDN and edge storage priced for small sites, run by a Slovenian team.

Inhaber

BunnyWay d.o.o.

Hauptsitz

Slovenia

Hosting

Global edge network; company in Slovenia

Preis

Paid

Pay-as-you-go CDN with points of presence on six continents.

Inhaber

KeyCDN (proinity LLC)

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

Global edge network

Preis

Paid

French lab behind Le Chat and open-weight Mistral and Mixtral models.

Inhaber

Mistral AI SAS

Hauptsitz

France

Hosting

EU hosting for Le Chat (stated); API regions Unverified

Preis

Freemium

Translator and writing assistant known for natural European language output.

Inhaber

DeepL SE

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

EU for DeepL Pro data processing (stated)

Preis

Freemium

German AI lab selling sovereign deployments to government and industry.

Inhaber

Aleph Alpha GmbH

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Germany (own and partner data centres)

Preis

Paid

AI assistant from Proton with zero-access encryption and no training on chats.

Inhaber

Proton AG; controlling shareholder Proton Foundation

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

Unverified

Preis

Freemium

Grammar and style checker for 30+ languages, usable offline or self-hosted.

Inhaber

LanguageTooler GmbH

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Germany (premium service) or self-hosted

Preis

Freemium

Matrix-based team chat with end-to-end encryption and self-hosting options.

Listed under notes and collaboration because most teams adopt it as their shared workspace chat.

Inhaber

Element (New Vector Ltd)

Hauptsitz

United Kingdom

Hosting

Self-hosted or Unverified cloud

Preis

Freemium

Model and dataset hub used by most European AI teams, comparison entry.

French roots, US control. Listed so readers do not assume it is a European company.

Inhaber

Hugging Face Inc. (United States); founded by French team

Hauptsitz

United States

Hosting

United States (AWS)

Preis

Freemium

Image model lab behind the FLUX model family.

Inhaber

Black Forest Labs GmbH

Hauptsitz

Germany

Hosting

Unverified

Preis

Paid

Enterprise AI platform for document search and agents, deployable on premise.

Inhaber

LightOn SAS

Hauptsitz

France

Hosting

Unverified

Preis

Paid

Platform for building internal AI agents connected to company tools.

Inhaber

Dust SAS

Hauptsitz

France

Hosting

Unverified

Preis

Paid

Swiss public AI model project led by EPFL, ETH Zurich and CSCS.

Inhaber

Swiss AI Initiative (public research)

Hauptsitz

Switzerland

Hosting

Switzerland (CSCS Alps supercomputer)

Preis

Free