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EU VETTED
Alternatives to

European alternatives to Google Docs.

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

ALTERNATIVES
4
CLOUD-ACT · NONE
2
WITH BSI C5
0
FREE TIER
4

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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.

SCORE
1.0/5
OWNERSHIP
US-OWNED
CLOUD ACT
DIRECT
HOSTING
Likely AWS · US
SCHREMS II
Default SCC + supp.
SIDE-BY-SIDE

How do the 4 European alternatives to Google Docs compare?

All 4 alternatives ranked by compliance score, benchmarked against Google Docs.

Product Score Owner CLOUD Act Cert. Pricing Action
Google Docs
benchmark · US
1.0/5
SOC 2
no EU framework
Freemium your current
CryptPad
France
Freemium View profile →
OnlyOffice
Latvia
Freemium View profile →
Collabora Online
United Kingdom
Freemium View profile →
Cryptee
Estonia
Freemium
€3 / mo
View profile →
TOP PICKS

Which are the closest Google Docs alternatives?

Ranked by feature parity + compliance score. Migration friction is weighted higher than feature breadth.

CryptPad
France · Founded 2014
★ #1 PICK

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

SCORE
4.0
FROM
CLOUD ACT
NONE
OnlyOffice
Latvia · Founded 2009
★ #2 PICK

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

SCORE
3.0
FROM
CLOUD ACT
MINOR
Collabora Online
United Kingdom · Founded 2012
★ #3 PICK

Cambridge-based LibreOffice Online (MPL-2.0/LGPL) by Collabora Productivity Ltd — free CODE dev edition + €3/user/mo Business; self-hostable on EU infra.

SCORE
3.0
FROM
CLOUD ACT
MINOR
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. Compliance score is editorial, re-verified quarterly. We never accept self-attestation.

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