Register No. 100
Is Zeitkapsl European?
Yes. Zeitkapsl is under verified European control.
Zeitkapsl is operated by Vienna-based hardcode GmbH. Austria's official company publication identifies founders Oliver Selinger and Peter Spieß-Knafl as its shareholders and managing directors.
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- Controlled by
- hardcode GmbH, owned by founders Oliver Selinger and Peter Spieß-Knafl
- Control sits in
- Austria
- Seat
Austria- Last checked
About Zeitkapsl
Zeitkapsl automatically backs up photos and videos from Android and iOS, synchronises them across devices and provides desktop and web access. Albums can be shared by link or QR code, collaborators can add their own pictures, and on-device search can find places, dates, people and text without uploading an AI index.
Evidence 3
- Austrian company register publicationevi.gv.at ↗
- Zeitkapsl legal noticezeitkapsl.eu ↗
- Zeitkapsl founders and company historyzeitkapsl.eu ↗
Sources were opened and read on the date of the check. Registers and websites change; if one of these no longer says what we cite it for, tell us.
Product
Zeitkapsl
zeitkapsl.eu ↗End-to-end encrypted photo backup from Austria
The Austrian service encrypts photo and video content before upload and publishes its app source code. Primary storage is replicated across two Hetzner data centres in Germany, which makes Zeitkapsl a focused European alternative to Google Photos and iCloud Photos.
- Instead of
- Google Photos
- Pricing
- There is no permanent free tier. A 30-day trial is available; paid storage starts at 2 euros per month or 20 euros per year for 50 GB.
- Suits
- Families and individuals replacing Google Photos with encrypted EU storage
Operations
Who runs the parts of the service we could observe from outside, checked 4 September 2026. A provider's control can differ from where its servers stand.
| Part | Provider | Provider control | What we saw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core hosting | Hetzner · Nuremberg and Falkenstein, Germany | European | Primary servers and storage in two German data centres [1] [2] |
| Core hosting | Backblaze · EU Central region | Not European | Encrypted backup cloud storage in an EU region [1] |
| Public website | Uberspace · Germany | European | A 185.26.156.125 · website hosting disclosed by Zeitkapsl [1] [2] |
| Incoming email | Fastmail | Not European | MX 10 in1-smtp.messagingengine.com · 20 in2-smtp.messagingengine.com [1] [2] |
| Outgoing email | Fastmail | Not European | SPF include:spf.messagingengine.com [1] [2] |
| Payments | Stripe | Not European | Payment services and payment-data processing disclosed by Zeitkapsl [1] |
| App platform | Apple | Not European | App Store distribution and app infrastructure disclosed by Zeitkapsl [1] |
| App platform | Not European | Play Store distribution and app infrastructure disclosed by Zeitkapsl [1] |
Zeitkapsl says photos, videos and relevant metadata are end-to-end encrypted before upload. Primary storage is in Germany, while encrypted backups use Backblaze's EU-Central region. Fastmail handles email, Stripe handles payments, and Apple and Google provide app-store infrastructure; these non-European routes do not give those providers access to encrypted photo content.
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