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Independently verified · Quarterly re-audit
EU VETTED
Alternatives to

European alternatives to Google Docs.

Google-owned online word processor. Direct CLOUD Act exposure.

ALTERNATIVES
4
CLOUD-ACT · NONE
1
WITH BSI C5
0
FREE TIER
4

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TOP PICKS

Which are the closest Google Docs alternatives?

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

Cryptee
Estonia · Founded 2018
EU-HOSTED
★ #1 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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OnlyOffice
Latvia · Founded 2009
EU-BASED
★ #2 PICK

Riga-based Latvian office suite (Ascensio System SIA), AGPLv3 self-hostable + DocSpace cloud; complex post-2023 Singapore+UK+Russian-origin ownership chain.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
—
CLOUD ACT
MINOR
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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 4 European alternatives to Google Docs compare?

All 4 alternatives, benchmarked against Google Docs.

Feature comparison

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

Feature Cryptee OnlyOffice CryptPad Collabora Online
Free storage 0.1 GB
Paid storage (from) 10 GB
Photo sync No
Link sharing Yes
Self-hostable Yes Yes Yes
Platforms iOS Android Web
Real-time collaboration Yes Yes Yes
Databases / tables No Yes No
Public publishing Yes
Version history Yes Yes Yes
Granular permissions Yes Yes
Offline mode Yes No Yes
AI assist Yes Yes
WHAT YOU'RE LEAVING
What are you leaving behind with Google Docs?

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

Google Docs US-incorporated

Google-owned online word processor. Direct CLOUD Act exposure.

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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