European digital sovereignty. Measured.

The European digital sovereignty benchmark

250 Services
8,000 Datapoints
90% Top score
43.4% Avg. score
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Benchmark insight
The Franco-German engine

A geographical split defines Europe's tech landscape, with France, Germany, and Switzerland dominating.

French and German companies account for over 50% of the highest-scoring services.
Switzerland punches above its weight, with Proton and Infomaniak offering sovereign ecosystems.
US providers average under 34%, hindered by data localization and legal vulnerabilities.
Startups in Estonia (Cryptee) and Slovenia (Koofr) prove sovereign alternatives can scale globally.
Supporting points
French and German companies account for over 50% of the highest-scoring services.
Switzerland punches above its weight, with Proton and Infomaniak offering sovereign ecosystems.
US providers average under 34%, hindered by data localization and legal vulnerabilities.
Startups in Estonia (Cryptee) and Slovenia (Koofr) prove sovereign alternatives can scale globally.
Benchmark insight
Privacy categories punch up

Europe struggles with consumer platforms but builds formidable sovereign options where privacy is the product.

E-mail is a top category, led by champions like Tuta (90%) and ecosystems like Infomaniak (67%).
Sovereign VPNs perform strongly, with Proton (66%) edging out dedicated providers like Mullvad (61%).
Photo and Cloud drives boast sovereign options like Strato (76%), Filen (68%), and Koofr (68%).
Password managers show a massive sovereignty gap: EU-based KeePassXC (67%) vs. US alternatives (33%).
Supporting points
E-mail is a top category, led by champions like Tuta (90%) and ecosystems like Infomaniak (67%).
Sovereign VPNs perform strongly, with Proton (66%) edging out dedicated providers like Mullvad (61%).
Photo and Cloud drives boast sovereign options like Strato (76%), Filen (68%), and Koofr (68%).
Password managers show a massive sovereignty gap: EU-based KeePassXC (67%) vs. US alternatives (33%).
Benchmark insight
Sovereign ecosystems rise

European providers are building multi-service ecosystems, raising scores in normally weak categories.

Strato's cloud drive hits 76% by leveraging its highly sovereign underlying infrastructure.
NextCloud One and Infomaniak elevate the sovereignty of cloud storage and video via their suites.
Big Tech (Google, Microsoft, Apple) has a fairly low sovereignty score, as is shown in their scores.
NextCloud One (65%) is an open-source, bundle which rates high on sovereignty
Supporting points
Strato's cloud drive hits 76% by leveraging its highly sovereign underlying infrastructure.
NextCloud One and Infomaniak elevate the sovereignty of cloud storage and video via their suites.
Big Tech (Google, Microsoft, Apple) has a fairly low sovereignty score, as is shown in their scores.
NextCloud One (65%) is an open-source, bundle which rates high on sovereignty
Benchmark insight
The localized cloud myth

Despite marketing pushes for 'Sovereign Cloud', structural vulnerabilities keep Big Tech scores capped.

AWS and Microsoft's 'Sovereign' clouds score under 49%, penalized by Legal & Jurisdictional vectors.
EU-native cloud providers like Outscale (82%) and T Cloud (76%) offer higher operational autonomy.
'Sovereign' branding from non-EU companies rarely clears SEAL-2 on critical data metrics.
The average score for EU-headquartered infrastructure (63%) easily beats localized US instances.
Supporting points
AWS and Microsoft's 'Sovereign' clouds score under 49%, penalized by Legal & Jurisdictional vectors.
EU-native cloud providers like Outscale (82%) and T Cloud (76%) offer higher operational autonomy.
'Sovereign' branding from non-EU companies rarely clears SEAL-2 on critical data metrics.
The average score for EU-headquartered infrastructure (63%) easily beats localized US instances.
Category leaders Top 3 services per category by weighted score
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