Proton Drive
🇨🇭Proton
📖Open source✓Free plan
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Cloud storage and file sync from European companies, as alternatives to Google Drive and Dropbox, from Tresorit and pCloud to Nextcloud, which you can run on your own servers.
Quick answer: There are 18 European alternatives in Cloud Storage from 8 countries. 5 are open source, 10 have a free plan and 3 can be self-hosted.
Our assessment, based only on the checked statements above.
We checked 8 of the 12 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.
| Product | Country | Pricing | Free plan | Open source | Self-host | Replaces |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proton Drive | 🇨🇭Switzerland | Freemium | Yes | Yes | No | Dropbox, OneDrive +3 |
| pCloud | 🇨🇭Switzerland | Paid | No | Not verified | No | OneDrive, SharePoint +5 |
| Koofr | 🇸🇮Slovenia | Freemium | Yes | No | No | OneDrive, iCloud +5 |
| Tresorit | 🇨🇭Switzerland | Freemium | Yes | No | No | Google Drive, OneDrive +3 |
| Filen | 🇩🇪Germany | Freemium | Yes | Yes | Not verified | iCloud, OneDrive +3 |
| Nexoria | 🇩🇪Germany | Paid | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | |
| euBackups | 🇩🇪Germany | Paid | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | |
| Fenritec Alpha | 🇫🇷France | Freemium | Yes | No | Yes | OneDrive, Google Drive +5 |
| zeitkapsl | 🇦🇹Austria | One-time purchase | Not verified | Yes | Not verified | Google Photos |
| PixelUnion | 🇳🇱Netherlands | Freemium | Yes | Not verified | Not verified | Google Photos |
| Yungle | 🇳🇱Netherlands | Freemium | Yes | Not verified | Not verified | Google Drive |
| Jottacloud | 🇳🇴Norway | Freemium | Yes | No | No | iCloud, OneDrive +3 |
A dash means we have not verified that attribute. Details and sources are on each product page.
Most services here sync files between your computer, your phone and the cloud, which is what replacing Google Drive or Dropbox means for most people: pCloud, Tresorit, Proton Drive, Filen, Internxt, Koofr, Jottacloud, kDrive, Nextcloud and Twake Workplace (formerly Cozy). Two do something narrower. Infomaniak Swiss Backup backs up workstations, servers, mobile devices and virtual machines with Acronis, and zeitkapsl is encrypted storage for photos and videos. S3 object storage and cloud servers are listed separately, under cloud infrastructure.
Sources: Tresorit, Filen, Infomaniak Swiss Backup, zeitkapsl
Only if the files are not encrypted on your device first. Tresorit says it encrypts all files on your device before they leave it. Filen describes itself as zero-knowledge, client-side encrypted storage. Proton Drive's free plan has the same encryption as its paid plans. Internxt encrypts files end to end and splits them into fragments, so a server never holds a whole file. pCloud offers zero-knowledge encryption through pCloud Encryption, Koofr through Koofr Vault for your most important files, and Nextcloud as optional per-folder encryption on the client. zeitkapsl, a photo and video backup, encrypts on your device and only you hold the key.
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kDrive is hosted only in Switzerland, in Infomaniak's own data centres. Jottacloud stores data in Norway, Koofr on servers in Germany, and Twake Workplace hosts all data in France. Internxt spreads files across several European data centres, including OVHcloud's. Nextcloud keeps data in your own data centre, on a server you manage.
Sources: kDrive, Jottacloud, Koofr: privacy, Twake Workplace, Internxt: data centres, Nextcloud: about
pCloud sells lifetime plans paid once, next to monthly and annual plans. Koofr's first 10 GB are free forever, and its smallest paid plan, Briefcase S, is 0.5 EUR a month for 10 GB. Proton Drive, Jottacloud and Twake Workplace give 5 GB free; Jottacloud's free accounts are not for businesses. Internxt's free plan has 1 GB. Filen's free plan asks you to log in at least once every three months to keep your data active. Tresorit and zeitkapsl have trials instead of free plans, and zeitkapsl says plainly there is no free tier.
Sources: pCloud: pricing, Koofr: pricing, Proton Drive: pricing, Jottacloud: terms, Twake Workplace: pricing, Internxt: pricing, Filen: terms, zeitkapsl
Tresorit, Internxt and Koofr list desktop apps for Linux next to Windows and macOS. Filen can mount its drive as a network drive on Linux through its command-line tool or desktop client.
Sources: Tresorit: pricing, Internxt: pricing, Koofr, Filen
Checked in September 2026 against the sources linked under each answer.
Notable
Pick Proton Drive if you want access to Proton Drive even when blocked by a government or internet provider.(our assessment)
Checked against Proton Drive's pricing page, drive page, security page, legal notice and about page.
pCloud
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Pick pCloud if you want to stream media with a built-in music and video player.(our assessment)
Checked against pCloud's homepage, pricing page, security page, privacy policy, legal notice and about page.
Koofr
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Pricing: from 0.5 EUR / month for 10 GB (pricing page)
Pick Koofr if you want Koofr Vault for client-side encrypted storage of your most important files.(our assessment)
Checked against Koofr's homepage, privacy policy, about page, pricing page and security page.
Tresorit AG
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Pick Tresorit if you want email plug-ins that replace attachments with end-to-end encrypted links.(our assessment)
Checked against Tresorit's homepage, privacy policy, about page, security page, pricing page and secure cloud services for lawyers page.
Filen
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Pricing: from 1.99 € monthly (pricing page)
Pick Filen if you want to mount the cloud drive as a network drive on Windows, macOS or Linux.(our assessment)
Checked against Filen's homepage, legal notice, about page and pricing page.
Fenritec
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Where it falls short
Pricing: from 5.99 € / month for 150 GB (homepage)
Pick Fenritec Alpha if you want 15 GB free forever with no credit card required.(our assessment)
Checked against Fenritec Alpha's legal notice, homepage and privacy policy.
hardcode GmbH
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Pricing: from 2 € per month (homepage)
Pick zeitkapsl if you want all AI processing to happen locally on your device.(our assessment)
Checked against zeitkapsl's homepage, about page and privacy policy.
Jottacloud
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Where it falls short
Pricing: from USD 7.99 / month (pricing page)
Pick Jottacloud if you want uploaded files to remain in original quality without compression.
Checked against Jottacloud's homepage, legal notice, ai powered photo search page, security page and pricing page.