100 Best European SaaS alternatives in 2026

European SaaS is no longer a compromise. With EUR 7.1 billion in GDPR fines issued since 2018 and the US CLOUD Act giving American authorities access to data regardless of where it's stored, switching to EU-based tools is now a strategic priority for businesses across Europe.

This guide lists 100 European SaaS alternatives organized by category, with a comparison table showing which US tool each one replaces. Every tool listed is headquartered in the EU, EEA, or Switzerland with European data centers.

Quick overview of the best European SaaS alternatives

Here are the top picks across key categories:

1. Papermark (Germany) — DocSend & virtual data room alternative with page-by-page analytics
2. Documenso (Germany) — DocuSign alternative, open-source e-signatures
3. Hetzner (Germany) — AWS/DigitalOcean alternative, 70% cheaper
4. Proton Mail (Switzerland) — Gmail/Outlook alternative with end-to-end encryption
5. Brevo (France) — Mailchimp alternative with 600k+ customers
6. Odoo (Belgium) — Salesforce/SAP alternative, open-source ERP
7. Plausible (Estonia) — Google Analytics alternative, privacy-first
8. Mistral AI (France) — OpenAI/GPT-4 alternative, EU data residency
9. Element (UK) — Slack alternative used by NATO and French government
10. DeepL (Germany) — Google Translate alternative, consistently more accurate
11. Nextcloud (Germany) — Google Workspace/Dropbox alternative, self-hostable

Master comparison table: US tool vs European alternative

Why switch to European SaaS in 2026?

The shift isn't just about compliance. Three things are driving European businesses to switch:

The CLOUD Act conflict. The US CLOUD Act (2018) lets American authorities demand data from US companies regardless of where it's stored. If you use AWS, Google, or Microsoft, your data is accessible under US law. This directly conflicts with GDPR.

Enforcement is accelerating. EUR 7.1 billion in GDPR fines have been issued since 2018. Nine of the ten largest fines targeted US Big Tech. Meta alone was fined EUR 1.2 billion for US data transfers.

CIOs are acting. 61% of European CIOs plan to shift workloads to local providers. 53% plan to restrict US hyperscaler use. This is mainstream risk management, not ideology.

Document sharing and data rooms

1. Papermark

Website: papermark.com

Papermark is the open-source European alternative to DocSend and traditional virtual data room providers. Built with security-first architecture, SOC 2 Type II certified, GDPR compliant, and EU-hosted.

What makes Papermark stand out is page-by-page analytics that show exactly how viewers engage with your documents. You see time spent on each page, who viewed what, and when. This is essential for fundraising, M&A due diligence, and sales processes.

Papermark also offers dynamic watermarking, granular permissions, custom domains, full white-labelling, and AI-powered document assistants. The data room plan starts at €99/month with a 7-day free trial, unlimited data rooms, unlimited users, and unlimited storage.

Replaces: DocSend, Intralinks, Datasite, iDeals, Box VDR

Pricing: Free plan available. Data Rooms at €99/month.

Open source: Yes — github.com/mfts/papermark

2. Tresorit

Website: tresorit.com

Tresorit is a Swiss-headquartered encrypted file sharing platform owned by Swiss Post. End-to-end encryption, zero-knowledge architecture, and GDPR compliance by default. Used by 10,000+ businesses for secure document sharing and cloud storage.

Replaces: Dropbox, Box, Google Drive

Pricing: From €20/user/month

3. Documenso

Website: documenso.com

German-built open-source e-signature platform. A privacy-first alternative to DocuSign that you can self-host for full data sovereignty.

Replaces: DocuSign, Adobe Sign

Pricing: Free (self-hosted), cloud plans available

Cloud hosting and infrastructure

4. Hetzner

Website: hetzner.com

The default choice for European startups. German company, bootstrapped since 1997, EUR 447M revenue, zero external funding. Data centers in Nuremberg, Falkenstein, and Helsinki. A VPS with 2 vCPUs, 4GB RAM costs €3.79/month — roughly 70% cheaper than AWS for identical compute. ISO 27001 certified.

