EU sovereignCloud Storage (Personal)Headquarters: DE

WEB.DE Online-Speicher: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

WEB.DE Online-Speicher is cloud storage built into the WEB.DE mailbox. You use it in the browser, in the WEB.DE app and with desktop software for Windows and macOS. You can share files through links, back up photos and videos through the app, and edit Office documents online without installing anything. Individual files can be up to 10 GB, and transfers are encrypted with SSL/TLS. A WEB.DE FreeMail account includes a free amount of storage, and more can be booked for a fee.

WEB.DE is a service of 1&1 Mail & Media GmbH, Karlsruhe branch, whose head office is in Montabaur. WEB.DE has been part of United Internet AG, which is based in Montabaur, since 2005. According to WEB.DE, the storage is located in fail-safe data centres in Germany and is subject to German data protection law. The service is hosted by the provider, is not open source and cannot be self-hosted. For European individuals and small organisations, this is a German provider with storage in Germany.

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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 July 2, 2026

Headquarters	DE (EU)	Verified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (EU)	Verified by hand
Data hosting	EU	Verified by hand
Open-source	No	Verified by hand
GDPR-compliant	Yes	Vendor-stated
Hosting signal	IONOS-AS - IONOS SE, DE (DE)	Technically measured
Category	Cloud Storage (Personal)
Type	Product
Website	web.de ↗

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 WEB.DE Online-Speicher

The European alternatives to WEB.DE Online-Speicher 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 WEB.DE Online-Speicher

WEB.DE Online-Speicher 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 WEB.DE Online-Speicher scores best on data residency.

WEB.DE Online-Speicher 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 WEB.DE Online-Speicher 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 WEB.DE Online-Speicher?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to WEB.DE Online-Speicher 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 WEB.DE Online-Speicher?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to WEB.DE Online-Speicher 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 WEB.DE Online-Speicher GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

WEB.DE Online-Speicher is headquartered in DE (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes WEB.DE Online-Speicher 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 July 2, 2026.

Sources

This record was checked via the vendor's website and legal notice during the full audit of June and July 2026. Source links have been recorded per record since 20 September 2026.

Compliance evidence

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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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