Replaces Vimeo
European alternatives to Vimeo
Video hosting for business sites, from Europe
Browse the category: Video hosting services · Video platforms
Vimeo is a video hosting platform aimed at putting video on your own website rather than building an audience inside a social feed. Companies use it for product videos, training material and event recordings, with a player they control and no advertising in front of the content. It is sold on subscription rather than funded by ads.
An embedded player runs on your pages and can set identifiers before a visitor has agreed to anything, which drags video straight into your cookie banner and your privacy notice. Hosting with a European supplier makes that section considerably shorter. A European alternative to Vimeo covers hosting and delivery. mave and Bunny Stream provide players and streaming, while alugha adds multilingual audio and subtitle handling.
European options
| service | Country | Hosting | Open source | Free plan | Status |
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Services without verified European control
Kept here for transparency, but excluded from the European options and totals. How we classify services →
mave
Privacy friendly video hosting from the Netherlands
NetherlandsEU hostedFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
Videas
French video hosting on Videas-owned infrastructure
FranceEU hostedFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
alugha
Multilingual video hosting from Germany
GermanyEU hostedFree plan♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
Bunny Stream
Video hosting with global CDN delivery
Slovenia Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
Bunny CDN
Global content delivery from a Slovenian operator
Slovenia Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
Jet-Stream
Video and streaming platform from the Netherlands
NetherlandsEU hosted♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolvedQuestions
Will an embedded European player still need a cookie banner?
That depends on what the player stores on the visitor's device, which differs per provider. Ask mave or Bunny Stream what their embed sets before a visitor interacts with it.
How do I move my existing videos?
Video files can be downloaded from your current account and uploaded again, though embed codes and links on your site all have to be updated. Plan a page by page pass rather than a single switch.
Which option fits videos in several languages?
alugha is built around multilingual audio tracks and subtitles, which is useful if you publish across European markets. Jet-Stream is another option if delivery is your main concern.