Google's consumer photo storage and search. Direct CLOUD Act exposure.
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Google's consumer photo storage and search. Direct CLOUD Act exposure.
All 4 alternatives ranked by compliance score, benchmarked against Google Photos.
| Product | Score | Owner | CLOUD Act | Cert. | Pricing | Action |
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Google Photos
benchmark · US
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1.0/5 | OWNERSHIP
Where ultimate control over the operating company sits.
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CLOUD ACT EXPOSURE
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act.
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SOC 2 no EU framework |
Freemium | your current |
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Cryptee
Estonia
|
VERIFIED SIGNALS
Jurisdiction
Transparency
|
OWNERSHIP
Where ultimate control over the operating company sits.
|
CLOUD ACT EXPOSURE
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act.
|
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Freemium
€3 / mo
|
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Proton Drive
Switzerland
|
VERIFIED SIGNALS
Jurisdiction
Transparency
|
OWNERSHIP
Where ultimate control over the operating company sits.
|
CLOUD ACT EXPOSURE
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act.
|
ISO/IEC 27001
SOC 2
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Freemium
€4 / mo
|
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pCloud
Switzerland
|
VERIFIED SIGNALS
Jurisdiction
Transparency
|
OWNERSHIP
Where ultimate control over the operating company sits.
|
CLOUD ACT EXPOSURE
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act.
|
— |
Freemium
€5 / mo
|
View profile → |
|
Filen
Germany
|
VERIFIED SIGNALS
Jurisdiction
Transparency
|
OWNERSHIP
Where ultimate control over the operating company sits.
|
CLOUD ACT EXPOSURE
How exposed customer data is to US authorities under the CLOUD Act.
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Freemium
€2 / mo
|
View profile → |
Ranked by feature parity + compliance score. Migration friction is weighted higher than feature breadth.
Estonian-incorporated zero-knowledge encrypted photos / notes / docs PWA (Cryptee, 2018, John Ozbay), bootstrapped, open source.
Swiss zero-knowledge encrypted cloud (Proton AG, non-profit-foundation-controlled), 11,496 owned servers, ISO 27001 + SOC 2, 5 GB free.
Swiss cloud storage with customer-elected EU (Luxembourg) or US (Texas) data residency; signature lifetime plans, 24M+ users.
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