Replaces: AWS, DigitalOcean, Linode

Pricing: From €3.79/month

5. OVHcloud

Website: ovhcloud.com

The largest European cloud provider. EUR 897 million in revenue, 1 million+ clients, 300,000+ servers across 30 data centers. Managed Kubernetes, SecNumCloud 3.2 qualified. The closest thing Europe has to a hyperscaler.

Replaces: AWS, Google Cloud, Azure

Pricing: From €3.50/month

6. Scaleway

Website: scaleway.com

Part of Xavier Niel's Iliad Group. Data centers in Paris, Amsterdam, and Warsaw. Strong GPU infrastructure for AI workloads (H100, L40S). Developer-friendly APIs and 20-40% savings vs AWS.

Replaces: AWS, Google Cloud (especially for AI/GPU)

Pricing: From €4/month

7. UpCloud

Website: upcloud.com

Finnish cloud provider. 15 data centers in 12 countries. Transparent pricing with no surprise egress fees.

Replaces: DigitalOcean, Linode, Vultr

Pricing: From €5/month

8. bunny.net

Website: bunny.net

Slovenian-built CDN with 119 PoPs across 77+ countries. EU-only routing option ensures data never leaves GDPR-compliant regions. Also offers DNS, edge storage, video streaming, and a GDPR-compliant Google Fonts replacement.

Replaces: Cloudflare, AWS CloudFront

Pricing: From $0.005/GB

9. Impossible Cloud

Website: impossiblecloud.com

S3-compatible object storage from Germany. EUR 7.99/TB/month flat rate with zero egress fees and zero API call costs. 2,000+ companies. Claims 60-80% savings vs AWS S3.

Replaces: AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage

Pricing: €7.99/TB/month

Email and communication

10. Proton Mail

Website: proton.me

Founded by CERN scientists, 100+ million Proton accounts. Zero-knowledge encryption under Swiss law. The Business Suite at $12.99/user/month includes Mail, VPN, Drive, Calendar, and Pass.

Replaces: Gmail, Google Workspace, Outlook

Pricing: Free / Business from $7.99/user/month

11. Tuta

Website: tuta.com

German encrypted email provider. End-to-end encryption including subject lines. Developing post-quantum encryption with a EUR 1.5M German government grant. ISO 27001 certified German servers.

Replaces: Gmail, Outlook

Pricing: From €6/user/month

12. Element

Website: element.io

Built on the open Matrix protocol. E2E encrypted by default, self-hostable. Used by the French government (5.5M civil servants), Germany's Bundeswehr (100k+ personnel), NATO, and the European Commission.

Replaces: Slack, Microsoft Teams

Pricing: $3/user/month

13. Whereby

Website: whereby.com

Norwegian video conferencing. ISO 27001 certified, all user data stored in Ireland. No downloads required for guests.

Replaces: Zoom, Google Meet

Pricing: $10.99/month

14. Wire

Website: wire.com

Swiss encrypted communications. E2E encryption for all messages, calls, and files. ISO 27001 and ISO/IEC 27701 certified. Video conferencing for up to 2,000 participants.

Replaces: Slack, Microsoft Teams

Pricing: Contact sales

15. Threema

Website: threema.ch

Swiss mobile-first messaging. 12 million users, no phone number required to register. All servers in Switzerland.

Replaces: WhatsApp Business, Signal

Pricing: From CHF 12/user/year

Email marketing

16. Brevo

Website: brevo.com

Formerly Sendinblue. Paris-based, 600,000+ customers including Carrefour and H&M, unicorn status with $583M funding. Free plan: 300 emails/day with unlimited contacts. Also covers transactional email.

Replaces: Mailchimp, SendGrid

Pricing: Free / from $9/month

17. MailerLite

Website: mailerlite.com

Lithuanian email marketing platform. 1.4+ million users. Clean interface and generous free plan for up to 500 subscribers. Also built MailerSend for transactional email.

Replaces: ConvertKit, Mailchimp

Pricing: Free / from $10/month

18. GetResponse

Website: getresponse.com

Founded in Gdansk in 1998, fully bootstrapped, $150M in revenue, 400,000+ customers in 180+ countries. Email campaigns, automation workflows, landing pages, and webinars. 25+ years of growth without venture capital.

