Software and services from Germany

European alternatives made by companies headquartered in Germany. 40 services.

Cloud computing platforms

gridscale

German cloud platform with servers across Europe

Germany♻EU controlled

Hetzner Object Storage

Object storage from German provider Hetzner

Germany♻EU controlled

IONOS

German cloud platform for servers and storage

Germany♻EU controlled

IONOS domains

Domain registrar from German provider IONOS

GermanyEU hostedEU controlled

IONOS object storage

Object storage from German cloud provider IONOS

Germany♻EU controlled

Email providers

GMX Email

Email provider from Germany

GermanyEU hostedEU controlled

mailbox

German email provider on carbon neutral servers

GermanyEU hosted♻EU controlled

Posteo

Sustainable, ad free email provider from Germany

GermanyEU hosted♻EU controlled

Tuta Mail

Encrypted email provider from Germany

GermanyEU hostedOpen sourceFree plan♻EU controlled

WEB.DE E-Mail

Email provider from Germany

GermanyEU hostedEU controlled

Document collaboration services

Nextcloud Office

Open source document collaboration inside Nextcloud

GermanyOpen sourceEU controlled

OpenCloud

Sovereign file collaboration you run yourself

GermanyOpen sourceEU controlled

Office suites

Calligra Suite

Free desktop office and graphics software from KDE

GermanyOpen sourceFree planEU controlled

LibreOffice

Free open source office suite from Germany

GermanyOpen sourceFree planEU controlled

Public DNS resolvers

Artikel10

Free encrypted DNS run by a German civil-rights association

GermanyFree planEU controlled

Digitalcourage

Uncensored public DNS from Germany

GermanyFree planEU controlled

Search engines

Ecosia

Search engine from Germany that funds conservation

GermanyFree plan♻EU controlled

metaGer

German metasearch engine run by a non-profit

GermanyEU hosted♻EU controlled

Team communication services

Nextcloud Talk

Open source video conferencing inside Nextcloud

GermanyOpen sourceEU controlled

Stackfield

Encrypted team collaboration from Germany

GermanyEU hosted♻EU controlled

Video conferencing software

alfaview

Video conferencing software from Germany

GermanyEU hostedFree planEU controlled

OpenTalk

Open source video conferencing from Germany

GermanyEU hostedOpen sourceFree planEU controlled

Virtual private server (VPS) hosters

Hetzner

Affordable virtual servers from Germany

Germany♻EU controlled

STACKIT

Cloud computing platform from Germany

GermanyEU controlled

Web analytics services

Alceris

Cookieless web analytics from Germany

GermanyEU hostedFree planEU controlled

TelemetryDeck

App and web analytics from Germany

GermanyFree planEU controlled

WordPress hosting providers

IONOS WordPress Hosting

WordPress hosting from German provider IONOS

Germany♻EU controlled

Strato WordPress

Managed WordPress hosting from Germany

Germany♻EU controlled

Home automation platforms

Bosch Smart Home

Smart home system from Bosch in Germany

GermanyFree planEU controlled

Homematic IP

Smart home system from Germany

GermanyFree planEU controlled

Calendar services

Tuta Calendar

Encrypted calendar from Germany

GermanyEU hostedOpen sourceFree plan♻EU controlled

Email marketing services

rapidmail

Email marketing from Germany

GermanyEU hostedFree planEU controlled

File hosting services

Nextcloud

Open source file hosting and collaboration platform

GermanyOpen sourceEU controlled

Jamstack hosting

IONOS Deploy Now

Jamstack hosting from Germany, deploys from GitHub

GermanyEU hosted♻EU controlled

Managed DNS providers

deSEC

Free nonprofit managed DNS from Germany

GermanyOpen sourceFree planEU controlled

Managed Kubernetes services

SysEleven MetaKube

Managed Kubernetes from Germany

Germany♻EU controlled

Project management software

Nextcloud Deck

Open source kanban boards inside Nextcloud

GermanyOpen sourceEU controlled

Version control services

Codeberg

Git hosting for open source from Germany

GermanyEU hostedEU controlled

Web browsers

Ecosia Browser

Chromium browser from Germany with a green focus

GermanyFree planEU controlled

Website accessibility tools

friendlyuse

Visitor-controlled accessibility aids from Germany

GermanyEU controlled

Services without verified European control

These services have an office or legal seat here, but do not pass the ownership and control test. How we classify services →

AidaForm

Hosted forms and surveys from a German operator

GermanyFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

alugha

Multilingual video hosting from Germany

GermanyEU hostedFree plan♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Ashampoo Office

Desktop office software distributed from Germany

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

awork

Project planning, time tracking and optional AI from Germany

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Bare.ID

Keycloak-based identity management with German SaaS hosting

GermanyEU hosted Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Borlabs Cookie

WordPress consent plugin from a German software supplier

Germany♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Bugfender

Remote logging and error monitoring from a German operator

GermanyEU hostedFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Calendar.online

Shared calendars with permission-based access links

GermanyEU hostedFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Capacities

Connected notes and knowledge management with offline support

GermanyFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

CaptchaFox

Hosted CAPTCHA and bot protection from Germany

GermanyEU hosted Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

cidaas

Managed customer and workforce identity from Germany

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Clever Elements

German newsletter service with subscriptions and prepaid sending

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

CleverReach

German hosted newsletter platform with automation and optional AI

GermanyFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Clockodo

Time tracking for teams from Germany

GermanyFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Contabo

Low cost VPS hosting from Germany

Germany Non-European controlled

Contabo Object Storage

S3 compatible object storage from Germany

Germany Non-European controlled

Counter

Open source pay what you want analytics from Germany

GermanyOpen sourceFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

DeepL

Machine translation from Germany

GermanyFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

DNS.SB

No logging public DNS from Germany

GermanyOpen sourceFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

dnsforge

Ad filtering public DNS from Germany

GermanyEU hostedOpen sourceFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

easyfeedback

Survey tool from Germany

GermanyEU hostedFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

eclipso

Email provider from Germany

GermanyEU hostedFree plan♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Edkimo

