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European alternatives to MEGA

New Zealand-incorporated encrypted cloud storage, founded by Kim Dotcom.

Alternatives
3
CLOUD Act · none
0
Free tier
3

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Which are the closest MEGA alternatives?

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

Figure 1Closest matches to MEGA

Pick 1
Proton Drive
Switzerland · Founded 2014
EU-Based

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

Public DPA: Yes Sub-processors: Yes Open source: No
From
€4/mo
CLOUD Act
Minor
Pick 2
Internxt
Spain · Founded 2020
EU-Based

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

Public DPA: Yes Sub-processors: Yes Open source: Yes
From
€10/mo
billed annually
CLOUD Act
Minor
Pick 3
Filen
Germany · Founded 2021
EU-Based

German zero-knowledge E2E cloud (Filen Cloud Dienste UG, Recklinghausen, 2021), Tier IV ISO 27001 DCs, no US data, open source apps.

Public DPA: No Sub-processors: Yes Open source: Yes
From
€2/mo
CLOUD Act
Minor

How do the 3 European alternatives to MEGA compare?

All 3 alternatives, benchmarked against MEGA.

Feature comparison

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

Table 2Capabilities by product
Feature Proton Drive Internxt Filen
Free storage 5 GB 1 GB 10 GB
Paid storage (from) 200 GB 1 TB 200 GB
Max file size Unlimited 1 GB Not assessed
Photo sync Yes Not assessed Yes
File versioning Yes Yes Yes
Link sharing Yes Yes Yes
Platforms iOS macOS Windows Android Web iOS macOS Windows Android Linux Web iOS macOS Windows Android Linux Web

Source: vendor documentation, as of Aug 2026.

What are you leaving behind with MEGA?

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

US-based
MEGA US-incorporated

New Zealand-incorporated encrypted cloud storage, founded by Kim Dotcom.

Ownership
US-owned
CLOUD Act
Direct

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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