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EU VETTED
Alternatives to

European alternatives to Evernote.

Originally US, acquired by Italian Bending Spoons in 2022.

ALTERNATIVES
6
CLOUD-ACT · NONE
4
WITH BSI C5
0
FREE TIER
6

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TOP PICKS

Which are the closest Evernote alternatives?

Ordered by feature parity and migration friction, which is weighted higher than feature breadth.

Nextcloud
Germany · Founded 2016
EU-SOVEREIGN
★ #1 PICK

German open-source content-collaboration platform (Nextcloud GmbH, Stuttgart, 2016); fully self-hostable + managed Nextcloud One hosted in DE.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€6/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
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Cryptee
Estonia · Founded 2018
EU-HOSTED
★ #2 PICK

Estonian-incorporated zero-knowledge encrypted photos / notes / docs PWA (Cryptee, 2018, John Ozbay), bootstrapped, open source.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€3/mo
CLOUD ACT
MATERIAL
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CryptPad
France · Founded 2014
EU-SOVEREIGN
★ #3 PICK

Paris-based E2E-encrypted open-source collaboration suite (CryptPad by XWiki SAS), NLnet/NGI-EU-funded; zero-knowledge architecture.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
—
CLOUD ACT
NONE
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SIDE-BY-SIDE

How do the 6 European alternatives to Evernote compare?

All 6 alternatives, benchmarked against Evernote.

Feature comparison

Beyond compliance: how these alternatives compare on the capabilities you actually use day to day.

Feature Nextcloud Cryptee CryptPad Joplin Anytype Nuclino
Free storage 0.1 GB
Paid storage (from) 10 GB
Max file size Unlimited
Photo sync Yes No
File versioning Yes
Link sharing Yes Yes
Self-hostable Yes Yes Yes No
Platforms iOS macOS Windows Android Linux Web iOS Android Web
Real-time collaboration Yes No Yes Yes
Databases / tables Yes No Yes Yes
Public publishing Yes Yes Yes
Version history Yes Yes Yes Yes
Granular permissions Yes Yes Yes
Offline mode No Yes Yes No
AI assist No No Yes
WHAT YOU'RE LEAVING
What are you leaving behind with Evernote?

Listed for transparency. Every product on this page is benchmarked against this baseline.

Evernote US-incorporated

Originally US, acquired by Italian Bending Spoons in 2022.

US-based
OWNERSHIP
US-OWNED
CLOUD ACT
DIRECT
HOSTING
Likely AWS · US
SCHREMS II
Default SCC + supp.
METHODOLOGY

How we verified each row above.

For every product we read the public DPA, sub-processors document, hosting region declaration, and corporate ownership records. Each is timestamped. Signals are editorial, re-verified quarterly. We never accept self-attestation.

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