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EU VETTED
Alternatives to

European alternatives to Apple iCloud.

Apple-owned consumer cloud storage. Direct CLOUD Act exposure.

ALTERNATIVES
6
CLOUD-ACT · NONE
2
WITH BSI C5
0
FREE TIER
6

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WHAT YOU'RE LEAVING

What are you leaving behind with Apple iCloud?

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

Apple iCloud US-incorporated

Apple-owned consumer cloud storage. 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 6 European alternatives to Apple iCloud compare?

All 6 alternatives ranked by compliance score, benchmarked against Apple iCloud.

Product Score Owner CLOUD Act Cert. Pricing Action
Apple iCloud
benchmark · US
1.0/5
SOC 2
no EU framework
Freemium your current
Proton Drive
Switzerland
ISO/IEC 27001
SOC 2
Freemium
€4 / mo
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Internxt
Spain
ISO/IEC 27001
Freemium
€4 / mo
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Jottacloud
Norway
Freemium
€7 / mo
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pCloud
Switzerland
Freemium
€5 / mo
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Icedrive
United Kingdom
Freemium
€6 / mo
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Filen
Germany
Freemium
€2 / mo
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TOP PICKS

Which are the closest Apple iCloud alternatives?

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

Proton Drive
Switzerland · Founded 2014
★ #1 PICK

Swiss zero-knowledge encrypted cloud (Proton AG, non-profit-foundation-controlled), 11,496 owned servers, ISO 27001 + SOC 2, 5 GB free.

SCORE
5.0
FROM
€4/mo
CLOUD ACT
MINOR
Internxt
Spain · Founded 2020
★ #2 PICK

Valencia-based open-source zero-knowledge encrypted cloud (Internxt, 2020), post-quantum crypto, lifetime plans, 1 GB free, 1M+ users.

SCORE
5.0
FROM
€4/mo
CLOUD ACT
MINOR
Jottacloud
Norway · Founded 2008
★ #3 PICK

Norwegian cloud storage & backup (Jotta Group AS, est. 2008), 100% Norway-hosted on renewable power, server-side AES-256, public DPA, no CLOUD Act reach.

SCORE
4.0
FROM
€7/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
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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