{"id":3827,"date":"2026-10-05T20:21:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T18:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.klytic.com\/?page_id=3827"},"modified":"2026-10-06T10:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T08:38:11","slug":"european-alternatives-google-workspace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.klytic.com\/en\/european-alternatives-google-workspace\/","title":{"rendered":"European alternatives to Google Workspace"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Leaving Google Workspace mostly means leaving a document editor and a way of sharing. Email can be carried over; Google Docs are converted, with losses. A European alternative is therefore relevant when files and email matter more than the Google editor itself, and only after a trial on your own documents.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Updated October 2026<\/b><\/span>9 min<\/b> read<\/span>Official sources cited<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What to accept before comparing brands<\/h2>

Google is an American company. The alternatives below change the operator, that is, the company that holds the files and email, backs them up and whose support staff connect to them. They do not replicate Docs. Leaving Google should therefore be judged on two separate questions: who should hold your content, and which document editor your teams can accept.<\/p>

Allow two weeks of testing on a meeting report, a spreadsheet and a sales proposal. Together they cover the essentials: text written by several people, formulas, and layout that goes out to a client. If the spreadsheet does not make it through, keeping Google for that team is a sound decision. A phased exit, email first and files second, is often more robust than a complete switchover decided on principle.<\/p>

The verification framework is in GDPR and Google Workspace<\/a>. The exit method is in migrating from Google Workspace<\/a>. If the decision to leave has not yet been made, the page Google Workspace or a sovereign solution<\/a> helps settle it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Why Docs is harder to replace than Gmail<\/h2>

Email relies on standard protocols: Gmail history is copied over IMAP. Labels call for a decision (a message with three labels can become three copies or a single one), but nothing is lost by design.<\/p>

Documents, on the other hand, leave Google through an export to office formats, which alters the layout of rich documents; open comments and suggestions do not carry over. Then there are the elements with no direct equivalent: Google Chat history, Google Sites, forms whose logic lives in Apps Script, and \u201canyone with the link\u201d shares. No alternative takes them over as they are; Infomaniak, for its part, states that chat histories are not migrated automatically. This is the nature of leaving, not a flaw of any one provider.<\/p>

Example.<\/strong> A fifteen-person communications agency (hypothetical case) writes its proposals in Docs and tracks its production in a Sheets spreadsheet enhanced with scripts. Email and Drive archives move without difficulty. The tracking sheet becomes a spreadsheet without its automations: before the switchover, you must decide whether to rewrite it, replace it, or keep Google for that team.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The providers at a glance<\/h2>
Provider<\/th>Operated by<\/th>Where the data is<\/th>Online editing<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Google Workspace (reference)<\/td>Google (United States)<\/td>Region chosen according to the edition, for the listed content<\/td>Docs, Sheets, Slides<\/td><\/tr>
Infomaniak<\/td>Infomaniak (Switzerland)<\/td>Switzerland<\/td>OnlyOffice, or Microsoft online depending on the plan<\/td><\/tr>
Nextcloud<\/td>You, or the chosen provider<\/td>With that operator<\/td>Collabora or OnlyOffice<\/td><\/tr>
OVHcloud<\/td>OVHcloud (France)<\/td>France<\/td>Depending on the plan<\/td><\/tr>
BlueMind<\/td>You, or a partner hosting provider<\/td>With that operator<\/td>Outside the core offering<\/td><\/tr>
Klytic<\/td>Dedicace Software (France)<\/td>Zone matching the applicable jurisdiction, for example Europe or Mauritius, or the client\u2019s servers<\/td>In the dedicated Nextcloud instance, alone or collaboratively, with version history<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>

This table ranks nothing. It separates the operator, the location and the editor, which are often conflated.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Infomaniak (Switzerland)<\/h2>

kSuite brings together email, storage, chat and video conferencing, with data in Switzerland. Online editing uses OnlyOffice or, on some plans, Microsoft online hosted in Switzerland, with a Microsoft subscription. Switzerland is outside the European Union, with an adequacy decision.<\/p>

Suitable profile.<\/strong> An SME that uses Google as an all-in-one, email, Drive, Chat and Meet, and wants to find that same shape with a single provider, without running a server.<\/p>

To check.<\/strong> That your internal requirement refers to \u201cEurope\u201d in the geographic sense and not to the \u201cEuropean Union\u201d: the adequacy decision governs transfers, it does not make Switzerland a member state. If the Microsoft online option interests you, factor the required Microsoft subscription into your analysis, since the software vendor then remains an American company.<\/p>

Main limitation.<\/strong> The applicable law changes; it does not become EU law. For a group policy or a call for tenders that requires the European Union, this rules it out.<\/p>

Relevant<\/strong> if you want an already integrated suite and Swiss law suits you.<\/p>

Less relevant<\/strong> if the data must be in the European Union, or if your Sheets have turned into applications.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Nextcloud (German software, operator of your choice)<\/h2>

Nextcloud GmbH publishes the software. Hosting is yours or a provider\u2019s. Co-editing is available, with Collabora or OnlyOffice. Email is not the core of the product. Choosing Nextcloud therefore does not yet tell you where the files are: the location, backups and support are those of the chosen operator.<\/p>

Suitable profile.<\/strong> An organisation for which Drive was the core of Google, and which has, or wants to take, control of its file server: for example an industrial SME with two sites and an in-house IT person.<\/p>

To check.<\/strong> Who updates, monitors and restores a folder deleted on a Friday evening. If a provider operates the instance: is it dedicated or shared with other clients, and where are the backups. And which online editor is installed: that is what your teams will compare with Docs.<\/p>

Main limitation.<\/strong> Gmail has no successor. Leaving Google with Nextcloud alone means choosing an email service alongside it.<\/p>

Relevant<\/strong> if you have, or want, control of the file server.<\/p>

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OVHcloud (France)<\/h2>

Zimbra email hosted in France. The software is published by Synacor, in the United States. The operator of the mailboxes is OVHcloud. Some infrastructure offerings from the same group are SecNumCloud-qualified: this is not the same offering as the email service.<\/p>

Suitable profile.<\/strong> A company whose primary reason for leaving is Gmail, which wants business mailboxes with a large French operator, and which can handle files separately or in the plan that includes them.<\/p>

To check.<\/strong> The exact plan, since the breadth of the suite (calendars, files, editing) depends on it. The distinction between the email service and the qualified infrastructure: qualification applies to a named offering in the ANSSI catalogue and does not pass on to an application installed on it.<\/p>

Main limitation.<\/strong> It is not the Docs experience for a team that co-writes all day long.<\/p>

Relevant<\/strong> for replacing Gmail with mailboxes hosted in France, with calendars and files depending on the plan.<\/p>

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BlueMind (France)<\/h2>

Collaborative email from a French software vendor, designed for Outlook and mobile devices, deployed on your premises or with a hosting provider. For an organisation leaving Google, it is one piece of the project, the email, to be paired with a file solution.<\/p>

Suitable profile.<\/strong> An organisation that wants the vendor of its email software to be French itself, and that is moving from Gmail in the browser to Outlook on the desktop.<\/p>

To check.<\/strong> Who operates it: your team or a hosting provider, and in which country. A French software vendor says nothing about where the mailboxes are until the operator is named. Test Outlook for Windows, Outlook for Mac and mobile devices separately, on shared calendars.<\/p>

Main limitation.<\/strong> No replacement for Drive or for online editing.<\/p>

Relevant<\/strong> for email, particularly if Outlook is the client.<\/p>

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Microsoft 365, for completeness<\/h2>

It is not a European alternative. It is the other American suite. It is relevant if leaving Google is about Excel and Teams, not about where the data is, for example because a parent company works on Office. The European question is then handled through data residency and the contract: see GDPR and Microsoft 365<\/a>. It is beside the point if the reason for leaving is the American operator: you would be swapping one for another.<\/p>

The broader overview, criteria included, is in the 2026 guide to alternatives to Microsoft 365<\/a>. The logic is the same.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Common mistakes<\/h2>