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kDrive (Infomaniak): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

kDrive is the cloud storage service of the Swiss company Infomaniak, for individuals, teams and organisations. It offers file storage and sharing with optional passwords and expiry dates, version history, activity logs and folder- or file-level permissions. An online office suite based on OnlyOffice allows joint editing, and kDrive integrates with Infomaniak's mail, meeting and calendar services. Apps exist for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. Vault adds client-side encryption for selected files; other files can be accessed by Infomaniak where legally required.

Infomaniak Network SA is headquartered in Geneva. Switzerland belongs to EFTA, not the EU. The company describes itself as independent, and no foreign parent is named. Infomaniak says it manages its own infrastructure and hosts and processes data exclusively in Switzerland; third-party sources locate the data centres in Geneva and Winterthur. The desktop and mobile apps are open source on GitHub, while the service itself is not. For European organisations this means Swiss jurisdiction and hosting under the provider's own control.

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Sovereignty score
67 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in Switzerland: Swiss law, recognised by the EU as adequate
  • Data residency SOV-380
    Hosting in Switzerland only (recognised by the EU as adequate)
  • 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 9, 2026
HeadquartersCH (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty modelVendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hostingCHVerified by hand
Open-sourceNoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliantYesVendor-stated
Compliance documents2 published, see belowVendor-stated
Hosting signalInfomaniak-AS - Infomaniak Network SA, CH (CH)Technically measured
CategoryCloud Storage (Personal)
TypeProduct
Websiteinfomaniak.com ↗

The hosting signal shows the network that serves the vendor's website, often a CDN, and not necessarily where the service or your data is hosted. How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to kDrive (Infomaniak)

The European alternatives to kDrive (Infomaniak) 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 kDrive (Infomaniak)

kDrive (Infomaniak) is headquartered in Switzerland and falls under Swiss law, including the revised Swiss data protection act. Switzerland is not an EU member, but the European Commission recognises its level of data protection as adequate. Its Swiss headquarters does not by itself bring it under US legislation such as the CLOUD Act.

kDrive (Infomaniak) hosts data in Switzerland only. Switzerland is not part of the EU or the EEA, so the GDPR does not apply there directly; the European Commission does recognise Swiss data protection as adequate, so personal data can go there without extra safeguards. Our model therefore scores it between EU hosting and hosting outside Europe. If you require strictly EU hosting, take this into account.

kDrive (Infomaniak) 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 kDrive (Infomaniak) 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 kDrive (Infomaniak)?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to kDrive (Infomaniak) include CloudMe, Cozy Cloud and Cryptee. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to kDrive (Infomaniak)?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to kDrive (Infomaniak) include Cozy Cloud, Cryptee, Filen and Internxt. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is kDrive (Infomaniak) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

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

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 9, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".

Security page / trust center
infomaniak.com/en/secure/ssl-certificates
EU hosting documented
infomaniak.com/en/hosting/datacenter-housing

Provenance of the links above:Vendor-stated

Links checked on September 21, 2026.

Digital sovereignty in Cloud Storage (Personal)

Cloud Storage (Personal): Personal cloud storage — sync and share files. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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