# Delightful EU Alternatives #zu/dataprotection #zu/privacy Just a personal list of alternatives I use(d) and can recommend. Loads more on https://european-alternatives.eu/ (not my site) - **Bad for privacy (and [legal risk](https://www.lwgl.xyz/tadpf_talk))** - Alternatives - **Notion (& Craft, OneNote, Evernote etc)** - https://obsidian.md/ (Local First, Sync with e2ee. Canada) - Right now collaboration is only asynchronous via sync - live collab / multiplayer is [actively worked on](https://obsidian.md/roadmap/) - https://capacities.io (Germany) - not for teams, individual use only - No end-to-end encryption (e2ee) -> May violate GDPR, if used commercially for storing special categories of personal data (GDPR Article 9) - https://appflowy.com/ (self hosted) - **Netlify / Vercel** - See [[Automatic deployment]] - **Mapbox / Google Maps** - See [[Awesome Street Maps]] - **Zendesk** - https://www.freescout.net/ - **Citavi** - [Zotero](https://www.zotero.org/) with WebDAV Sync (Nextcloud does webDAV, see below) - citavi is shit anyway - **Google Calendar** - for teams: https://www.teamup.com/ - Individual: Nextcloud Calender, whatever is included in mailbox.org or proton - **Google Cloud / OneDrive / etc** - Nextcloud (tls): [Hetzner managed storage hosting](https://www.hetzner.com/de/storage/storage-share/) - Filen (e2ee): [Filen 10GB Bonus Link](https://filen.io/r/965b91b28143dc7c447540358c77553c) - **Google Forms** - CryptPad Forms - Wordpress + Forminator - https://surveyjs.io/ - WP Plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/surveyjs/ - **vServer: Linode, Digital Ocean, etc** - [Hentzner Cloud](https://www.hetzner.com/de/cloud/) - Cheap backups with hetzner [storage box](https://www.hetzner.com/de/storage/storage-box/) - [Contabo VPS](https://contabo.com/en/vps/) - Note: they have an auto backup option! - [Netcup vServer](https://www.netcup.com/de/server/vps) - **Webspace (Bluehost, Siteground, Hostinger etc)** - [Hetzner Webhosting](https://www.hetzner.com/de/webhosting) - [Netcup Webhosting](https://www.netcup.com/de/hosting) - Don't use Strato or IONOS. Overpriced and bad. - **CMS (Squarespace, Wix, WordPress.com)** - Host WordPress on your own webspace or server (see above) - Buy a proper Theme once, use forever - extend as needed with [[Neat WordPress Plugins]] ## Entertainment - **Netflix** - https://www.stremio.com/ - [[Media-Server]] - [[Media Downloader Tools]] - **Spotify, Apple Music, etc** - see [Quit Spotify and keep streaming](https://www.lwgl.xyz/blog/tips/2025/quit-spotify-and-keep-streaming/) - https://tilosoftware.io/manet - Stream your music library from Jellyfin to your iOS and macOS