# European alternatives to Google and Microsoft

There's a lot of awesome european alternatives to the tools you already know.

- [European Alternatives](https://european-alternatives.eu/) — Directory of European replacements for US digital services. Start here to find more.
- [Office.eu](https://www.office.eu/) — European-owned office suite for Microsoft 365 / Google Workspace, hosted in European data centres. Partly built on Nextcloud.
- [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/) — Open-source files, calendar and collaboration. Self-host or use a European provider.
- [Proton](https://proton.me/) — Swiss mail, calendar, drive and VPN, bundled as a workspace.
- [Collabora Office](https://www.collaboraoffice.com/) — LibreOffice-based suite that handles Microsoft formats.
- [ONLYOFFICE](https://www.onlyoffice.com/) — Latvian office suite with strong Word, Excel and PowerPoint compatibility.
- [mailbox.org](https://mailbox.org/en/) — German email with calendar, office and cloud. A Gmail replacement.
- [Posteo](https://posteo.de/en) — German, privacy-focused, sustainable email.
- [Tuta](https://tuta.com/) — German end-to-end encrypted email and calendar.
- [Startpage](https://www.startpage.com/) — Dutch search that anonymises your queries. Results come from Google.
- [Qwant](https://www.qwant.com/) — French search engine focused on privacy.
- [Ecosia](https://www.ecosia.org/) — Berlin-based search that funds tree planting. Partly relies on Bing results.
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/) — Community-run map data; an alternative to Google Maps.
- [Le Chat (Mistral AI)](https://chat.mistral.ai/) — French AI assistant, an alternative to ChatGPT and Gemini.