Small marketing agency
Five-to-fifteen person agency juggling a dozen client retainers. Needs a CRM the whole team can use, an email tool that ships client newsletters, and contract e-sign that finishes a deal before the prospect cools off.
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CRM
Pipedrive
Estonian-rooted sales CRM with a 300+ Tallinn engineering hub, but US-PE-controlled (Vista Equity) and AWS-hosted across EU and US regions.
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CRM
Teamleader
Ghent-based Belgian SMB CRM + invoicing + project tool, owned by Norwegian Visma Group; from €37/month.
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Email marketing
Brevo
Paris-headquartered multi-channel customer-engagement platform with email, SMS, CRM, automation, ISO 27001 and a public DPA.
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EmailOctopusGBEU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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Infomaniak NewsletterCHEU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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MailerLiteLTEU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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Email marketing
MailerLite
Lithuanian-founded email marketing platform with EU data storage, a generous free tier, and broad automation plus transactional features.
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EmailOctopusGBEU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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Infomaniak NewsletterCHEU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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SenderLTEU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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Project management
MeisterTask
German Kanban + tasks + docs (MeisterLabs, Munich-area, since 2006), DE hosting, ISO 27001, 10k+ companies including Allianz / LBBW.
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Project management
Stackfield
Munich-based E2E-encrypted collaboration suite (Stackfield GmbH, 2012); ISO 27001 + BSI C5, DE data centres, AES-256 in browser.
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Forms & surveys
Tally
Belgian bootstrapped form builder (Tally BV, Ghent) with free unlimited forms, EU-only hosting claim, and 500k+ teams using it.
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Forms & surveys
Survicate
Warsaw-based Polish in-product survey and NPS platform on AWS-EU, ISO 27001 + SOC 2 + HIPAA-aligned.
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File sharing
Tresorit
Swiss-Post-owned (state-anchored) E2E encrypted enterprise cloud storage (Tresorit AG, Zurich), Swiss + EU DC options, ISO 27001.
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Proton DriveCHEU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Card-free pay Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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kDrive (Infomaniak)CHEU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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InternxtESEU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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File sharing
kDrive (Infomaniak)
Swiss kDrive cloud (Infomaniak, Geneva, since 1994), own Swiss DCs, ISO 27001 + B Corp 2025, district-heating heat recycling.
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Proton DriveCHEU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Card-free pay Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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TresoritCHEU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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InternxtESEU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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Video conferencing
Whereby
Norwegian browser-based WebRTC video (ex-appear.in, Videonor-owned), no-install meetings + Embedded SDK; ISO 27001 + GDPR + HIPAA.
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Video conferencing
sipgate
Düsseldorf-based German VoIP + cloud-telephony operator (founded 2004, self-financed), 130 employees, all-German infrastructure.
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E-signature
Yousign
Caen/Paris-based French QTSP (eIDAS-qualified, ANSSI-supervised), B Corp, profitable, 30k+ customers; rebranding to Youtrust in 2026.
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Signaturit (Namirial)ESEU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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SkribbleCHEU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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UniversignFREU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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E-signature
Skribble
Zurich-based Swiss e-signature platform with dual ZertES + eIDAS QES via Swisscom partnership; ISO 27001, 4,000+ DACH customers.
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Signaturit (Namirial)ESEU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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YousignFREU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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UniversignFREU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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Helpdesk
Userlike (Lime Connect)
Cologne-based German live-chat platform (Userlike UG, founded 2011); acquired by Swedish Lime Technologies AB (Nasdaq Stockholm-listed).
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Helpdesk
Crisp
Nantes-based French customer-messaging platform (Crisp IM SAS, founded 2015); fully bootstrapped, no VC, 200k+ customers, flat-rate pricing.
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Userlike (Lime Connect)DEEU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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LiveChat (Text)PLEU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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CustomerlyIEEU hosting EU operator No CLOUD Act Public DPA Sub-processors Open source Certified
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Web analytics
Plausible Analytics
Estonian-incorporated privacy-first Google Analytics alternative, bootstrapped, hosted on Hetzner Falkenstein, open source.
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Web analytics
Pirsch Analytics
German cookieless server-side web analytics on Hetzner Gunzenhausen with bilingual public DPA and Schrems II-aligned posture.
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