For over 10 years, at DataEthics.eu we’ve maintained lists of alternative tools to big tech’s. But now, as Trump and his big tech allies, have entered the global scene, the demand for alternatives is growing. Here are some of the European alternatives.
Search Engines
- Qwant.com (French)
- Ecosia.com (German)
- Mojeek.com (British)
- Metacrawler.com (Germany)
- DuckduckGo is also great – from the US
Browsere
- Vivaldi (Norwegian)
- Safari, Brave and Firefox are all good – from the US
Maps
- Wego.here.com (Dutch)
- Organicmaps.app (Estonian) baseret på Open Street Map, som er open source
Translation
- Deepl.com (German)
Messenger apps
- Threema.ch (Swiss)
- Element.io (British)
- Signal (open-source, American, considering moving to the EU)
- Protonmail.com (Swiss) – with a great calandar and messenger app
VPN
- ProtonVPN (Swiss)
- f-secure.com (Finnish)
- cyberghostvpn.com (Romanian)
Tools for Collaboration
In stead of Google Docs or Microsoft Teams:
- Nextcloud (German)
- Cryptpad (French)
Video Meetings
- Whereby (Norwegian)
- Jitsii Meet (open source, Australien)
- kMeet (Switzerland)
Chatbots
- chat.mistral.ai (French)
- danskgpt.dk (Danish)
Cloud Services
- Scaleway (French)
- Hetzner (German)
- OVHCloud (French)
- UpCloud (Finnish)
- Cozy.io (French)
- Seafile.com (German)
Quizz Tools
- screen.io (Finnish)
- kahoot.com (Norwegian)
Video platforms
- twentythree.com (Danish)
Payment
- Dankort (Danish)
- Mobilepay (Danish)
- Klarna (Swedish)
Smartphones
- Volla – på volla.online (German)
- The fairphone.com (Holland)
Tools for individuals – digital selfdefense
Tools for companies
List of only European alternatives
