European alternatives to Dropbox

Dropbox popularised the synced folder: a directory on every device that mirrors the same files, with version history, shared links and selective sync on top. It has since grown a collaboration layer — Paper documents, Dash search, e-signature and screen recording — but the sync engine remains what most people pay for.

Switchers usually weigh four things. Where the files physically sit, since Dropbox is a US provider subject to US law. Whether the desktop client matches Dropbox’s reliability, which is the hardest part to replicate. How much storage the plan buys. And what happens to shared links and team folders when an organisation moves, because those are the hooks that keep colleagues and clients tied to the original account.