Dropbox is a cloud storage and file sharing service from Dropbox, Inc., founded in 2007 and based in San Francisco. It's also known as Dropbox Business. The same list works if you're replacing Box. The European alternatives that replace it best are pCloud (Switzerland) for individuals who want to pay once for storage, Tresorit (Switzerland) for companies handling confidential client files and Proton Drive (Switzerland) for privacy-minded users already on Proton Mail.
European alternatives
12
From 7 countries
Keep data in Europe
7
By default, no setting needed
With a free plan
10
No time limit
Open source
2
Can run on your own servers
Dropbox alternatives from Europe, compared
Best first for someone replacing Dropbox. Headcount and founding year come from LeadWave's database; prices, hosting and G2 ratings from each company's own pages and G2, checked in November 2026.
Personal and family cloud storage with lifetime plans
Cloud storage for individuals, families and small teams, with sync, sharing and media playback. Users pick an EU (Luxembourg) or US data region at sign-up. End-to-end encryption is a paid add-on.
Compared with Dropbox: Personal and family storage like Dropbox Plus, with an EU region chosen at sign-up and lifetime plans. Mostly aimed at individuals; Dropbox has more business features.
End-to-end encrypted cloud storage and file exchange for companies, with admin controls and per-user data residency. Files sit in Microsoft Azure data centres, in Ireland unless a business picks another region.
Compared with Dropbox: End-to-end encrypted, so the provider cannot read files. Built for business teams, priced higher per user, and runs on Microsoft Azure data centres.
End-to-end encrypted file storage with sharing, photo backup and document editing, part of the Proton suite with Mail, Pass and VPN. Data sits on Proton servers in Switzerland, Germany and Norway.
Compared with Dropbox: End-to-end encrypted storage on Proton's own servers in Switzerland, Germany and Norway. Fewer third-party integrations than Dropbox; fits best alongside Proton Mail.
Headquarters
Geneva, Switzerland
Founded
2014
Employees
635
Your data
In Europe
Price
From $4.99/account/month
Free plan
Yes
Best for
Privacy-minded users already on Proton Mail
4. Infomaniak kDrive
Swiss-hosted file storage with online office editing
Cloud storage and collaboration from Swiss host Infomaniak, with online document editing and a free kSuite tier. Infomaniak runs its own data centres in Switzerland and hosts kDrive only there.
Compared with Dropbox: Swiss-hosted storage with online office editing and a free tier. Fewer app integrations than Dropbox; files stay in Infomaniak's own Swiss data centres.
Headquarters
Geneva, Switzerland
Your data
In Europe
Price
From CHF 4.99/account/month
Free plan
Yes
Best for
Teams that want Swiss hosting and office editing
5. Nextcloud
Open-source file sync and collaboration server
Open-source platform for file storage, sharing and collaboration that organisations run on their own servers or through a hosting partner. Paid Enterprise plans add support and start at 100 users.
Compared with Dropbox: Open source and self-hosted or partner-hosted, so you choose where files live. Needs IT effort to run; paid enterprise support starts at 100 users.
Organisations that want to run their own file cloud
6. Koofr
EU cloud storage that also links other clouds
Cloud storage from Slovenia that can also connect Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive accounts in one place. Data is kept in EU data centres; plans start at 10 GB.
Compared with Dropbox: EU-hosted storage that can link an existing Dropbox account, which helps during a move. Simpler team features than Dropbox.
Paid plans connect a Dropbox account to copy files across.
Low-cost end-to-end encrypted storage from Germany
Cloud storage with client-side, zero-knowledge encryption, sync, sharing and notes. Filen owns its servers, which sit in data centres in Germany.
Compared with Dropbox: End-to-end encrypted storage hosted in Germany, priced well below Dropbox. A small company aimed at individuals more than teams.
Headquarters
Recklinghausen, Germany
Your data
In Europe
Price
From €1.99/account/month
Free plan
Yes
Best for
Individuals who want cheap encrypted storage
8. Jottacloud
Norwegian cloud storage and device backup
Cloud storage and backup for people and businesses, with an unlimited plan that slows uploads past 5 TB. Files are stored on servers in Norway.
Compared with Dropbox: Norway-hosted storage with an unlimited plan, aimed at backup and photos. Less focus on team collaboration than Dropbox.
