Category: Office & Productivity
8 European alternatives to CryptPad — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted.
French end-to-end encrypted collaborative office suite with documents, sheets, and presentations
Facts
- Headquarters
- FR (EU)
- Category
- Office & Productivity
- Type
- Product
- GDPR-compliant
- Yes
- Open-source
- Yes
- Data hosting
- EU
Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to CryptPad
- Ashampoo Office↗
German office suite with word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, Microsoft format compatible
DE · commercial
- EGroupware↗
German open-source groupware suite with CRM, project management, and collaboration tools
DE · open-source
- Group-Office↗
Dutch open-source groupware with email, calendar, file sharing, and CRM modules
NL · open-source
- LibreOffice↗
Free open-source office suite maintained by The Document Foundation in Germany
DE · open-source
- Nextcloud Office↗
Integrated office suite within Nextcloud powered by Collabora Online for self-hosted collaboration
DE · open-source
Frequently asked questions
What is the best European alternative to CryptPad?
It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to CryptPad include Ashampoo Office, EGroupware and Etherpad. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.
Are there open-source alternatives to CryptPad?
Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to CryptPad include EGroupware, Etherpad, grommunio, Group-Office, Horde, LibreOffice and Nextcloud Office. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.
Is CryptPad GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?
CryptPad is headquartered in FR (EU) and hosts data in EU. It is also open-source, so you can self-host it. That makes CryptPad an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.