Replaces: ActiveCampaign, Mailchimp

Pricing: Free / from $19/month

19. Keila

Website: keila.io

German open-source newsletter tool you can self-host. Built in Elixir.

Replaces: Substack, Mailchimp

Pricing: From €8/month (cloud), free (self-hosted)

20. Laposta

Website: laposta.nl

Powers over half of all Dutch municipalities and most Dutch hospitals. Free for up to 2,000 subscribers.

Replaces: Mailchimp

Pricing: Free / paid plans available

Office and collaboration

21. Nextcloud

Website: nextcloud.com

The closest thing to a complete Google Workspace replacement. File sharing, collaborative editing, calendar, contacts, video calls. 300,000+ server installations, employee-owned, no VC. Germany's Schleswig-Holstein chose Nextcloud over Microsoft SharePoint.

Replaces: Google Workspace, Dropbox, SharePoint

Pricing: Free (self-hosted)

22. CryptPad

Website: cryptpad.org

Every document is end-to-end encrypted with zero-knowledge architecture. The United Nations used CryptPad instead of Microsoft Forms in 2025. Supported by French and EU research grants.

Replaces: Google Docs, Microsoft Office Online

Pricing: Free / from €5/month

23. ONLYOFFICE

Website: onlyoffice.com

Latvian office suite with the best Microsoft Office format compatibility. Self-hostable, free community edition for up to 20 users.

Replaces: Microsoft Office, Google Docs

Pricing: Free (community edition)

24. Anytype

Website: anytype.io

Local-first Notion alternative from Germany. Data stored on your device, synced peer-to-peer, end-to-end encrypted. $29M funding, Series A led by Balderton Capital.

Replaces: Notion, Coda

Pricing: Free

25. Joplin

Website: joplinapp.org

French open-source Evernote alternative. E2E encryption, Joplin Cloud servers in Paris, self-hostable.

Replaces: Evernote, Apple Notes

Pricing: Free

CRM, ERP, and business tools

26. Odoo

Website: odoo.com

Belgian-built ERP with EUR 650M revenue, EUR 7B+ valuation, 16 million+ users. Community Edition is fully open source. Covers CRM, accounting, inventory, manufacturing, HR, and dozens more modules.

Replaces: Salesforce, SAP, Oracle

Pricing: Free (Community), Enterprise from €24.90/user/month

27. Twenty CRM

Website: twenty.com

French open-source CRM by ex-Airbnb engineers. Y Combinator backed, 40,000+ GitHub stars. Modern UX with full data sovereignty.

Replaces: Salesforce, HubSpot CRM

Pricing: Free (self-hosted) / from $9/user/month

28. Pipedrive

Website: pipedrive.com

Estonian sales-focused CRM designed by salespeople. Strong pipeline visualization and workflow automation.

Replaces: HubSpot CRM, Salesforce

Pricing: From €14/user/month

29. SuperOffice

Website: superoffice.com

Norwegian CRM since 1990. 12,000+ European companies. On-premise option available.

Replaces: Salesforce, HubSpot CRM

Pricing: Contact sales

30. Efficy

Website: efficy.com

Belgian CRM with 13,500 customers and 330,000 users across 8 European countries.

Replaces: Salesforce

Pricing: Contact sales

31. Teamleader

Website: teamleader.eu

Belgian all-in-one CRM with project management and invoicing for SMEs.

Replaces: HubSpot CRM, Monday.com

Pricing: From €37.50/month

32. Lexware Office

Website: lexoffice.de

German accounting and invoicing leader. 350,000+ customers, TUV Rheinland certified. Fully GoBD compliant.

Replaces: QuickBooks, Xero

Pricing: From €7.90/month

33. sevDesk

Website: sevdesk.de

German invoicing for freelancers and startups. GoBD compliant, ZUGFeRD/XRechnung ready.

Replaces: FreshBooks, Wave

Pricing: From €11.90/month

34. Dolibarr

Website: dolibarr.org

French open-source ERP/CRM. Free to self-host. Popular with freelancers and micro-businesses. The French government has distributed it to new businesses.

Replaces: QuickBooks, SAP (lightweight)

Pricing: Free (self-hosted)

35. Personio

Website: personio.com

German HR platform covering recruitment, HR management, payroll, and performance. 15,000+ customers across Europe. GDPR compliant with EU data centers.

Replaces: BambooHR, Gusto, Workday

Pricing: From €2.88/employee/month

Analytics and monitoring

36. Plausible

Website: plausible.io

Estonian privacy-first analytics. No cookies, no consent banners needed. Open source and self-hostable.

Replaces: Google Analytics

Pricing: From €9/month

37. Matomo

Website: matomo.org

Open-source analytics platform. Self-hostable for free. The most popular Google Analytics alternative for organizations that need full data ownership.

Replaces: Google Analytics

Pricing: Free (self-hosted) / from €19/month (cloud)

38. Pirsch

Website: pirsch.io

German privacy-friendly analytics. Simple, cookie-free, lightweight.

Replaces: Google Analytics, Mixpanel

Pricing: From €4/month

39. AppSignal

Website: appsignal.com

Dutch APM platform. Data processed exclusively in the EU. 2,000+ organizations, predictable pricing with no surprise bills.

Replaces: Datadog, New Relic

Pricing: From €23/month

40. Bugsink

Website: bugsink.com

Sentry replacement you can self-host on a €5/month VPS. Compatible with Sentry SDKs. All data on Hetzner servers.

Replaces: Sentry

Pricing: Free (self-hosted) / free tier (cloud)

Customer support

41. Crisp

Website: crisp.chat

French, 100% bootstrapped. 10,000+ companies. All data hosted in the EU. Pricing per workspace, not per agent: €95/month for 10 seats.

Replaces: Intercom, Drift

Pricing: Free / from €95/month

42. Zammad

Website: zammad.com

German open-source helpdesk. Version 7.0 supports local LLMs for GDPR-compliant AI assistance. Self-hostable.

Replaces: Zendesk, Freshdesk

Pricing: From €7/agent/month (hosted), self-hosted from €2,999/year

43. LiveChat

Website: livechat.com

Polish, publicly traded on Warsaw Stock Exchange, profitable, self-funded. $90M revenue, 35,000+ businesses. Suite includes LiveChat, ChatBot, HelpDesk, and KnowledgeBase.

Replaces: Intercom, Zendesk

Pricing: From $20/agent/month

44. ilert

Website: ilert.com

German incident management. ISO 27001, bootstrapped. Clients include IKEA and Lufthansa Systems.

Replaces: PagerDuty, Opsgenie

Pricing: Free / from $24/user/month

Security and privacy

45. Mullvad VPN

Website: mullvad.net

Swedish, 100% founder-owned. Flat €5/month since 2009. Account numbers instead of emails. All servers run on RAM only. Powers Mozilla VPN. Quantum-resistant WireGuard enabled by default.

Replaces: NordVPN, ExpressVPN

Pricing: €5/month flat

46. Proton VPN

Website: protonvpn.com

Swiss VPN from the Proton ecosystem. Free tier available. No-logs policy verified by independent audits.

Replaces: NordVPN, ExpressVPN

Pricing: Free / from €4.99/month

47. Cryptomator

Website: cryptomator.org

German open-source encryption layer for any cloud storage. Keep your existing Dropbox or Google Drive but add zero-knowledge encryption on top.

Replaces: BoxCryptor

Pricing: Free / Team Hub from $6/seat/month

48. Passbolt

Website: passbolt.com

Luxembourg-based open-source password manager for teams. E2E encrypted, self-hostable. 40,000+ organizations.

Replaces: LastPass, 1Password

Pricing: Free (self-hosted Community), Pro from $49/month

49. ZITADEL

Website: zitadel.com

Swiss-built Auth0 replacement. Open source, native multi-tenancy, supports Passkeys, OIDC, SAML, and SCIM.

Replaces: Auth0, Okta

Pricing: Free tier / pay-as-you-go

AI, translation, and productivity

50. Mistral AI

Website: mistral.ai

Europe's leading AI company. Paris-based, $13.8B valuation. Enterprise tier offers zero data retention and full on-premise deployment. EU data residency guaranteed.

Replaces: OpenAI GPT-4, Azure AI

Pricing: Free tier / API from $0.40/M input tokens

51. Aleph Alpha

Website: aleph-alpha.com

German AI for regulated sectors: defense, government, healthcare. Heidelberg-based, $500M+ raised. Data processing exclusively within the EU.

Replaces: OpenAI (enterprise), Azure AI

Pricing: Contact sales

52. DeepL

Website: deepl.com

German translation tool. 200,000+ business customers including half of the Fortune 500. ~$185M ARR, exploring a $5B IPO. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certified. Pro users' data is never used for model training.

Replaces: Google Translate

Pricing: Free / from $10.49/month

53. LanguageTool

Website: languagetool.org

German grammar checker. Open source, self-hostable. Does not store your text. About half the price of Grammarly.

Replaces: Grammarly

Pricing: Free / ~$5/month

54. Surfer SEO

Website: surferseo.com

Polish content optimization platform. Fully bootstrapped, $16M revenue, 16,000+ paying businesses. No external funding.

Replaces: Clearscope, MarketMuse

Pricing: From $99/month

Payments and fintech

55. Adyen

Website: adyen.com

Amsterdam-based payment platform. Publicly traded, processes payments for Netflix, Spotify, Uber, and eBay. Full-stack payment solution.

Replaces: Stripe, PayPal

Pricing: Pay per transaction

56. Mollie

Website: mollie.com

Amsterdam-based payments. Popular across Europe for its simplicity and local payment method support (iDEAL, Bancontact, SOFORT).

Replaces: Stripe, PayPal

Pricing: Pay per transaction

57. Polar

Website: polar.sh

Swedish payment infrastructure for SaaS and digital products. Merchant of record services with automated tax handling.

Replaces: Stripe, Gumroad, Lemon Squeezy

Pricing: 4% + 40¢ per transaction

58. Unzer

Website: unzer.com

German payment service provider. Supports online, mobile, and point-of-sale channels across Europe.

Replaces: PayPal, Stripe

Pricing: Pay per transaction

59. GetBlitz

Website: getblitz.io

Open-source SEPA Instant Transfer gateway. €10/month flat, no transaction fees. Covers all 36 SEPA countries.

Replaces: Stripe (for SEPA)

Pricing: €10/month flat

60. Novalnet

Website: novalnet.com

German payment platform supporting 200+ payment methods. PCI DSS Level 1 certified, 99.99% uptime, hosted in Germany.

Replaces: Stripe, Braintree

Pricing: Contact sales

Developer tools

61. Codeberg

Website: codeberg.org

German non-profit GitHub alternative. 200,000+ users, 300,000+ repositories. Powered by Forgejo. IP logs kept only 7 days.

Replaces: GitHub

Pricing: Free

62. Woodpecker CI

Website: woodpecker-ci.org

Self-hosted CI/CD used by Codeberg. Apache 2.0 licensed, container-based.

Replaces: GitHub Actions, CircleCI

Pricing: Free (self-hosted)

63. Oh Dear

Website: ohdear.app

Belgian all-in-one monitoring: uptime, SSL, broken links, performance, DNS, cron jobs, domain expiration, and status pages.

Replaces: Pingdom, StatusPage

Pricing: From €15/month

64. Phare

Website: phare.io

Estonian uptime monitoring. Free unlimited plan with 30-second checks. 100% European infrastructure. AI-powered incident digests using Mistral.

Replaces: Pingdom, UptimeRobot

Pricing: Free

65. Hyperping

Website: hyperping.io

French monitoring, status pages, and on-call scheduling. Bootstrapped.

Replaces: Pingdom, PagerDuty (lightweight)

Pricing: From $14/month

Project management

66. Stackfield

Website: stackfield.com

German all-in-one collaboration with end-to-end encryption. Tasks, chat, docs, and video calls in one platform.

Replaces: Basecamp, Asana

Pricing: From €5/user/month

67. Zenkit

Website: zenkit.com

German flexible workspace with projects, chat, and wiki. Multiple views including Kanban, list, table, and calendar.

Replaces: Asana, Trello

Pricing: Free / from €9/user/month

68. OpenProject

Website: openproject.org

German open-source project management. Popular with governments and enterprises. Gantt charts, agile boards, time tracking.

Replaces: Jira, Microsoft Project

Pricing: Free (Community), Enterprise from €5.95/user/month

69. Meistertask

Website: meistertask.com

Austrian task management with beautiful Kanban boards. Part of the Meister suite alongside MindMeister.

Replaces: Monday.com, Trello

Pricing: Free / from €13.50/month

70. Hive

Website: hive.com

UK-based flexible team collaboration. 1,000+ integrations. Suitable for creative agencies and marketing teams.

Replaces: Monday.com, Basecamp

Pricing: Free / from $5/user/month

Forms, surveys, and scheduling

71. Tally

Website: tally.so

Belgian Typeform alternative with a genuinely free plan: unlimited forms and unlimited submissions.

Replaces: Typeform, Google Forms

Pricing: Free / Pro at $29/month

72. LimeSurvey

Website: limesurvey.org

German open-source survey tool. Self-hostable, 80+ languages. Used by governments and universities since 2003.

Replaces: SurveyMonkey, Qualtrics

Pricing: Free (self-hosted)

73. Cal.com

Website: cal.com

Open-source scheduling infrastructure. Self-hostable. The privacy-first alternative to Calendly.

Replaces: Calendly, Acuity

Pricing: Free (self-hosted) / cloud plans available

E-commerce

74. Shopware

Website: shopware.com

German open-source e-commerce platform. Flexible, API-first architecture for B2B and B2C.

Replaces: Shopify, Magento

Pricing: Free (Community Edition)

75. PrestaShop

Website: prestashop.com

French open-source e-commerce. 300,000+ stores worldwide. Self-hosted with full control.

Replaces: WooCommerce, Shopify

Pricing: Free (self-hosted)

Design and creativity

76. Penpot

Website: penpot.app

Spanish open-source design platform. Web-based, collaborative. The first open-source alternative to Figma.

Replaces: Figma, Canva (design)

Pricing: Free

Cloud storage

77. pCloud

Website: pcloud.com

Swiss cloud storage with optional client-side encryption. EU data center option. Lifetime plans available.

Replaces: Google Drive, Dropbox

Pricing: From €4.99/month

78. Cubbit

Website: cubbit.io

Italian geo-distributed storage. Splits data across multiple EU data centers for added resilience and sovereignty.

Replaces: AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage

Pricing: Contact sales

DNS and domains

79. deSEC

Website: desec.io

German non-profit offering free DNS hosting with automatic DNSSEC. No tracking, no commercial incentive.

Replaces: Cloudflare DNS, Route53

Pricing: Free

80. Gandi

Website: gandi.net

French domain registrar since 1999. 2.5 million domains managed, 800+ extensions, free email with every domain.

Replaces: GoDaddy, Namecheap

Pricing: Varies by domain

CDN and edge

81. Gcore

Website: gcore.com

Luxembourg-headquartered, $140M revenue, 210+ PoPs. CDN plus AI cloud infrastructure. Clients include Microsoft and Orange.

Replaces: Akamai, Cloudflare (enterprise)

Pricing: Contact sales

HR and people management

82. Workant

Website: workant.io

Modern HR platform built for European teams. GDPR by design. Modular features including time tracking, leave management, and employee database.

Replaces: Gusto, BambooHR

Pricing: Free trial

Browser and search

83. Vivaldi

Website: vivaldi.com

Norwegian privacy-focused browser. No tracking, built-in ad blocker, highly customizable. Founded by Opera's co-founder.

Replaces: Chrome, Edge

Pricing: Free

84. Ecosia

Website: ecosia.org

German search engine that plants trees with ad revenue. 200+ million trees planted. Privacy-friendly.

Replaces: Google Search

Pricing: Free

85. Qwant

Website: qwant.com

French privacy-focused search engine. No user tracking, no ad profiling. EU data residency.

