Work and productivity
European document collaboration services
Write together on documents stored in Europe
Replaces: Dropbox · Google Docs · Microsoft 365 Online · Google Drive · Figma
A document collaboration service lets several people edit the same text, spreadsheet or presentation in a browser, with changes appearing live and a version history behind them. Comments, suggestions and share links replace mailing attachments back and forth. Most bundle storage, folder sharing and access permissions, so the document and the team working on it stay in one place.
Contracts, salary tables and strategy decks tend to end up in these tools, which is a lot of trust to place in a provider on another continent. Nextcloud Office, Proton Docs and Infomaniak kDrive keep files with European operators. A European alternative to a US office suite also tends to be friendlier on export: check that documents come out in open formats you can open elsewhere.
European options
| service | Country | Hosting | Open source | Free plan | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Infomaniak kDrive |
 Switzerland |
EFTA hosted | — | ✓ | EU controlled |
 Infomaniak Public Cloud |
Switzerland |
EFTA hosted | — | — | EU controlled |
 Proton Docs |
Switzerland |
EFTA hosted | ✓ | ✓ | EU controlled |
 Proton Drive |
Switzerland |
EFTA hosted | — | ✓ | EU controlled |
 Nextcloud Office |
 Germany |
✓ | — | EU controlled | |
 Nextcloud |
Germany |
✓ | — | EU controlled | |
 Penpot |
 Spain |
✓ | ✓ | EU controlled | |
 Collabora Online |
 Open source |
Self-hosted | ✓ | — | |
 OpenCloud |
Germany |
Self-hosted | ✓ | — | EU controlled |
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♻EU controlled
Infomaniak Public Cloud
Swiss public cloud and virtual private servers
SwitzerlandEFTA hosted♻EU controlled
Proton Docs
Encrypted document collaboration from Switzerland
SwitzerlandEFTA hostedOpen sourceFree plan♻EU controlled
Proton Drive
Encrypted cloud storage from Switzerland
SwitzerlandEFTA hostedFree planEU controlled
Nextcloud Office
Open source document collaboration inside Nextcloud
GermanyOpen sourceEU controlled
Nextcloud
Open source file hosting and collaboration platform
GermanyOpen sourceEU controlled
Penpot
Open source design collaboration from Spain
SpainOpen sourceFree planEU controlledSelf-hosted and open source
Open source projects you can run yourself. Not necessarily made in Europe, but nobody else holds your data.
Collabora Online
Self-hosted online document editing, open source
Open sourceOpen source
OpenCloud
Sovereign file collaboration you run yourself
GermanyOpen sourceEU controlledServices without verified European control
Kept here for transparency, but excluded from the European options and totals. How we classify services →
Nuclino
Collaborative document editing from Germany
GermanyFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
XWiki
Open source enterprise wiki from France
FranceEU hostedOpen source Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
CryptPad
Zero knowledge document collaboration from France
FranceEU hostedOpen sourceFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved
