Replaces Zoom
European alternatives to Zoom
Video meetings and webinars hosted in Europe
Browse the category: Video conferencing software · Email providers
Zoom is video conferencing software used for meetings, webinars and online teaching. It spread quickly during the COVID-19 pandemic because joining a call took little more than a link and it ran on almost any device. Recording, breakout rooms and screen sharing turned it into a standard tool in companies, schools and universities.
Meetings are where medical consultations, board decisions, exams and HR conversations happen, and recordings turn all of that into stored personal data. That is why conferencing keeps coming up in European procurement and in the wider discussion about digital sovereignty. A European alternative to Zoom exists for each scenario. OpenTalk and Digital Samba are conferencing platforms, alfaview is used for larger sessions and training, and Nextcloud Talk fits teams that already self host.
European options 12
Our pick
OpenTalk
Open source video conferencing from Germany
OpenTalk is a video conferencing software from Germany, made by the Heinlein Gruppe, which also runs the email provider mailbox.org. It has break-out rooms, a voting system and moderation that can be shared between several people, so larger meetings and workshops stay manageable. On-premise hosting is available with an enterprise version and support.
GermanyEU hostedOpen sourceFree plan
mailbox
German email provider on carbon neutral servers
GermanyEU hosted♻
Digital Samba
Video conferencing from Spain
SpainEU hostedFree plan
Nextcloud Talk
Open source video conferencing inside Nextcloud
GermanyOpen source
alfaview
Video conferencing software from Germany
GermanyEU hostedFree planInfomaniak kMeet
Free Swiss video conferencing from Infomaniak
SwitzerlandEFTA hostedFree plan♻
Infomaniak Public Cloud
Swiss public cloud and virtual private servers
SwitzerlandEFTA hosted♻
ClickMeeting
Video conferencing software from Poland
PolandEU hosted
Hostpoint Meet
Free Swiss video conferencing, no account needed
SwitzerlandEFTA hostedFree plan♻
Whereby
Video conferencing from Norway
NorwayFree plan
Livestorm
Webinar and meeting platform from France
FranceFree plan
meetergo
German meeting scheduling and video conferencing
GermanyFree planQuestions
Can guests join without installing anything?
Browser based joining is common in this category, which matters when you invite people outside your organisation. Digital Samba and OpenTalk both describe how their browser access works.
Which European alternative to Zoom handles large sessions?
alfaview is aimed at larger meetings and training groups, and ClickMeeting is built around webinars. Check the participant limits against the sessions you actually run.
Can we run conferencing on our own infrastructure?
Nextcloud Talk fits organisations that already self host their workspace, and OpenTalk is open source. Both trade convenience for control over where meetings take place.