Replaces: Google Search

Pricing: Free

E-signatures

86. Yousign

Website: yousign.com

French e-signature platform. eIDAS compliant, GDPR native. Used by 15,000+ European businesses.

Replaces: DocuSign, HelloSign

Pricing: From €9/month

Mapping and navigation

87. TomTom

Website: tomtom.com

Dutch mapping and location technology. APIs for developers, fleet management, and navigation. Used by major automakers.

Replaces: Google Maps API

Pricing: Free tier / pay as you go

Music streaming

88. Deezer

Website: deezer.com

French music streaming service. 90+ million tracks, high-fidelity audio. Available in 180+ countries.

Replaces: Spotify, Apple Music

Pricing: Free / from €10.99/month

Document management

89. LogicalDOC

Website: logicaldoc.com

Italian enterprise document management system. Full-text indexing, version control, workflow automation.

Replaces: SharePoint, M-Files

Pricing: Free (Community Edition)

ERP

90. ERPNext

Website: erpnext.com

Open-source ERP by Frappe (with strong European community and hosting options). Covers accounting, HR, manufacturing, CRM.

Replaces: SAP, Oracle (mid-market)

Pricing: Free (self-hosted)

Additional European SaaS alternatives (91-100)

Here are ten more notable European SaaS tools completing the list:

91. Mailbox.org

German email and office suite. €3/month for email, calendar, contacts, cloud storage, office suite, and video conferencing. Servers exclusively in Berlin.

Replaces: Google Workspace (budget)

92. CentralStationCRM

German simple CRM for small teams and freelancers. Clean interface, free plan available.

Replaces: HubSpot CRM (lightweight)

93. Tixeo

French security-first video conferencing certified by France's ANSSI for seven consecutive years. Used by French defense agencies.

Replaces: Zoom (high-security use cases)

94. OpenTalk

German open-source video conferencing. Published on Germany's OpenCoDE government platform. Free for up to 5 participants.

Replaces: Google Meet, Zoom

95. Collabora Online

UK-based LibreOffice for the browser. Integrates with Nextcloud for a complete self-hosted office suite.

Replaces: Google Docs (web editing)

96. Office.eu

Dutch Microsoft 365 alternative launched in March 2026. Built on Nextcloud and Collabora. Runs entirely on EU data centers.

Replaces: Microsoft 365, Google Workspace

97. Proton Pass

Swiss zero-knowledge password manager from the Proton ecosystem. $1.99/user/month.

Replaces: 1Password, Dashlane

98. Scaleway TEM

French transactional email infrastructure. Free tier of 300 emails/month. $0.25 per 1,000 emails after that. Entire infrastructure managed within the EU.

Replaces: SendGrid, AWS SES

99. LibreOffice

German free desktop office suite. 200+ million estimated users, no telemetry. The foundation of many European office stacks.

Replaces: Microsoft Office

100. awork

German project planning and team collaboration. Timeline views, task boards, and workload management. Built for agencies and professional services teams.

Replaces: Asana, Monday.com

How to start switching

Don't try to migrate everything at once. Start with the tools that are low-risk to switch and high-impact for compliance:

Week 1 — Analytics and monitoring. No data migration needed. Install Plausible or Matomo, verify it works, remove Google Analytics.

Week 2 — DNS and CDN. Point your domain to deSEC, set up bunny.net as CDN. No user-facing change.

Week 3 — Document sharing. Switch to Papermark for secure document sharing and data rooms. Upload your documents, share via link, get page-by-page analytics from day one.

Month 2 — Email. Export contacts, set up forwarding, update MX records. Move to Proton or Tuta. A weekend project for most teams.

Month 3+ — CRM and ERP. These touch every part of your business. Plan a parallel run, migrate in stages, and budget 2-8 weeks.

Conclusion

The European SaaS ecosystem is mature, competitive, and often cheaper than US alternatives. With GDPR enforcement accelerating and the CLOUD Act creating real legal risk, switching to EU-hosted tools is no longer optional for many businesses.

Start with one category, make one switch, and work outward from there. Every tool in this guide is available today.

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