US-incorporated networked-thought note-taking app.
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US-incorporated networked-thought note-taking app.
All 3 alternatives ranked by compliance score, benchmarked against Roam Research.
| Product | Score | Owner | CLOUD Act | Cert. | Pricing | Action |
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Roam Research
benchmark · US
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1.0/5 | OWNERSHIP
Where ultimate control over the operating company sits.
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CLOUD ACT EXPOSURE
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act.
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SOC 2 no EU framework |
Freemium | your current |
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Joplin
France
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VERIFIED SIGNALS
Jurisdiction
Transparency
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OWNERSHIP
Where ultimate control over the operating company sits.
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CLOUD ACT EXPOSURE
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act.
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Freemium
€3 / mo
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View profile → |
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Anytype
Germany
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VERIFIED SIGNALS
Jurisdiction
Transparency
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OWNERSHIP
Where ultimate control over the operating company sits.
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CLOUD ACT EXPOSURE
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act.
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— | Freemium | View profile → |
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Nuclino
Germany
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VERIFIED SIGNALS
Jurisdiction
Transparency
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OWNERSHIP
Where ultimate control over the operating company sits.
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CLOUD ACT EXPOSURE
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act.
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SOC 2
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Freemium | View profile → |
Ranked by feature parity + compliance score. Migration friction is weighted higher than feature breadth.
Open-source E2EE note-taking app by French developer Laurent Cozic (2016); Joplin Cloud hosted in France; €2.99/mo; self-sync to any EU storage.
Berlin-based local-first peer-to-peer E2E-encrypted knowledge OS (Anytype, 2019); Any Source Available License; data lives on user device.
Munich-based founder-owned lightweight team wiki (Nuclino GmbH, 2015), all-German hosting, SOC 2 Type II, 12,000+ teams incl. NASA, MIT.
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