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Degoo: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Degoo (branded Degoo Cloud) is a consumer cloud storage service that focuses on photos. It offers an AI-assisted feed of memories, file sharing that also works for people without an account, and a free plan alongside paid plans with more storage and devices. It is delivered as a web app and as mobile apps for Android and iOS. According to the vendor's website, it uses zero-knowledge encryption and sharing is end-to-end encrypted; the privacy policy gives no technical details on encryption.

Degoo is operated by Degoo Backup AB, a company in Stockholm, Sweden, and its terms are governed by Swedish law. Its privacy policy states that data is kept on servers hosted by Google Cloud, Cloudflare, Amazon Web Services and Wasabi, without naming regions, and that data may be transferred outside the EU/EEA, including to the USA. For a European organisation, the Swedish seat is relevant, but the actual storage location and the role of US cloud providers should be clarified before use.

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Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 5, 2026
HeadquartersSE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingEUVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
CategoryPersonal Backup & Sync
TypeProduct
Websitedegoo.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Degoo

The European alternatives to Degoo come from our knowledge base of over 6,200 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Degoo

Degoo is headquartered in SE and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Degoo scores best on data residency.

Degoo is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Degoo together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Degoo?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Degoo include Acronis True Image, Ashampoo Backup and Backup4all. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Degoo?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Degoo include BorgBackup, Cryptomator and FreeFileSync. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Degoo GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Degoo is headquartered in SE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Degoo an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Personal Backup & Sync

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