European alternatives to US software
For most services from large US providers there are European solutions. Here you find what can be replaced and what cannot.
Many companies rely on software from US corporations, from email to cloud infrastructure. These providers are subject to the CLOUD Act, even with data centers in Europe. On top of that come licensing changes and price increases customers can hardly influence.
On the following pages we compare US services with European solutions, name the limits of switching and show how the switch works.
Workplace and collaboration
Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace
Email, files, office and video calls with Open-Xchange, Nextcloud and openDesk.
See the comparisonMicrosoft Teams
Chat, video and telephony with Nextcloud Talk, Element and STARFACE.
See the comparisonSharePoint, OneDrive and Dropbox
File storage, sharing and team spaces with Nextcloud.
See the comparisonExchange Server
Email, calendars and contacts with Open-Xchange, grommunio or mailcow.
See the comparisonActive Directory and Entra ID
Users, sign-in and Windows domain with Univention.
See the comparisonChatGPT and Copilot
AI assistants with Mistral or open models on your own servers.
See the comparisonBusiness software
Salesforce, HubSpot and Dynamics 365
CRM, sales, inventory and accounting in one system with Odoo.
See the comparisonBusiness Central
ERP with Odoo, including DATEV and e-invoicing.
See the comparisonJira and Confluence
Projects, tickets and wiki with OpenProject, Zammad and XWiki.
See the comparisonZapier and Power Automate
Automation with n8n from Berlin or custom integrations.
See the comparisonInfrastructure
AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
Servers, Kubernetes, storage and databases with European providers.
See the comparisonVMware
Virtualization with Proxmox VE, Ceph and Proxmox Backup Server.
See the comparisonVeeam
Backup with Proxmox Backup Server and Bareos.
See the comparisonFortinet, Cisco and Palo Alto
Firewall, VPN and intrusion detection with OPNsense.
See the comparisonSelf-hosting
Your own cloud with NAS and backup
Files, client access, project spaces and wiki on your own hardware, with offsite backup.
Learn moreLocal AI server
Your own language models and knowledge base from your documents, without external AI services.
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Find out what you can replace
We look at which US services you use and suggest where to start.