# Filen

> <p><strong>Pricing:</strong> Free 10 GB; paid plans from about €1/month.<br><strong>Known for:</strong> German-built, end-to-end encrypted by default, EU-hosted on Hetzner with open-source clients.</p>

Filen is a German cloud storage provider that encrypts your files end-to-end by default, with open-source clients across desktop and mobile. All data is stored on Hetzner servers inside the EU, so your files never leave European jurisdiction.

It is the cheapest end-to-end encrypted European cloud in this list, with plans from around €1/month and no privacy theatre, making it a straightforward, budget-friendly alternative to Dropbox and Google Drive.

https://filen.io