Category: Notes & Tasks
8 European alternatives to Evernote — GDPR-compliant & EU-hosted.
Note-taking and organization platform
Facts
- Headquarters
- IT (EU)
- Category
- Notes & Tasks
- Type
- Product
- GDPR-compliant
- No
- Open-source
- No
- Data hosting
- US
Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Evernote
- Anytype↗
Personal knowledge and productivity tool with end-to-end encryption and local-first storage. The protocol layer (any-sync, any-block) is MIT-licensed open source, but the client applications (desktop, mobile) and middleware (anytype-heart) are released under the proprietary Any Source Available License 1.0, which prohibits commercial use without permission. Not fully open source.
CH · commercial
Frequently asked questions
What is the best European alternative to Evernote?
It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Evernote include Anytype, Joplin and CryptPad. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.
Are there open-source alternatives to Evernote?
Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Evernote include Joplin, CryptPad, Nextcloud Notes, Trilium Notes (TriliumNext), Vikunja, Carnet and HedgeDoc. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.
Is Evernote GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?
Evernote is headquartered in IT (EU) and hosts data in US. That makes Evernote an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.