Replaces Google Docs
European alternatives to Google Docs
Collaborative documents hosted in Europe
Browse the category: Document collaboration services · File hosting services
Google Docs is Google's collaborative word processor, part of the Workspace suite alongside Sheets and Slides. Several people can edit the same document at once, with visible cursors, comments, suggestions and a full revision history, and everything is stored in Drive and shared through links or permissions. It has become the default for drafting anything that more than one person touches.
Shared drafts hold contracts before they are signed, salary discussions and board material, so where the document is processed matters to legal and works councils alike. A European alternative to Google Docs keeps that editing surface with an EU or EFTA supplier. Infomaniak kDrive and Proton Docs pair documents with storage from the same provider, Nextcloud Office and Collabora Online bring an editor to a platform you can run yourself, and Nuclino covers collaborative notes and wikis.
European options 11
Our pick
Infomaniak kDrive
Swiss file hosting with online document editing
Infomaniak kDrive is the file hosting and document collaboration service of the Swiss cloud provider Infomaniak. Files sync across devices and can be shared with colleagues or outsiders, and documents can be written and edited together in the browser through the open source suite OnlyOffice.
SwitzerlandEFTA hostedFree plan♻
Infomaniak Public Cloud
Swiss public cloud and virtual private servers
SwitzerlandEFTA hosted♻
Proton Docs
Encrypted document collaboration from Switzerland
SwitzerlandEFTA hostedOpen sourceFree plan♻
Proton Drive
Encrypted cloud storage from Switzerland
SwitzerlandEFTA hostedFree plan
Nuclino
Collaborative document editing from Germany
GermanyFree plan
Nextcloud Office
Open source document collaboration inside Nextcloud
GermanyOpen source
Nextcloud
Open source file hosting and collaboration platform
GermanyOpen source
Collabora Online
Self-hosted online document editing, open source
Open sourceOpen source
XWiki
Open source enterprise wiki from France
FranceEU hostedOpen source
CryptPad
Zero knowledge document collaboration from France
FranceEU hostedOpen sourceFree planSelf-hosted and open source
Open source projects you can run yourself. Not necessarily made in Europe, but nobody else holds your data.
Questions
Can I open my existing documents?
Export from Google Docs as DOCX or ODT and the editors here will open them, though complex layouts sometimes need a tidy up. Nextcloud Office and Collabora Online are built around the Open Document formats.
Does real time co-editing work the same way?
Simultaneous editing with comments is standard in these products, including Collabora Online, Nextcloud Office and Proton Docs. Test with the number of people who actually edit together, since behaviour differs under load.
Which European alternative is closest to Google Docs?
For a document editor with storage and sharing behind it, Infomaniak kDrive and Nextcloud Office are the nearest overall matches. Nuclino fits better if your documents are really an internal knowledge base.