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EU VETTED
Alternatives to

European alternatives to Microsoft SharePoint.

Microsoft-owned document collaboration platform. Direct CLOUD Act exposure.

ALTERNATIVES
4
CLOUD-ACT · NONE
3
WITH BSI C5
0
FREE TIER
2

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TOP PICKS

Which are the closest Microsoft SharePoint alternatives?

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

Nextcloud
Germany · Founded 2016
EU-SOVEREIGN
★ #1 PICK

German open-source content-collaboration platform (Nextcloud GmbH, Stuttgart, 2016); fully self-hostable + managed Nextcloud One hosted in DE.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€6/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
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STRATO HiDrive
Germany · Founded 1997
EU-SOVEREIGN
★ #2 PICK

German cloud storage (STRATO GmbH, United Internet/IONOS group), two German data centres, ISO 27001 + Trusted Cloud, optional zero-knowledge E2E.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€6/mo
CLOUD ACT
NONE
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Orbifs
Norway · Founded 2016
EU-BASED
★ #3 PICK

Norwegian-run virtual project drive (Archi Systems AS, EEA) for large CAD/BIM/point-cloud files, hosted on EU-owned OVHcloud in France with single-writer file locking and immutable versions.

Public DPA Sub-processors Open source
FROM
€69/mo
CLOUD ACT
MINOR
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SIDE-BY-SIDE

How do the 4 European alternatives to Microsoft SharePoint compare?

All 4 alternatives, benchmarked against Microsoft SharePoint.

Feature comparison

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

Feature Nextcloud STRATO HiDrive Orbifs HumHub
Free storage 0 GB
Paid storage (from) 500 GB 1 TB
Max file size Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited
Photo sync Yes Yes No
File versioning Yes Yes Yes
Link sharing Yes Yes No
Self-hostable Yes
Platforms iOS macOS Windows Android Linux Web iOS Android Web Windows macOS
Public publishing Yes
Version history Yes
Granular permissions Yes
WHAT YOU'RE LEAVING
What are you leaving behind with Microsoft SharePoint?

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

Microsoft SharePoint US-incorporated

Microsoft-owned document collaboration platform. 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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