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EU VETTED
Alternatives to

European alternatives to MEGA.

New Zealand-incorporated encrypted cloud storage, founded by Kim Dotcom.

ALTERNATIVES
3
CLOUD-ACT · NONE
1
WITH BSI C5
0
FREE TIER
3

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WHAT YOU'RE LEAVING

What are you leaving behind with MEGA?

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

MEGA US-incorporated

New Zealand-incorporated encrypted cloud storage, founded by Kim Dotcom.

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 3 European alternatives to MEGA compare?

All 3 alternatives ranked by compliance score, benchmarked against MEGA.

Product Score Owner CLOUD Act Cert. Pricing Action
MEGA
benchmark · US
1.0/5
SOC 2
no EU framework
Freemium your current
Filen
Germany
Freemium
€2 / mo
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Internxt
Spain
ISO/IEC 27001
Freemium
€4 / mo
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Proton Drive
Switzerland
ISO/IEC 27001
SOC 2
Freemium
€4 / mo
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TOP PICKS

Which are the closest MEGA alternatives?

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

Filen
Germany · Founded 2021
★ #1 PICK

German zero-knowledge E2E cloud (Filen Cloud Dienste UG, Recklinghausen, 2021), Tier IV ISO 27001 DCs, no US data, open source apps.

SCORE
3.0
FROM
€2/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
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
Proton Drive
Switzerland · Founded 2014
★ #3 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
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.

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