US-based service. Data subject to US jurisdiction
by Notion
Notion is a productivity and knowledge management platform backed by $350M+ in venture capital. Data is stored on AWS servers in the US, and Notion's terms allow the company to use content for service improvement, including AI feature training.
Quick answer: 7 European alternatives to Notion are listed, from 5 countries. 3 are open source and 7 have a free plan. Top picks: Cryptee, Anytype and Nuclino.
| # | Product | Country | From | Pricing | Free plan | Open source | Self-host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cryptee | 🇪🇪Estonia | €3 / month for 10 GB | Freemium | Yes | Not verified | No |
| 2 | Anytype | 🇨🇭Switzerland | Not verified | Freemium | Yes | Not verified | Yes |
| 3 | Nuclino | 🇩🇪Germany | Not verified | Freemium | Yes | No | No |
| 4 | CryptPad | 🇫🇷France | €5 per month | Freemium | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 5 | Collabora Online | 🇬🇧United Kingdom | €3 per user per month | Freemium | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 6 | Infomaniak kSuite | 🇨🇭Switzerland | CHF 1.60 monthly | Paid | Yes | Not verified | No |
| 7 | LibreOffice | 🇩🇪Germany | Not verified | Free | Yes | Yes | Not verified |
A dash means we have not verified that attribute. Migration difficulty is shown only where the editor tested the switch.
Cryptee is an encrypted photo storage and encrypted documents editor.
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Where it falls short
Pricing: from €3 / month for 10 GB (homepage)
Pick Cryptee if you want ghost folders that remove an album until its name is typed again.(our assessment)
Checked against Cryptee's homepage, privacy policy, legal notice and about page.
by Anytype
Create notes, tasks, databases, and chats that only you can access. Your data stays on your device — fully owned, secure, and private. Free to start.
Nuclino is a Cross-platform Software-as-a-Service for collaboratively creating, editing and sharing content.
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Where it falls short
Pick Nuclino if you want to publish a workspace on the web, discoverable via search engines.(our assessment)
Checked against Nuclino's legal notice, pricing page and security page.
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Pick CryptPad if you want Kanban, Whiteboard and Forms applications that encrypt all data in the browser.(our assessment)
Checked against CryptPad's homepage, about page and pricing page.
by Collabora Online
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Pricing: from €3 per user per month (subscriptions page)
Pick Collabora Online if you want it embedded in an app so users edit documents without leaving it.(our assessment)
Checked against Collabora Online's homepage, security page, privacy policy and subscriptions page.
Infomaniak kSuite is suite of online productivity and collaboration tools.
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Where it falls short
Pricing: from CHF 1.60 monthly (pricing page)
Pick Infomaniak kSuite if you want Mail, kDrive, kChat and kMeet available on all your devices.(our assessment)
Checked against Infomaniak kSuite's ksuite page, pricing page, legal notice and about page.
LibreOffice is an open source office suite.
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Pick LibreOffice if you want database management with Base and a formula editor with Math.(our assessment)
Checked against LibreOffice's homepage and legal notice.
Our assessment, based only on the checked statements above.
We checked 6 of the 7 alternatives on this page against each company's own website in September 2026. Every line in the grey panels comes from that company’s own site, and a second check tried to disprove it before we kept it. A dash in the table means we could not verify that detail. "Pick it if" lines are our own assessment, based only on those checked statements.
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