Feedback survey tool for schools from Germany

GermanyEU hosted Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

empirio.ai

AI assisted survey tool from Germany

GermanyEU hostedFree plan♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

etracker

Cookieless web analytics from Germany

GermanyEU hosted Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

FFMUC DNS

Public DNS from a German non-profit

GermanyEU hostedOpen sourceFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Filen

End to end encrypted file hosting from Germany

GermanyEU hostedFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

freispace

Gantt style project management from Germany

GermanyEU hosted♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Friendly Captcha

Captcha service from Germany

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

fruux

Calendar sync service from Germany

GermanyOpen sourceFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Geoapify

Maps API service from Germany

GermanyFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

ginlo Business

Business messenger from Germany

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

ginlo Private

Personal messenger from Germany

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

GOOD

Non-profit search engine from Germany

GermanyEU hosted♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Hanko

Open source authentication and passkeys from Germany

GermanyOpen sourceFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

HelpSpace

Customer support and task management from Germany

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

heylogin

Password manager without a master password, from Germany

GermanyEU hostedFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Hostpress

Managed WordPress hosting from Germany

Germany♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Impossible Cloud

Sovereign European cloud storage, built in Germany

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Intercolo

S3 compatible object storage from Germany

Germany♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

INWX

German domain registrar with 2,200 extensions

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Joker.com

German domain registrar for professionals and resellers

GermanyEU hosted Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Keila

Open source email marketing from Germany

GermanyEU hostedOpen source Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

komoot

Outdoor route planner and navigation from Germany

GermanyFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

LamaPoll

Secure online surveys from Germany

GermanyEU hostedFree plan♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

LimeSurvey

Open source survey tool from Germany

GermanyEU hostedOpen sourceFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Link11 DDOS protection

DDoS protection and CDN from Germany

Germany♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Login-Master

Managed Keycloak hosting and support from Germany

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

mail.de

German email provider hosted in Hamburg

GermanyEU hostedFree plan♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

meetergo

German meeting scheduling and video conferencing

GermanyFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

MeisterTask

German project management software with kanban boards

GermanyFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Memtime

Automatic time tracking app from Germany

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Monibot

German uptime monitoring for servers and websites

GermanyEU hostedFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Myra CDN

German content delivery network with DDoS protection

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Myra EU CAPTCHA

Privacy first captcha service built in Germany

GermanyEU hosted Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

n8n

Workflow automation platform from Berlin

GermanyEU hostedOpen sourceFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Nanelo

Managed DNS provider from Germany

GermanyEU hosted♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

netcup

Affordable German VPS hosting across Europe

Germany♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Nuclino

Collaborative document editing from Germany

GermanyFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Offen

Open source web analytics that users can inspect

GermanyOpen source Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

OpenCage

German maps API for developers

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

OpenProject

Open source project management software from Germany

GermanyEU hostedOpen sourceFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Paperless

German electronic signature software

GermanyEU hosted Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Password Depot

Business password manager from Germany

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Pirsch

Privacy focused web analytics from Germany

GermanyEU hostedOpen source Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Projektron BCS

Project management and ERP software from Germany

GermanyEU hosted♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

QUESTIONSTAR

Survey tool from Germany

GermanyEU hostedFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Raidboxes

Managed WordPress hosting from Germany

Germany♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Raidboxes Emails

Email hosting from German host Raidboxes

GermanyEU hosted♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

seven

SMS and messaging APIs operated from Germany

GermanyEU hosted Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Simplifier

Low-code platform for SAP environments from Germany

GermanyEU hosted Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Sitesights

Cookieless web analytics from Germany

GermanyFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

SmartMaps

Maps API for business from Germany

GermanyEU hostedFree plan♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

SoftMaker Office NX

Office suite from Germany

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

SoundCloud

Music streaming and sharing from Germany

GermanyFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Statuspal

Status pages and uptime monitoring from Germany

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop

Enterprise Linux desktop from Germany

GermanyOpen sourceFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

SUSE Virtualization

Open source hyperconverged virtualization from Germany

GermanyOpen source Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

T Cloud

OpenStack cloud platform from Germany

Germany♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

tado°

Smart heating control from Germany

GermanyFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

TeamSpeak

Voice chat platform from Germany

GermanyFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

timeBuzzer

Time tracking from Germany

GermanyFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Timing

Automatic time tracking for macOS from Germany

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

TimmeHosting

WordPress hosting from Germany

Germany♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Trackboxx

Cookie free web analytics from Germany

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Trustcaptcha

Privacy friendly captcha from Germany

GermanyEU hosted Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Tyme

Time tracking for Apple devices from Germany

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

United Domains

Domain name registrar from Germany

GermanyEU hosted♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Unzer

Payment service provider from Germany

Germany Non-European controlled

Uptimia

Website uptime monitoring from Germany

GermanyEU hosted Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Usercentrics

Consent management platform from Germany

GermanyFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Userlike

Live chat software from Germany

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Vikunja

Open source task and project management from Germany

GermanyEU hostedOpen source♻ Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Visitor Analytics

Cookie free web analytics from Germany

GermanyEU hostedFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Wide Angle Analytics

Privacy focused web analytics from Germany

GermanyEU hosted Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

XING

Professional networking platform from Germany

Germany Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved

Zenkit Projects

Project management software from Germany

GermanyFree plan Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved