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TeamDrive: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

TeamDrive is software for securely sharing and synchronising files within teams and between organisations. The vendor positions the product as a highly secure sync-and-share solution. It is available as a cloud service (SaaS) and as an on-premise version on the customer's own servers, with a choice of cloud, hybrid or own infrastructure.

TeamDrive Systems GmbH is a German company with its seat in Hamburg. The vendor states that the product is made and hosted in Germany, and that the TeamDrive Cloud runs on servers in Germany. Customers can also choose Azure Cloud or OneDrive as storage locations, and the vendor does not state where those services run. The website does not name the company's owners. For a European organisation, a German cloud combined with an on-premise option is relevant, but any external storage choice needs a separate assessment.

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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 10, 2026

Headquarters	DE (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EUVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Collaboration
Type	Product
Website	teamdrive.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to TeamDrive

The European alternatives to TeamDrive come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 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 TeamDrive

TeamDrive is headquartered in DE 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 TeamDrive scores best on data residency.

TeamDrive 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 TeamDrive 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 TeamDrive?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to TeamDrive include BigBlueButton (self-host), CryptPad and Nextcloud Deck. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to TeamDrive?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to TeamDrive include BigBlueButton (self-host), CryptPad, Nextcloud Deck, FluffyChat and HedgeDoc. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

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

TeamDrive is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes TeamDrive 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 10, 2026.

Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Collaboration

Collaboration: Team communication, file sharing, video conferencing, document editing. 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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