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EU VETTED
Alternatives to

European alternatives to Google Drive.

Google-owned cloud storage, part of Workspace. Direct CLOUD Act exposure.

ALTERNATIVES
13
CLOUD-ACT · NONE
9
WITH BSI C5
0
FREE TIER
8

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WHAT YOU'RE LEAVING

What are you leaving behind with Google Drive?

Listed for transparency. Every product on this page is benchmarked against this baseline.

Google Drive US-incorporated

Google-owned cloud storage, part of Workspace. Direct CLOUD Act exposure.

SCORE
1.0/5
OWNERSHIP
US-OWNED
CLOUD ACT
DIRECT
HOSTING
Likely AWS · US
SCHREMS II
Default SCC + supp.
SIDE-BY-SIDE

How do the 13 European alternatives to Google Drive compare?

All 13 alternatives ranked by compliance score, benchmarked against Google Drive.

Product Score Owner CLOUD Act Cert. Pricing Action
Google Drive
benchmark · US
1.0/5
SOC 2
no EU framework
Freemium your current
Proton Drive
Switzerland
ISO/IEC 27001
SOC 2
Freemium
€4 / mo
View profile →
Internxt
Spain
ISO/IEC 27001
Freemium
€4 / mo
View profile →
Nextcloud
Germany
Freemium
€6 / mo
View profile →
kDrive (Infomaniak)
Switzerland
ISO/IEC 27001
Paid
€4 / mo
View profile →
luckycloud
Germany
ISO/IEC 27001
Paid View profile →
Jottacloud
Norway
Freemium
€7 / mo
View profile →
STRATO HiDrive
Germany
ISO/IEC 27001
Paid
€6 / mo
View profile →
Tresorit
Switzerland
ISO/IEC 27001
Paid
€10 / mo
View profile →
Koofr
Slovenia
Freemium
€1 / mo
View profile →
Filen
Germany
Freemium
€2 / mo
View profile →
pCloud
Switzerland
Freemium
€5 / mo
View profile →
Icedrive
United Kingdom
Freemium
€6 / mo
View profile →
LeitzCloud (vBoxxCloud)
Netherlands
ISO/IEC 27001
Paid View profile →
TOP PICKS

Which are the closest Google Drive alternatives?

Ranked by feature parity + compliance score. Migration friction is weighted higher than feature breadth.

Proton Drive
Switzerland · Founded 2014
★ #1 PICK

Swiss zero-knowledge encrypted cloud (Proton AG, non-profit-foundation-controlled), 11,496 owned servers, ISO 27001 + SOC 2, 5 GB free.

SCORE
5.0
FROM
€4/mo
CLOUD ACT
MINOR
Internxt
Spain · Founded 2020
★ #2 PICK

Valencia-based open-source zero-knowledge encrypted cloud (Internxt, 2020), post-quantum crypto, lifetime plans, 1 GB free, 1M+ users.

SCORE
5.0
FROM
€4/mo
CLOUD ACT
MINOR
Nextcloud
Germany · Founded 2016
★ #3 PICK

German open-source content-collaboration platform (Nextcloud GmbH, Stuttgart, 2016); fully self-hostable + managed Nextcloud One hosted in DE.

SCORE
5.0
FROM
€6/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
METHODOLOGY

How we verified each row above.

For every product we read the public DPA, sub-processors document, hosting region declaration, and corporate ownership records. Each is timestamped. Compliance score is editorial, re-verified quarterly. We never accept self-attestation.

Reviewed by the EU Vetted editorial team · Editorial guidelines

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