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ChatGPT

OpenAI

4,8 Excellent

Writes quotes, emails and customer replies in seconds. The free version goes a long way for everyday use; the downside is that data is stored in the USA unless you have an Enterprise or Edu plan with EU data residency.

Best for: Everyday tasks like email, text, ideas and research.

Google Gemini

Google

4,8 Excellent

Google's answer to ChatGPT: free and built into Gmail and Docs if you use Google Workspace. Equally sharp in Swedish, but sometimes answers a little too cautiously.

Best for: Those who already work in Gmail and Google Docs.

Oneflow

Oneflow AB

4,5 Excellent

Listed Swedish contract tool that combines e-signing with the full contract lifecycle. The catch: pricing has moved upward. The Business plan starts at around EUR 250 per month, so it is not an entry-level option for the very smallest.

Best for: Companies that want more than just signatures: templates, editable digital contracts and follow-up in the same flow.

Canva

Canva

4,5 Excellent

The design tool where the AI now creates posts, ads and images from a line of text. The free tier is enough for most small businesses' social media.

Best for: Marketing and design without an in-house designer.

Fakturan.nu

Fakturan.nu

4,5 Excellent

Swedish web service for simple invoicing with a bit of accounting included, built for micro-businesses and sole traders. The free tier only covers 3 invoices per month, then you need to pay.

Best for: Sole traders and small business owners who mostly need to send a few invoices per month at low cost.

Mentimeter

Mentimeter AB

4,5 Excellent

Swedish Stockholm-based company for interactive presentations with live polls, quizzes, word clouds and Q&A in real time. Excellent for engagement, but weaker than pure slide tools if you want to build nice static sales decks.

Best for: Swedish small businesses that hold workshops and want real-time audience interaction.

Quickbutik

Quickbutik AB

4,5 Excellent

Swedish cloud-based e-commerce platform with Klarna, Swish and Swedish shipping carriers built in from the start. Prices from SEK 199/month. Works best for smaller stores; really large assortments and advanced B2B are outgrown.

Best for: The solo entrepreneur and the smaller store that wants to get started quickly with Swedish payment and shipping without coding.

SC Bokis

Sandarne Creations

4,5 Excellent

Swedish accounting and invoicing program for small businesses and sole traders. The free tier covers 5 invoices per month; paid plans from 49 SEK/month with AI interpretation of receipts, bank connection and unlimited invoicing.

Best for: Sole traders and micro-businesses that want to start for free and then scale up for under 70 SEK/month.

Teamtailor

Teamtailor AB

4,4 Very good

Swedish recruitment system (ATS) with strong focus on employer branding and career pages, now with an AI Co-pilot for candidate matching, interview questions, and ad copy. Price is quote-based and data resides at AWS in Ireland (EU region, but American cloud giant).

Best for: Growing Swedish companies that want to combine recruitment with a strong employer brand

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft

4,4 Very good

All-in-one for chat, video meetings and collaboration, deeply integrated in Microsoft 365 with EU Data Boundary for data storage within EU/EFTA. Microsoft is however an American company under the Cloud Act, and the interface is often perceived as cluttered and resource-demanding.

Best for: Organizations already using Microsoft 365 that want chat, meetings and files in one package

Mineko

Mineko

4,4 Very good

Swedish accounting program for sole proprietorships with invoicing, VAT report, profit report, balance report and simplified annual accounts. Only 49 SEK/month.

Best for: Sole traders and solo entrepreneurs who do manual bookkeeping according to K1 and want a simple, affordable Swedish alternative.

Miss Hosting

Miss Hosting (Miss Group)

4,4 Very good

Web hosting with Swedish support, run by Miss Hosting AB in Stockholm, with some of the lowest campaign prices on the market. The catch: since 2020 the group is majority-owned by British private equity firm Perwyn, the owner's own site states headquarters in London, and introductory prices rise at renewal.

Best for: Small businesses that want cheap web hosting with Swedish support and pay in SEK.

Pipedrive

Pipedrive Inc. (majority owned by Vista Equity Partners)

4,4 Very good

Affordable and very easy-to-use sales CRM with Estonian roots and EU customers hosted in Frankfurt/Dublin. The catch: since 2020 the company is majority-owned by American Vista Equity Partners with headquarters in New York, which means US legislation such as the CLOUD Act can reach the data despite EU storage.

Best for: Small sales teams that want a simple, visual pipeline at a low price and accept American ownership

Bitwarden

Bitwarden Inc.

4,3 Very good

The open-source standard among password managers with low price and selectable EU region for data storage. The catch: the company is American, so the CLOUD Act applies regardless of where data is stored. If you want to avoid it completely you must self-host yourself.

Best for: Cost-conscious small businesses that want open source and the option to self-host

AIbott

Optimalo AB

4,3 Very good

Swedish AI platform from Gothenburg with a Swedish interface and a ready-made email writer. Runs on international models (GPT/Claude) behind the scenes, so the Swedish tone is good but the base model is not in-house developed.

Best for: Small-business owners who want to write emails in Swedish in a Swedish tool with data inside the EU and payment in SEK.

Bokadirekt

Bokadirekt i Stockholm AB

4,3 Very good

Sweden's largest booking platform for beauty and wellness with built-in marketplace, cash register system and journal. Ultimately owned via holding company in Luxembourg, and certain subcontractors process data outside the EU.

Best for: Salons, clinics and therapists who want new customers via Sweden's largest marketplace for beauty and wellness

Bokio

Bokio

4,3 Very good

Swedish accounting program from Gothenburg that reads receipts and books automatically. Affordable and simple, but the old free tier is now a 14-day trial.

Best for: Sole traders and small businesses that want to handle accounting easily themselves.

Claude

Anthropic

4,3 Very good

Anthropic's AI, often best for longer and more nuanced text. Strong in Swedish.

Best for: Longer texts, analysis and nuanced answers.

DeepL

DeepL

4,3 Very good

The best AI translation on the market, and a German company with EU data storage.

Best for: Translate texts and emails with high quality within the EU.

Ecosia AI

Ecosia GmbH

4,3 Very good

Free AI search and AI chat from the German non-profit search engine, since 2026 built on European Mistral models. Good for quick answers, but less powerful than dedicated research tools.

Best for: Those who want free AI answers from European Mistral models without an account or subscription, and can accept that search queries are shared with Microsoft and Google.

GetAccept

GetAccept Inc.

4,3 Very good

Sales-focused 'digital sales room' with e-signing, tracking and video greetings, founded in Malmö and popular among Swedish sales teams. The catch: the legal domicile is American GetAccept Inc. Document data is indeed stored in the EU, but CLOUD Act exposure remains.

Best for: Sales-driven small businesses that want to combine quotes, engagement tracking and signing in one flow, and prioritize sales features over data sovereignty.

Google Translate

Google

4,3 Very good

Free quick translation for when approximate understanding is enough.

Best for: Quick, everyday translations.

NotebookLM

Google (Alphabet)

4,3 Very good

Google's AI research tool that answers with source references from your own documents and creates podcast-like audio summaries, also in Swedish. The consumer version gives no control over data storage. EU storage requires NotebookLM Enterprise via Google Cloud.

Best for: Research and analysis of own documents with traceable source references

Scrive

Scrive AB

4,3 Very good

Swedish e-signing pioneer with strong evidence package and operations within the EU, with sovereignty options at Swedish Cleura. The catch: BankID signing is not included in the entry plan but requires the more expensive Business plan.

Best for: Swedish companies that want legally robust e-signing with BankID and EU data storage, and that can justify the Business plan price.

WF Chat

Webbfabriken

4,3 Very good

Swedish team chat with channels, direct messages as well as voice and video calls, running on Webbfabriken's own servers in Stockholm. Drawback: small vendor and a young service without a large ecosystem of integrations.

Best for: Small Swedish teams that want all chat data to stay in Sweden without American cloud.

Zervant

Zervant (Ageras Group)

4,3 Very good

Invoicing program with Finnish roots, now part of the Danish Ageras group (Shine), for freelancers and small businesses. Free basic tier and support for Swedish rules such as VAT, ROT/RUT and reverse VAT liability. The free tier is limited to 5 invoices per month.

Best for: Freelancers and one-person companies in Sweden that want to invoice quickly and for free at first.

NordPass Business

Nord Security

4,2 Very good

Simple and affordable password manager from Nord Security with ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2 and EU data storage in AWS data centers for business customers. The catch: closed source and a tangled ownership structure via holding companies that makes the sovereignty picture less clear than the marketing suggests.

Best for: Small businesses that want an easy-to-use EU-based password manager without technical hassle

Pocketlaw (Miramis)

Miramis Technologies AB

4,2 Very good

Swedish contract platform (renamed Miramis in 2026) with AI review, 400+ templates and eIDAS-compatible e-signing in one. The catch: the public price list has been removed (quote required) and the AI features send data to Anthropic on American infrastructure.

Best for: Growing companies that want to gather contract templates, e-signing and AI review in one Swedish tool.

Proton Pass

Proton AG

4,2 Very good

Password manager from Swiss Proton with zero-knowledge encryption, built-in email aliases and a very low entry price. The catch: Switzerland is outside the EU/EEA and data is stored in Switzerland: strong privacy protection, but not EU sovereignty in the strict sense.

Best for: Privacy-focused small businesses that already use or want to enter the Proton ecosystem

Alva Labs

Alva Labs AB

4,2 Very good

Swedish platform for scientifically grounded selection tests (logic and personality) with AI-supported structured recruitment, one of the first in the world with ISO 42001 certification for responsible AI. Niche in assessment and selection, so you still need an ATS alongside it.

Best for: Companies that want to make data-driven and unbiased selection decisions with psychometric tests

Depict

Depict.ai AB

4,2 Very good

Swedish AI platform (Stockholm, EQT-backed) for e-commerce merchandising, search and product recommendations with public prices. The catch: pricing is in USD, the company uses subcontractors outside the EU/EEA and the data storage region is not clearly documented.

Best for: Fashion, beauty and lifestyle online stores that want to automate sorting, search and recommendations

Rule

Rule Communication Nordic AB

4,2 Very good

Swedish platform for newsletters, marketing automation and SMS with data processing within the EU/EEA and Swedish-language support. The catch: the free plan only holds 250 contacts and the price climbs quickly as the list grows (Professional from 595 SEK/month for 2,500 contacts).

Best for: Swedish e-commerce companies and SaaS businesses that want email, SMS and automation in one place with data storage within the EU/EEA

Assently E-Sign

Assently AB (del av Verified Global AB)

4,1 Very good

Swedish e-signing with all Nordic e-identifications and case-based pricing that suits uneven volumes. The catch: since the 2023 acquisition, the brand is being absorbed into Verified, and BankID transactions are billed as third-party costs on top of the subscription.

Best for: Small Swedish companies with moderate signing volumes that want to pay per case instead of per user, with full BankID support.

Cliento

Cliento (Yabie AB)

4,1 Very good

Flexible Swedish booking system suitable for everything from hair salons to workshops; since 2023 part of the Swedish fintech company Yabie. SMS reminders, cash register and online payment cost extra on top of the monthly fee.

Best for: Service businesses in mixed industries that want Swedish support, unlimited users and a Fortnox integration

Legora

Legora AB (formerly Leya)

4,1 Very good

Swedish AI platform for legal work, valued at over 5 billion dollars in 2026 and used by firms such as Linklaters and White & Case. The catch: built for lawyers with enterprise pricing, over-dimensioned and expensive for a small business without its own legal function.

Best for: Law firms and companies with an in-house legal function that want AI support for contract review, research and due diligence.

Lexly

Lexly AB (formerly Avtal24)

4,1 Very good

Digital legal service with business subscriptions in three tiers (Bas, Plus, Premium from 95 SEK/month) and fixed per-document prices for private law, 495–9 990 SEK per document. The catch: the previous company was declared bankrupt in 2024 and operations continue in a new company.

Best for: Small businesses that want ongoing contract support via subscription, with over 200 contract templates and lawyer help in Swedish.

Matomo

InnoCraft Ltd

4,1 Very good

Web analytics with open source that you can self-host completely for free, with cloud version stored in Germany. The catch: the company behind it, InnoCraft, is New Zealand-based and self-hosting requires your own operation and maintenance.

Best for: Companies that want full control over analytics data through self-hosting, or a mature GA4 replacement with all features

Precisely

Precisely AB

4,1 Very good

Swedish contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform from Gothenburg that covers the entire flow from template and approval to e-signing and monitoring, with data on Google Cloud in Frankfurt. The catch: quote-based pricing aimed at medium-sized companies, and the company's own ISO certification is not publicly confirmed, only the data centers'.

Best for: Companies with larger contract volumes that want EU-stored contract management with automated templates, approval flows and reminders.

Talenom

Talenom Ab

4,1 Very good

Swedish accounting firm with its own financial software. A safe choice for those who want local support and Swedish bookkeeping, with AI-assisted interpretation of receipts and invoices.

Best for: Small businesses that want a Swedish accounting partner with its own software and local support.

Winningtemp

Winningtemp AB

4,1 Very good

Swedish AI platform for employee engagement that measures the temperature in teams via pulse surveys and turns anonymous feedback into concrete actions. Price is not publicly stated; quote per employee. Note that some AI features are built on integration with OpenAI.

Best for: HR teams and managers who want to follow employee wellbeing in real time and reduce staff turnover

Jobylon

Jobylon AB

4,1 Very good

Swedish talent platform for recruitment with AI support for ad texts and candidate management, built for HR teams at medium-sized and large employers. Data is explicitly stored in the EU (AWS), but Jobylon lacks its own ISO certification and relies on AWS certificates.

Best for: Medium-sized and large Swedish employers who want an easy-to-use ATS with clear GDPR handling

Personio

Personio SE & Co. KG

4,1 Very good

German all-in-one platform for HR, recruiting and personnel administration with AI assistant, hosted on AWS servers within the EU without data leaving the union. Modular quote-based pricing makes the total cost hard to predict, and support for Swedish conditions such as collective agreements and payroll is limited.

Best for: Small and medium-sized businesses that want to gather HR administration, recruiting and absence in one EU-based system

Ebbot

Ebbot AB

4,0 Very good

Swedish AI platform for customer service automation with its own GPT model, live chat and hosting in EU Sovereign Cloud. The catch: pricing is not public but quoted, and it requires a real implementation project to get started.

Best for: Swedish companies that want to automate customer service with GDPR-secure AI and Swedish support

Abicart

Abicart AB

4,0 Very good

One of Sweden's most proven e-commerce platforms (formerly Textalk Webshop) with a flat price and no transaction fees. The interface feels more dated than newer competitors, however.

Best for: Established Swedish small businesses that want a predictable monthly cost without per-sale fees and personal support.

Collaboard

IBV Informatik AG

4,0 Very good

Swiss Miro alternative that stores data in Europe: Microsoft Azure in the Netherlands by default, with Open Telekom Cloud in Germany or Azure Switzerland as options on more expensive plans. The company is based in Switzerland, outside the EU.

Best for: Teams that want a Miro-like whiteboard but avoid American cloud storage.

Digital Samba

Digital Samba

4,0 Very good

Spanish video meeting tool that runs in the browser and can be embedded in your own apps via API; all operations are within the EU. The catch: the strength lies in embedding for developers, less as a standalone meeting service.

Best for: Companies that want to embed GDPR-safe video meetings into their own website or app.

Excalidraw

Excalidraw

4,0 Very good

Simple, open whiteboard for sketches and diagrams. Free and can be self-hosted.

Best for: Quick sketches and diagrams in teams.

Frilans Finans

Frilans Finans Sverige AB

4,0 Very good

Swedish self-employment company that lets you invoice without your own company: they handle tax, employer contributions and pay out salary to you. You pay no fixed fee but they take up to 6 percent of the invoice amount, a fee that can be reduced to 4 percent via their loyalty program.

Best for: Freelancers and those who take occasional assignments and don't want to start their own company or have F-tax.

Google Analytics 4

Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)

4,0 Very good

The market's standard tool: free, powerful and deeply integrated with Google Ads. The catch: data is processed on Google's global servers without EU storage guarantee, legality rests on the contested EU-US Data Privacy Framework and a consent banner is required.

Best for: Ad-driven businesses that depend on the Google Ads ecosystem and accept the USA transfer

Google Meet

Google (Alphabet)

4,0 Very good

Simple browser-based video meeting tool included in Google Workspace, with the option to choose EU as data region on paid plans. Google is American, the free version lacks EU storage guarantee and some processing occurs globally.

Best for: Simple, friction-free video meetings for organizations using Google Workspace

Klang

Klang

4,0 Very good

Swedish meeting transcription built for the Swedish language and GDPR, a safe alternative to the American meeting tools.

Best for: Swedish meetings to be transcribed safely within the EU.

Klarna

Klarna

4,0 Very good

Swedish payment solution with invoice, instalments and Klarna Checkout, well-known in the checkout among Swedish customers.

Best for: E-commerce stores that want to offer invoice and instalment payments.

Lime CRM

Lime Technologies AB (publ)

4,0 Very good

Swedish CRM from Lund, listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, with ISO 27001-certified operations and strong Nordic support. The catch is the 12-month commitment, pricing in euros and that the cost rises quickly when you add modules for marketing and customer service.

Best for: Small and medium-sized Swedish companies that want a customisable CRM with local support and industry solutions

LM Studio

Element Labs

4,0 Very good

The easiest way to run AI models locally: sleek graphical interface, built-in model catalogue and chat view. Free also for business use since 2025.

Best for: The beginner who wants to try local AI without touching the terminal.

Loopia Sitebuilder

Loopia AB (part of team.blue)

4,0 Very good

Swedish web hosting giant in Västerås with a drag-and-drop website builder (and AI help) included in the web hosting packages. Simple, but the design ceiling and e-commerce features are limited compared to pure site builders.

Best for: Swedish small businesses that want website, domain, email and support in Swedish from a provider with servers in Sweden.

Nextcloud

Nextcloud

4,0 Very good

German platform for files, collaboration, chat and calendar, Europe's great alternative to Google Workspace and Microsoft 365.

Best for: Companies that want control over files and collaboration within the EU.

Officepaket.se

Officepaket.se

4,0 Very good

Swedish reseller of original software: Office packages, Windows, Windows Server and other office programs. Fast digital delivery, Swedish support and competitive prices.

Best for: Small businesses and individuals who need to buy Microsoft Office, Windows or similar software at a low price with Swedish support.

Perplexity

Perplexity AI

4,0 Very good

AI search engine that answers with source references, research you can verify.

Best for: Quick research with sources you can trust.

Proton Drive

Proton AG

4,0 Very good

Encrypted cloud storage from Swiss Proton: files are encrypted on your device before upload, so not even Proton can read them. An alternative to Google Drive and Dropbox for businesses that take confidentiality seriously. 14-day free trial on business plans.

Best for: Businesses handling sensitive documents – contracts, financials, client material – that don't want their cloud provider to be able to read them.

Proton VPN

Proton AG

4,0 Very good

VPN from Swiss Proton with open source, no-logs policy and a free plan with no data cap. An alternative for businesses that want to protect network traffic outside the American tech giants.

Best for: Businesses that want a privacy-focused VPN from the same provider as Proton Mail.

Proton Mail

Proton

4,0 Very good

Encrypted email from Switzerland, built for privacy. Popular European alternative to Gmail and Outlook.

Best for: Businesses that want secure email outside the American giants.

remove.bg

Canva Austria GmbH

4,0 Very good

Removes the background from an image automatically in one second.

Best for: Product images for the webshop.

Scrintal

Scrintal Labs AB

4,0 Very good

Swedish infinite canvas where you connect notes, PDFs and images visually with arrows and links. More a tool for mind maps and research than a classic meeting whiteboard.

Best for: Solopreneurs and small teams that want to think visually and connect ideas.

ScriptMe

Scriptme AB

4,0 Very good

Swedish tool that transcribes audio and video to text and creates subtitles. The GDPR page states AWS storage in an EU region, but sub-processors in the UK and USA are used. Automatic transcription, so expect to proofread Swedish output.

Best for: Swedish companies and public sector organisations that want to transcribe meetings and create subtitles with a Swedish tool, with on-premises options for sensitive material.

Shopware

Shopware AG

4,0 Very good

German e-commerce platform; the MIT-licensed Community Edition is free and can be hosted in Germany or the EU. Powerful and scalable, but overkill for a one-person startup and the paid business tiers quickly become expensive.

Best for: Growing stores and B2B companies that want to scale on an EU platform with data in Germany and full control over the code.

Swish

Getswish AB

4,0 Very good

Sweden's standard for fast payments. Swish Handel lets businesses take payments directly on mobile.

Best for: Small businesses that want to get paid quickly by Swedish customers.

TimeCenter

TimeCenter AB

4,0 Very good

Simple Swedish booking system from Helsingborg with a fixed price that includes POS, statistics, and support; SMS is purchased separately in packages. Servers are in the EU (Germany and Ireland), not Sweden, and the feature set is narrower than the large platforms.

Best for: Small salons, clinics, and therapists that want a simple Swedish system at a fixed monthly price

Trello

Atlassian

4,0 Very good

Simple Kanban boards for keeping track of tasks, with AI add-ons.

Best for: Simple to-do boards for small teams.

Whereby

Whereby

4,0 Very good

Norwegian video-meeting tool that runs directly in the browser. No installations, GDPR-friendly.

Best for: Simple video meetings without hassle.

Wincher

Wincher International AB

4,0 Very good

Swedish rank tracker tool that daily follows your Google rankings and has on-page analysis. Focuses on rankings and keywords rather than being a full all-in-one tool.

Best for: Swedish small businesses that want to follow their keyword rankings without hassle and get support in Swedish.

Maigon

Maigon AB

3,9 Good

Swedish AI service that reviews standard contracts (NDA, processor agreement, consultant agreement) and flags risks in minutes. The catch: the analysis runs via American AI models such as GPT, Claude and Gemini, no security certifications are publicly disclosed and pricing requires a quote.

Best for: Companies that often review standard contracts such as NDAs and data processor agreements and want to save lawyer hours.

Cal.com

Cal.com, Inc.

3,9 Good

Alternative to Calendly with an open codebase: the community edition Cal.diy (MIT license) can be self-hosted for free but lacks enterprise features and is recommended by the vendor only for personal use. The cloud version runs by default in the USA, but EU hosting is offered via Cal.eu (waitlist). The company behind it is American.

Best for: Tech-savvy companies that want open codebase, API-first and eventually EU data storage via Cal.eu

Fortnox

Fortnox

3,9 Good

Market leader for Swedish accounting and invoicing. The AI features interpret supplier invoices for you, but you pay per module and it quickly becomes expensive.

Best for: Growing companies that work with an accountant.

Piwik PRO

Piwik PRO SA

3,9 Good

Polish GA4 challenger in enterprise class with analytics, tag manager and consent management in one package. The Business plan is hosted by Swedish Elastx. The catch: the free Core plan was discontinued in February 2026, so the entry cost is now EUR 35 per month.

Best for: Authorities, healthcare providers and larger companies that want GA-like power with EU sovereignty and Swedish hosting

SuperOffice CRM

SuperOffice AS

3,9 Good

Mature Norwegian CRM (EEA) with data in European data centers, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II, plus Swedish offices and support. The catch is that all users must be on the same plan, and the interface feels heavier than more modern competitors.

Best for: Established Nordic SMEs that want a proven European CRM with sales, service, and marketing

Upsales

Upsales Nordic AB

3,9 Good

Swedish B2B CRM with built-in marketing automation and company data. Upsales' own processing of customer data takes place within the EU/EEA, although some subprocessors have connections outside, and a fully EU-hosted AI platform is launching in 2026. The catch is the price: no open price list, platform fee on top of the user license, and a clear focus on growing companies rather than the very smallest.

Best for: Swedish B2B companies with 10–200 employees that want sales and marketing in one Swedish system

DocuSign

DocuSign Inc.

3,9 Good

The world's best-known e-signing service with enormous feature depth and integration range. The catch: American company under the CLOUD Act, the data storage region is locked at registration and cannot be moved afterwards, and the Standard plan has a cap of 100 envelopes per year.

Best for: Companies with many international counterparties that already expect DocuSign, and where Swedish BankID signing is not a main requirement.

DeepSeek

Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd.

3,8 Good

Chinese AI assistant with impressive reasoning and coding ability completely free. The catch is big: all prompts and uploads are stored on servers in China, where the state has legal right of access. Italy and South Korea have already taken action against the service.

Best for: Technical and scientific research without a budget, but never with sensitive data or personal information

Bambora

Worldline

3,8 Good

Payment solution with Swedish origin (Borås). The Bambora brand has been absorbed into French Worldline and bambora.com redirects to worldline.com. Cards online and in-store.

Best for: Stores that want card and online payments.

CapCut

ByteDance

3,8 Good

Free video editing with AI features, popular for social media.

Best for: Short videos for social media.

Cleura

Cleura (Iver / tidigare City Network)

3,8 Good

Swedish-owned OpenStack-based public cloud service (formerly City Cloud) with data centers in Sweden and the rest of Europe, positioned as a European alternative to American clouds. Broad platform but more geared toward IT departments than individual small-business owners.

Best for: Companies looking for a European sovereign alternative to AWS/Azure with Swedish ownership.

Comintelli (Intelligence2day)

Comintelli AB

3,8 Good

Swedish platform (headquarters on Vasagatan in Stockholm) for monitoring and analysis of market and competitors, with a built-in AI assistant (Telli). Price is quote-based per user, so it is built for intelligence teams rather than one-person businesses.

Best for: Swedish companies that want to systematically monitor competitors, market and the outside world in one place.

Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft

3,8 Good

Microsoft's AI built into Word, Excel and Outlook. Makes sense if the company already uses Microsoft 365; otherwise an expensive add-on for features you rarely use.

Best for: Companies that already live in Microsoft 365.

ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs

3,8 Good

The market's best AI voices, for voice-over, podcast intro and audio ads.

Best for: Voice-over without hiring a voice actor.

Gamma

Gamma

3,8 Good

Creates beautiful presentations and documents from a simple prompt.

Best for: Fast, stylish pitch decks and presentations.

GleSYS

GleSYS AB

3,8 Good

Swedish cloud provider with own data centers in Falkenberg and Stockholm offering VPS, dedicated servers, managed Kubernetes and GPU. Powerful but targets those comfortable with technology: there are no ready-made AI apps, just the infrastructure.

Best for: Companies that want Swedish-owned cloud infrastructure under Swedish law with personal support.

Jan

Menlo Research

3,8 Good

The open-source alternative to LM Studio: chat with local models in a clean interface, completely offline if you want.

Best for: You who want LM Studio's simplicity but with open source.

Jitsi Meet

Jitsi

3,8 Good

Open source for video meetings that can be run on your own EU servers, with full control over data. However, the public service meet.jit.si is run by American 8x8 without GDPR terms.

Best for: You who want video meetings on your own terms.

Kindly

Kindly

3,8 Good

Nordic chatbot platform built for customer service and conversion. Customer data is stored in the EU, but the optional Kindly GPT can send chat logs to OpenAI (USA) or Azure (UK/France).

Best for: Nordic companies that want a local supplier.

Lynes

Lynes Technologies Sweden AB

3,8 Good

Swedish cloud PBX with built-in video meetings, chat and telephony where data is stored in Sweden. The catch: video is part of a larger telephony solution, not a standalone meeting service.

Best for: Swedish companies that want to gather telephony, chat and video meetings in a fully Swedish platform.

Mattermost

Mattermost, Inc.

3,8 Good

Open-source team chat that can run entirely on your own servers in the EU. The cloud service is however in the USA (AWS us-east-1), the company is American (Palo Alto) and self-hosting requires technical skills.

Best for: Technically skilled teams that want to self-host a Slack-like chat on their own EU servers.

Mistral (Le Chat)

Mistral AI

3,8 Good

France's answer to ChatGPT and one of the few European AI models in the top class, with EU data storage.

Best for: Those who want a powerful AI chat within the EU.

Mollie

Mollie

3,8 Good

Dutch payment provider that is easy to get started with for smaller e-commerce businesses.

Best for: Smaller webshops that want simple European payments.

Morningscore

Morningscore

3,8 Good

Danish all-in-one tool with keyword analysis, ranking, backlinks and on-page audit in a gamified interface. Simpler but with shallower data than the big professional tools.

Best for: Beginners and small businesses in the Nordics that want a complete SEO tool that is easy to understand.

Notion AI

Notion

3,8 Good

AI built into the note-taking tool Notion, which writes and summarizes where you already work.

Best for: Teams already using Notion.

Ollama

Ollama Inc.

3,8 Good

Run language models (Llama, Mistral, Gemma, etc.) locally with one command. The standard for local AI, but it is terminal-based so some computer experience is required. Local use is free; paid cloud plans (Pro approx. SEK 190/month, Max approx. SEK 950/month) are available for larger models.

Best for: For you who want to run AI models locally without hassle, and who can open a terminal.

SpeedLedger

SpeedLedger

3,8 Good

Swedish accounting program tightly connected to your bank.

Best for: Sole traders who want to connect bank and accounting.

Storykit

Storykit

3,8 Good

Swedish platform that automatically makes videos from text — you enter your content and get a finished, brand-adapted video. The catch: no open price plans, everything is quote/demo based, and it targets companies rather than one-person businesses.

Best for: Swedish companies and marketing teams that want to produce a lot of brand video from text without editing skills.

Suno

Suno

3,8 Good

Creates finished music with vocals from a text description.

Best for: Jingles and background music without a composer.

Tuta

Tuta

3,8 Good

German encrypted email and calendar, entirely within the EU. A GDPR-clean alternative to Gmail.

Best for: Privacy-conscious businesses that want to keep everything within the EU.

Spiris (formerly Visma)

Visma Group

3,8 Good

Established Swedish accounting program with AI interpretation of receipts and invoices. Formerly called Visma eEkonomi and now called Spiris, but still owned by the Swedish Visma Group.

Best for: Established small businesses that want a reliable Swedish supplier.

Worldline

Worldline

3,8 Good

One of Europe's largest payment providers (owns Bambora among others). Cards, online and terminals.

Best for: Companies that want a large European payment partner.

Grok

xAI

3,6 Good

xAI's AI assistant with real-time connection to X and strong reasoning capability in Grok 4. The catch: all data is stored in the USA, private plans may be used for model training by default, and the EU is investigating the service under the DSA.

Best for: Monitoring the outside world and real-time research thanks to direct access to the X feed

Wint

Wint

3,6 Good

Swedish service that automates accounting almost completely for you, at a fixed monthly price.

Best for: Companies that want to avoid doing accounting themselves and where the price corresponds to what an accounting service otherwise costs.

Zoom

Zoom Communications

3,6 Good

Industry standard for video meetings with high reliability, webinars and AI Companion. Paying EU customers can choose data storage in the EEA, but the company is American and account data as well as some metadata continues to be handled in the USA.

Best for: Reliable video meetings and large webinars with external participants

1Password

AgileBits Inc.

3,5 Good

The market's most polished password manager with the industry's broadest certification portfolio (ISO 27001/27017/27018/27701, SOC 2). The catch: Canadian company with American venture capital, no free tier, and not open source.

Best for: Companies that prioritize usability and certifications over EU jurisdiction

Amberscript

Amberscript

3,5 Good

Dutch transcription and subtitling service with all data on EU servers and ISO 27001 certification. Automation plus human proofreading at extra cost.

Best for: Companies that want EU storage plus the option to order human proofreading for high precision.

Berget AI

Berget AI

3,5 Good

Swedish AI platform that runs language models on servers in Sweden, for those who must have full control over where data ends up.

Best for: Companies and public sector that require AI in Swedish or on EU servers.

Descript

Descript

3,5 Good

Edit video and podcast by editing the text, like a document.

Best for: Podcasts and talking-head videos.

Dooer

Dooer

3,5 Good

Swedish company that has pivoted: from a receipt photo app to an AI-driven "Financial OS" that sits as a layer on top of the company's existing systems. The service is in closed beta, so features and terms may change.

Best for: Companies that want to join the waitlist for an AI layer on top of their existing finance stack; the service cannot be started today.

Element

Element

3,5 Good

Secure chat built on the open Matrix protocol. Used by several European authorities and can be run on own servers.

Best for: Teams that want secure chat with full data control.

Elastx

Elastx AB

3,5 Good

Swedish cloud provider built on OpenStack with three data centers in the Stockholm area and a strong focus on digital sovereignty. Suitable for organizations with sensitive data, but prices are only published in a downloadable Excel price list and larger setups are developed in dialogue with the sales team.

Best for: Organizations with sensitive data and compliance requirements that want Swedish data residency across multiple availability zones.

Fireflies.ai

Fireflies

3,5 Good

Records, transcribes and summarizes your digital meetings automatically.

Best for: Those who forget to take notes in meetings.

Adobe Firefly

Adobe

3,5 Good

Adobe's image AI, trained on licensed material and therefore safer to use commercially.

Best for: Commercial images without copyright concerns.

Framer

Framer B.V.

3,5 Good

Dutch (EU) design-driven site builder with AI and full control over layout and typography. The company is EU-based, but hosting itself is on AWS globally including USA, so data is not guaranteed to be stored in the EU.

Best for: Design-conscious companies that want a stylish landing or marketing site and care more about looks than data storage in the EU.

GPT4All

Nomic AI

3,5 Good

Local AI chat with built-in document search (RAG): ask questions about your own files completely offline.

Best for: Asking questions about your own documents without anything leaving the computer.

Happy Scribe

Happy Scribe Limited

3,5 Good

Irish platform for transcription and subtitles in 150+ languages with data in EU datacenters. Cheapest in class, but Swedish AI precision varies.

Best for: Small businesses and podcasters who want affordable transcription and subtitles with EU storage.

LanguageTool

LanguageTooler GmbH (owned by Learneo, USA)

3,5 Good

Grammar and writing assistant with German roots that corrects and rewrites emails in the right tone, directly in the browser, Word and Thunderbird. The company has been owned since 2023 by American Learneo, which acts as data controller, so we classify it as outside the EU.

Best for: Those who mainly want to proofread and rephrase their emails in Swedish rather than generate them from scratch.

Lindy

Crivello Corp

3,5 Good

No-code platform for AI agents that automate email, calendar, meetings, follow-ups and several business tools. Works via iMessage/SMS and has 4 000+ integrations. Powerful for small business owners who want to automate admin, but data is stored in the USA.

Best for: Small business owners and solopreneurs who want to automate email, scheduling and follow-ups without building their own integrations.

llama.cpp

ggml.ai (part of Hugging Face) / open source

3,5 Good

The engine that has driven the entire local AI wave: extremely optimised C++ code that runs language models on almost any hardware. For those who build themselves.

Best for: Developers who want maximum control and performance.

mailbox.org

Heinlein Support GmbH

3,5 Good

German secure email with calendar, office and cloud storage, run in own Berlin data centres under German data protection law. The catch: business accounts require your own domain and PGP encryption needs to be configured manually.

Best for: Companies that want a complete GDPR-clean Google Workspace alternative entirely within the EU.

Mailfence

Mailfence

3,5 Good

Belgian secure email with encryption, calendar and documents.

Best for: Those who want a Belgian EU-based email alternative.

n8n

n8n GmbH

3,5 Good

Automation platform from Berlin with openly available source code (fair-code) that can be self-hosted for free on your own EU server. The cloud version costs and requires more tech than Zapier.

Best for: Technically skilled small businesses that want to own their automation and data.

PrestaShop

PrestaShop SA

3,5 Good

French e-commerce platform, open source with around 250,000 stores worldwide and a leading position in Europe. The core software is free but requires own hosting and technical skill; the hosted variant from EUR 24/month makes it easier.

Best for: Stores that want an EU-based platform with full control over data and code, and that can handle some technology or buy the hosted version.

Printify

Printify, Inc.

3,5 Good

Print-on-demand platform for designing and selling your own products – t-shirts, mugs, posters and more – with no inventory or upfront costs. Built-in AI image generator and integrations with Shopify, Etsy and WooCommerce. US company with no guaranteed EU data storage.

Best for: Solo entrepreneurs and creators who want to try e-commerce with custom-designed products without tying up capital in inventory.

Reclaim.ai

Reclaim.ai Inc

3,5 Good

AI calendar assistant that automatically blocks focus time, habits, tasks and meetings in Google or Outlook calendar. A smarter alternative to pure booking for those who find it hard to defend their time.

Best for: Those who live in the calendar and want AI to protect focus time, habits and important tasks.

Rytr

Rytr

3,5 Good

Cheap copy generator for those who want a lot of text for little money.

Best for: Tight budget and large text needs.

Sendsteps

Sendsteps B.V.

3,5 Good

Dutch tool that combines AI-generated presentations with interactive features such as polls and quizzes. A convenient all-in-one, but AI designs are rarely as polished as hand-built decks.

Best for: Small businesses that quickly want an AI draft and run interactive moments.

Seobility

Seobility GmbH

3,5 Good

German SEO tool with on-page auditing, rank tracking and technical analysis from a company in Nuremberg. The free plan suffices for a small website but is limited.

Best for: Price-conscious small businesses that want to fix on-page and technical SEO with a European provider.

Shopify Magic

Shopify

3,5 Good

AI built into Shopify that writes product copy and replies to customers.

Best for: Online stores already running Shopify.

Tidio

Tidio

3,5 Good

AI chat for the website that answers common customer questions around the clock. Free tier to get started and servers within the EEA, but the contracting party Tidio LLC is American and some data may, according to the privacy policy, be transferred to the USA.

Best for: Websites that want to answer customers around the clock.

Trustly

Trustly

3,5 Good

Swedish solution for direct account-to-account payments, common for online purchases and subscriptions.

Best for: Companies that want to offer direct bank payments.

Weglot

Weglot SAS

3,5 Good

French tool that automatically translates your entire website into multiple languages with a few lines of code. The catch is that pricing is driven by word count and languages, so a multilingual site quickly becomes more expensive than the starting price.

Best for: Small businesses that want to make their WordPress, Shopify or Webflow site multilingual quickly without developers.

Wire

Wire Swiss GmbH

3,5 Good

End-to-end encrypted messaging and collaboration app with servers in Germany and Ireland. Drawback: the company is based in Switzerland (outside the EU/EEA) and the service is more messaging than full collaboration tool.

Best for: Security-conscious teams that prioritize strong encryption for messages and calls.

Calendly

Calendly LLC

3,4 Good

The world's most famous meeting scheduler with smooth calendar sync and huge integration offering. However, all user and booking data is stored in American data centers, and no EU data storage is offered on any plan.

Best for: Sales teams and consultants who book many external meetings and live in the Google or Microsoft calendar

HubSpot

HubSpot, Inc.

3,4 Good

American market leader with generous free version and EU datacenter in Frankfurt that can be selected at registration. The catch: as an American company, HubSpot is subject to the CLOUD Act regardless of where data is stored, the interface is not available in Swedish and prices escalate when you outgrow the free tier.

Best for: Startups and businesses that want to start free with an all-in-one tool for sales, marketing and service, and that do not require European sovereignty

Livestorm

Livestorm

3,4 Good

French browser-based tool for webinars and meetings with EU operations and ISO 27001. The catch: priced per active attendee (Pro from 2.50 euros, approx. 28 SEK, per attendee credit) and the free tier has been removed, only a free trial remains.

Best for: Marketing and sales teams that run webinars and customer events.

Runway

Runway AI, Inc.

3,4 Good

Leading AI video tool with Gen-4 models for text-to-video, image animation and advanced editing, used by professional filmmakers. The credit system quickly becomes expensive for serious use and there is no option for EU data storage.

Best for: Professional AI video generation and creative post-production for creators and agencies

whisper.cpp

ggml.ai (part of Hugging Face) / open source

3,4 Good

Transcribe speech to text entirely locally with OpenAI's Whisper models. Sensitive meetings and interviews never leave the computer.

Best for: Transcription of sensitive material that must never leave the computer.

Slack

Slack Technologies (Salesforce)

3,3 Good

Market-leading channel-based team chat with a huge app ecosystem and AI features. Owned by American Salesforce and EU data storage requires the Business+ plan. As an American company, Slack is covered by the Cloud Act regardless of where data is stored.

Best for: Teams that want smooth channel-based chat with the market’s largest integration offering

Adyen

Adyen

3,3 Good

Dutch payment giant behind many large e-commerce merchants. Powerful, but built for volume.

Best for: Growing companies with high payment volume.

Brevo

Brevo

3,3 Good

French email and SMS platform with EU data storage, a GDPR-friendly Mailchimp alternative.

Best for: Newsletters with data inside the EU.

Buffer

Buffer

3,3 Good

Plan and schedule social media posts, with AI suggestions for text.

Best for: Manage several social channels in one place.

CamoCopy

Restoflix S.à r.l.-s

3,3 Good

Privacy-focused AI assistant and search built on open models with all data encrypted on EU servers. Built on European infrastructure, but is a small company with a smaller ecosystem than the big players.

Best for: Those who want a ChatGPT-like research assistant but with data remaining within the EU and without model training.

ClickUp

ClickUp

3,3 Good

All-in-one project tool with built-in AI for tasks and summaries.

Best for: Teams that want everything in one tool.

Clutch

Clutch.co

3,3 Good

B2B platform with reviews and rankings of consulting firms, agencies and technology providers. Useful when you need to find a partner for AI, web or marketing projects, but keep in mind that data is sent to the USA.

Best for: Companies that want to compare and contact agencies or consulting firms for a specific project.

Conceptboard

Conceptboard GmbH

3,3 Good

German digital whiteboard built for data security: all data is stored on servers in Germany and the service is ISO 27001 certified. The free tier is limited (3 boards).

Best for: Regulated industries and the public sector that need guaranteed EU storage.

Copy.ai

Copy.ai

3,3 Good

Writes product descriptions, headlines and sales emails non-stop. Good for volume, but the free tier has now been removed and the texts need your polishing.

Best for: Sales copy and content that needs to be produced in volume.

Grammarly

Superhuman Platform Inc. (formerly Grammarly)

3,3 Good

Corrects and improves English text in real time. Weak in Swedish.

Best for: You who write a lot in English.

HeyGen

HeyGen

3,3 Good

AI avatar videos and dubbing to other languages. HeyGen is American and stores data in the USA, so consider GDPR before entering personal data or customer material.

Best for: Quick avatar videos and dubbing when the GDPR situation is acceptable for your content.

Hostinger

Hostinger International

3,3 Good

Lithuanian (EU) web host with affordable AI website builder and EU datacenters (including Vilnius, Amsterdam, Frankfurt). Cheap and fast, but results are often generic and the introductory price doubles on renewal.

Best for: Price-conscious small businesses and sole traders who quickly want a simple site online with EU data storage.

Ideogram

Ideogram

3,3 Good

Image AI that is unusually good at including readable text in the image.

Best for: Images with text, such as ads and simple logos.

Intercom Fin

Intercom

3,3 Good

The AI agent Fin answers customer cases itself. Powerful, but for larger companies.

Best for: Fast-growing companies with high case volume.

Jamie

Jamie (Meet Jamie GmbH)

3,3 Good

German meeting assistant that records audio locally on your computer without sending a bot into the meeting, and then creates notes and summaries. All data is stored and processed within the EEA, Switzerland and the UK, and raw audio is deleted directly after transcription, which means you cannot go back and listen afterwards.

Best for: Companies that want to avoid meeting bots and keep all data in Europe.

Lovable

Lovable

3,3 Good

Popular tool that builds working web apps from a text description. Founded in Stockholm, but the legal entity is American (Delaware), so the data is ultimately subject to US jurisdiction.

Best for: Build a simple web app or prototype without coding.

Mailbutler

Mailbutler GmbH

3,3 Good

Berlin-based add-on that puts an AI assistant directly in Gmail, Outlook and Apple Mail to write and reply to emails. Own servers are in Frankfurt, but the AI itself runs via OpenAI in the USA (with masked email addresses).

Best for: Those who want AI help with email directly in their existing inbox without switching email client.

Mailchimp

Intuit

3,3 Good

Newsletters and email marketing with AI help for copy and timing.

Best for: Newsletters to the customer list.

Make

Make (part of Celonis)

3,3 Good

Powerful and cheaper automation than Zapier, with EU data storage.

Best for: More advanced automation at a lower price.

neuroflash

neuroflash GmbH

3,3 Good

German AI platform for texts, emails and newsletters with data on Open Telekom Cloud in Germany. Supports Swedish, but it is more built for marketing and sales copy than quick everyday replies in the inbox.

Best for: Companies that want to write sales emails and newsletters in Swedish with data remaining in the EU.

Pitch

Pitch Software GmbH

3,3 Good

Berlin-based tool for beautiful, collaboration-driven presentations and sales decks, with analytics on how shared decks are read. Great design results, but the interface is not available in Swedish.

Best for: Teams that want to build professional sales decks together and follow up on how they are read.

Plausible Analytics

Plausible Insights OÜ

3,3 Good

Estonian, cookieless and lightning-fast analytics tool with all data at Hetzner in Germany, GDPR-friendly without a consent banner. The catch: no free plan and deliberately stripped down, so advanced analytics needs hit the ceiling.

Best for: Small and medium-sized businesses that want to skip the cookie banner and get understandable statistics on a single page

Rank Prompt

Rank Prompt LLC

3,3 Good

Monitors and improves your brand's visibility in AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. A new SEO tool for the growing share of searches done via AI.

Best for: Businesses that want to be seen when customers ask AI assistants about products and services.

Redokun

Redokun Srls

3,3 Good

Italian tool that translates InDesign, Word, PowerPoint and Excel files while preserving the layout exactly. The catch is the price: subscriptions from 289 EUR/month (approx. 3,200 SEK) or a Project Pass at 95 EUR per project, with no free plan beyond a 14-day trial.

Best for: Companies translating brochures, manuals and layout-heavy documents without wanting to manually re-paste text.

Synthesia

Synthesia

3,3 Good

Creates videos with AI avatars that speak, without a camera or studio. Free plan available; paid plans from USD 18/month (approx. SEK 170) with annual billing.

Best for: Training and instruction videos at scale.

SYSTRAN Translate

SYSTRAN (ChapsVision)

3,3 Good

French machine translation with explicit data sovereignty, configurable automatic deletion of stored file translations, and option for on-premise server. The catch is that translation quality into Swedish often does not quite reach DeepL.

Best for: Privacy-conscious companies that want EU-based translation with control over how long texts are stored.

tl;dv

tl;dv

3,3 Good

Records and summarizes meetings. German company with storage within the EEA, but AI features may process parts of transcripts in the USA if you do not select EU as the AI region in account settings.

Best for: EU companies that want to take meeting notes securely.

WhatConverts

WhatConverts (USA)

3,1 Good

American top-class lead tracking: calls, forms and chat are tied to the exact ad that generated the customer. The catch for Swedish companies: all data is stored and processed in the USA, prices are in USD and usage fees are added on top of the subscription.

Best for: Agencies and ad-driven companies that want to see exactly which campaigns generate calls and leads, and that can handle US data storage.

CloudTalk

CloudTalk, s.r.o.

3,1 Good

AI-driven cloud PBX and call-center platform for sales and support teams. Offers virtual numbers in 160+ countries, parallel/power dialer, call analytics, IVR and CRM integrations. Slovakian provider with EU storage.

Best for: Sales teams and customer support with 2+ active employees who make a lot of calls and want advanced routing, dialer and call analytics.

Simple Analytics

Simple Analytics BV

3,1 Good

Dutch, extremely stripped-down analytics tool without cookies where data never leaves the Netherlands, and a free plan exists. The catch: the free plan only keeps 30 days of history and feature depth is the thinnest in the category.

Best for: Solopreneurs and small businesses that just want to see visitor numbers without a cookie banner, configuration or analytics expertise

CrossPeak Software

CrossPeak Software, LLC

3,0 Good

WordPress plugins that extend Gravity Forms (encryption, export, form mapping), WooCommerce (address book, product videos) and connect Gravity Forms to Klaviyo. American company.

Best for: Web agencies and WooCommerce stores that already use Gravity Forms and want add-ons for encryption, address management or Klaviyo integration.

folk

Folk SAS (France)

3,0 Good

French, unusually sleek AI CRM that captures contacts directly from LinkedIn and Gmail and enriches them automatically. The catch is unexpected: despite being an EU company, all data is stored in the USA (AWS Virginia) according to the company's own documentation, and no EU storage option is stated.

Best for: Small sales teams and consultants who live in LinkedIn and want a CRM that feels like a spreadsheet, not a system.

Frends

Frends Technology Oy

3,0 Good

Finnish integration platform (iPaaS) built for regulated industries with high demands on data residency. Enterprise-oriented with price negotiation, not self-service.

Best for: Growing companies in regulated industries (healthcare, finance, energy) that need EU data residency.

Hetzner Cloud

Hetzner Online GmbH

3,0 Good

German cloud provider known for the industry's lowest prices on VPS and servers, with datacenters in Germany and Finland as well as USA and Singapore. Affordable and GDPR-friendly as long as you choose an EU region, but support is limited and there are no managed AI services; you have to install everything yourself.

Best for: Price-sensitive businesses and developers who want cheap EU-based server capacity.

KrispCall

KrispCall

3,0 Good

AI-driven cloud PBX and SMS platform for sales and customer service teams. Virtual numbers in 100+ countries, power dialer, call analytics and 100+ CRM integrations. Powerful for global teams, but data is not stored in the EU.

Best for: Sales and customer service teams that make many calls, want virtual numbers globally and connect calls to their CRM.

Ludus

Ludus SA

3,0 Good

Belgian presentation tool close to graphic design programs, with support for custom fonts, blending modes, video and embeds. Powerful for creators, but a steeper learning curve than ordinary slide tools.

Best for: Design-driven small businesses and agencies that want full creative control.

ManyChat

Manychat, Inc.

3,0 Good

Automates replies and campaigns in Instagram and Facebook DM.

Best for: Stores that sell via Instagram DM.

Midjourney

Midjourney

3,0 Good

Produces the nicest AI images, but runs via Discord and lacks a free tier.

Best for: Those who want top-class images.

Otter.ai

Otter

3,0 Good

Popular meeting transcription, best in English.

Best for: English-language meetings.

Phrase

Phrase a.s.

3,0 Good

Czech (formerly Memsource) platform for professional translation management with translation memory, terminology and machine translation in one. The catch is that it is built for translation teams and quickly becomes expensive and overwhelming for a small business.

Best for: Companies with recurring, larger translation flows that want to control quality, memory and terminology in one place.

Scaleway

Scaleway (Iliad Group)

3,0 Good

French cloud provider with GPU instances and Managed Inference that runs open AI models on European servers. A good sovereign AI alternative, but still a developer platform where you build and operate the solution yourself.

Best for: Developers and companies that want to run their own AI models or GPU workloads within the EU without American cloud ties.

Semrush

Semrush

3,0 Good

Comprehensive SEO and marketing tool with AI features. A professional tool with a limited free plan (1 demo project) for testing.

Best for: Serious SEO and competitor analysis.

Sistrix

SISTRIX GmbH

3,0 Good

German professional tool known for its Visibility Index and deep European search data. Price from 119 EUR/month, no free tier. Powerful for agencies but overdimensioned for most small businesses.

Best for: Agencies and companies that want deep, accurate European search data and long-term visibility tracking.

Sketchboard

Sketchboard Oy

3,0 Good

Finnish collaborative whiteboard with a focus on diagrams, flowcharts and software sketches. According to the provider, all data is stored within the EU.

Best for: Development and product teams drawing system diagrams and flowcharts.

Softwarekönig

Softwarekönig

3,0 Good

German software reseller: Microsoft Office, Windows, Windows Server, antivirus, and security software. Digital delivery by email. EU-based alternative for cheaper licenses.

Best for: Businesses and individuals who want to buy Microsoft licenses and security software at low prices from an EU-based company.

Stackfield

Stackfield GmbH

3,0 Good

German all-in-one platform with team chat, task and project management, and video meetings; all data in German data centers. Drawback: entirely German/English interface with no Swedish language support.

Best for: EU-focused small businesses that want to combine chat and project management with high data security.

Weld

Weld

3,0 Good

Danish platform that moves and syncs data between your apps and data warehouse (ELT and reverse-ETL). More data-focused than a classic Zapier automation.

Best for: Companies that want to collect data from multiple systems and sync it back to their tools.

Zapier

Zapier

3,0 Good

Connects your apps so they talk to each other, now with AI steps.

Best for: Automate recurring manual work.

Passbolt

Passbolt SA

3,0 Okay

Open-source password manager from Luxembourg, built for teams, with cloud hosting in Belgium/Germany or sovereign data center in Luxembourg. The catch: the interface is built for IT professionals and feels clumsier than consumer alternatives, and cloud plans require at least 10 users.

Best for: IT teams and regulation-heavy operations that require open source and full EU sovereignty

Beautiful.ai

Beautiful.ai

2,8 Okay

Presentation tool that keeps your slides looking good automatically.

Best for: Professional slides without design work.

IONOS MyWebsite

IONOS SE

2,8 Okay

German website builder with drag-and-drop and AI that generates text, layout and logo. Data resides in German datacenters with 100% renewable electricity, but the low intro price (from approx SEK 60/month, priced in USD) only applies the first year and a Swedish site is no longer available.

Best for: Small businesses that want a simple AI-built site with clear EU data storage in Germany.

Jasper

Jasper

2,8 Okay

Pro tool for those producing marketing copy in bulk. Powerful, but lacks a free tier. Overkill if you only write occasional posts.

Best for: Teams that produce a lot of marketing content continuously.

Looka

Looka (Canada)

2,8 Okay

Creates an AI logo and brand identity in minutes. Canadian company without documented GDPR terms, but for a logo the privacy risk is low.

Best for: Startups that quickly need a logo and do not feed in customer data.

Runbox

Runbox Solutions AS

2,8 Okay

Norwegian email service that runs its servers on Norwegian hydropower and is subject to Norwegian and European privacy protection. The catch: smaller operator with a simpler interface and no built-in end-to-end encryption by default.

Best for: Environmentally conscious companies that want stable email within the EEA without getting stuck with the American giants.

Softr

Softr Platforms GmbH

2,8 Okay

Berlin-based no-code platform for building business apps, customer portals, and internal tools on top of Airtable or your own database. Powerful, but paid plans get expensive quickly and you usually need a data source.

Best for: Small businesses that want to build a customer portal or internal tool without coding, with data in the EU.

Surfer SEO

Surfer

2,8 Okay

Optimizes your text for Google based on what already ranks.

Best for: Those who write content to rank on Google.

Tixeo

Tixeo

2,8 Okay

French video conferencing tool with truly multipoint-encrypted meetings; the only one certified by ANSSI. The catch: price is by quote and the interface is stiffer than consumer tools.

Best for: Organizations with high confidentiality requirements, e.g. legal, healthcare, or public sector.

Hootsuite

Hootsuite

2,5 Okay

Established tool for managing many social channels, with AI text support.

Best for: Larger teams with many social accounts.

Motion

Motion

2,5 Okay

AI that plans your calendar and tasks automatically.

Best for: Those who drown in tasks and meetings.