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

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service Country Hosting Open source Free plan Status
OpenTalk Germany EU hosted ✓ ✓ EU controlled
mailbox Germany EU hosted — — EU controlled
Nextcloud Talk Germany ✓ — EU controlled
alfaview Germany EU hosted — ✓ EU controlled
Infomaniak kMeet Switzerland EFTA hosted — ✓ EU controlled
Infomaniak Public Cloud Switzerland EFTA hosted — — EU controlled
ClickMeeting Poland EU hosted — — EU controlled
Hostpoint Meet Switzerland EFTA hosted — ✓ EU controlled
Element Call Open source Self-hosted ✓ ✓
Our pick

OpenTalk

Open source video conferencing from Germany

OpenTalk is video conferencing software from Germany. OpenTalk GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Heinlein Support GmbH within the four-brand Heinlein Group, which has more than 150 employees and also runs mailbox.org. It has break-out rooms, voting and shared moderation for larger meetings and workshops.

GermanyEU hostedOpen sourceFree planEU controlled

mailbox

German email provider on carbon neutral servers

GermanyEU hosted♻EU controlled

Nextcloud Talk

Open source video conferencing inside Nextcloud

GermanyOpen sourceEU controlled

alfaview

Video conferencing software from Germany

GermanyEU hostedFree planEU controlled

Infomaniak kMeet

Free Swiss video conferencing from Infomaniak

SwitzerlandEFTA hostedFree plan♻EU controlled

Infomaniak Public Cloud

Swiss public cloud and virtual private servers

SwitzerlandEFTA hosted♻EU controlled

ClickMeeting

Polish-controlled webinar and meeting platform

PolandEU hostedEU controlled

Hostpoint Meet

Free Swiss video conferencing, no account needed

SwitzerlandEFTA hostedFree plan♻EU controlled

Self-hosted and open source

Open source projects you can run yourself. Not necessarily made in Europe, but nobody else holds your data.

Element Call

Encrypted Matrix video calls you can self-host

Open sourceOpen sourceFree plan

Services without verified European control

Kept here for transparency, but excluded from the European options and totals. How we classify services →

Digital Samba

Video conferencing from Spain

SpainEU hostedFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Whereby

Video conferencing from Norway

NorwayFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Livestorm

Webinar and meeting platform from France

FranceFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

meetergo

German meeting scheduling and video conferencing

GermanyFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Questions

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.