IT & Services
Europe builds more of the digital world than most people realise. From world-class gaming studios and streaming platforms to search engines and creative software alternatives, this section covers the European tech and services landscape worth knowing about.
European Cloudflare Alternatives
Cloudflare sees all your traffic and can cut you off. Europe's CDN and DDoS-protection alternatives: Bunny.net, Gcore, OVHcloud, Leaseweb, KeyCDN, Myra and BlazingCDN.
Streaming the European Way
As European spending on streaming services soars, it's time to look at homegrown alternatives to Netflix, Apple, and Audible.
European gaming studios worth knowing
Baldur's Gate 3 is Belgian. The Witcher is Polish. Hitman is Danish. Minecraft is Swedish. The American gaming press talks about America. Europe makes the games.
Search without Google
European alternatives to Google, honestly assessed. Here's which one to pick depending on what you actually care about.
Google Maps Alternatives
Google Maps tracks everywhere you go. These European navigation apps get you there without the profiling.
European VPN providers worth using
European VPN providers that pay anonymously, host in jurisdictions that resist subpoenas, and skip the marketing.
Email Providers
European email providers that will not scan your inbox for ad money
European AI startups
Open-weight LLMs from Paris, unicorns from Stockholm: the European AI companies already shipping at global scale.
European Antivirus Software: The Best Alternatives
Genuinely European antivirus vendors, and the famous names that no longer qualify.