Headquarters
Oslo, Norway
Founded
2008
Your data
In Europe
Price
From NOK 79/account/month
Free plan
Yes
Best for
Households backing up photos and devices
9. Internxt
Open-source, end-to-end encrypted cloud storage
End-to-end encrypted cloud storage with open-source, audited apps, plus file transfer and other privacy tools. Aimed at individuals and small businesses; the free plan has 1 GB.
Compared with Dropbox: End-to-end encrypted and open source, at low prices. Fewer collaboration tools than Dropbox, and G2 reviews are mixed (3.4 of 5).
Individuals who want encrypted storage at low cost
10. TeamDrive
End-to-end encrypted file sync for businesses
File sync and sharing with end-to-end encryption, hosted in Germany or on a company's own server. Aimed at businesses and professionals with confidentiality duties.
Compared with Dropbox: End-to-end encrypted sync hosted in Germany or on your own server, aimed at firms with confidentiality duties. Smaller integration ecosystem than Dropbox.
Firms that need encrypted sharing hosted in Germany
11. Icedrive
Consumer cloud storage with client-side encryption
Cloud storage for individuals with a drive app that mounts like a local disk; Pro plans add client-side encryption. The company does not state clearly where files are stored.
Compared with Dropbox: Low-cost personal storage with client-side encryption on Pro plans and 10 GB free. The company does not clearly say where files are stored.
Headquarters
Gibraltar, Gibraltar
Your data
Not stated
Price
From $2.99/account/month, billed yearly
Free plan
Yes
Best for
Individuals who want a cheap personal drive
12. Smash
Large file transfer with no size limit
Sends large files by link or email without a file size cap. Files are stored in the server region closest to the sender, out of nine regions worldwide.
Compared with Dropbox: Covers sending large files, as Dropbox Transfer does, with no size limit. It is a transfer service, not sync or long-term storage.
Headquarters
Lyon, France
Founded
2017
Your data
EU region available
Price
Free
Free plan
Yes
Best for
Creative teams sending large files to clients
Why look for a European alternative to Dropbox?
Dropbox is headquartered in San Francisco, United States. These are the reasons buyers in Europe most often give for looking elsewhere:
Dropbox is a US company, so US laws such as the CLOUD Act apply to it.
Files are stored in US data centres by default. Storage in the EU or UK is offered only to eligible users.
Some buyers want the company itself, not only the data centre, to be in Europe.
How this list was made
A company counts as European if it's headquartered in Europe: the EU, the EEA, Switzerland, the UK, or elsewhere in geographic Europe, never Russia or Belarus. Headquarters means where it's run from, not a registered office. Companies founded in Europe but headquartered elsewhere today are listed separately, and a non-European owner is always named.
Each company was checked against its own legal notice, pricing page and data-processing terms, and its G2 page. Headcount, funding and founding year come from LeadWave's database of SaaS companies. No company paid to be listed or ranked.
It depends on what you use Dropbox for. PCloud (Switzerland) for individuals who want to pay once for storage, Tresorit (Switzerland) for companies handling confidential client files and Proton Drive (Switzerland) for privacy-minded users already on Proton Mail. All 12 on this page are headquartered in Europe; the table compares their hosting, prices and G2 ratings.
pCloud, Proton Drive, Infomaniak kDrive, Nextcloud, Koofr, Filen, Jottacloud, Internxt, Icedrive and Smash have a free plan with no time limit.
Tresorit, Proton Drive, Infomaniak kDrive, Koofr, Filen, Jottacloud and TeamDrive store customer data in Europe by default. pCloud and Smash let you choose a European data region.
Yes: Nextcloud and Internxt. Open-source tools can also be self-hosted on your own servers in Europe.
Koofr documents an import from Dropbox; the details are under each one below.
No. Dropbox, Inc. was founded in 2007 and gives San Francisco as its business address in US filings.
By default Dropbox stores files in the United States. Storage servers in the EU, the UK, Australia and Japan are available to eligible users, mainly business teams billed in those regions.
WeTransfer is European: its terms give an Amsterdam address, and Italy's Bending Spoons has owned it since July 2024. It sends files rather than syncing and storing them, so it replaces Dropbox Transfer, not Dropbox itself.
