Fibery vs Google Docs
Fibery is a European alternative to Google Docs: same office & collaboration use case, headquartered in Poland and governed by EU GDPR, while Google Docs (Google) is based in the United States.
By the EU Alternatives team Last updated
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- Jurisdiction
- EU / EEA
- Primary privacy law
- EU GDPR
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- No
- Open source
- No
- Free tier
- No
Real-time co-editing in the browser, with comments, suggestions and version history that let a whole team work on one file at once, plus offline editing. Free with any Google account against the shared 15 GB quota, with Workspace from 6.80 euros per user each month. Google LLC in Mountain View runs it under US law.
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- GDPR by default
- Requires DPA + TIA
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- Yes
Fibery vs Google Docs at a glance
| Fibery | Google Docs | |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Poland | United States |
| Data jurisdiction | EU / EEA | United States |
| Primary privacy law | EU GDPR | Requires DPA + transfer assessment |
| US CLOUD Act exposure | No | Yes |
| Best for | Teams that need office & collaboration built for European data-protection requirements | Teams already invested in the Google ecosystem |
Choose Fibery if…
- You want a provider governed by a European privacy regime
- GDPR or public-sector data-protection requirements apply to you
- You'd rather back the European tech ecosystem
Stick with Google Docs if…
- You depend on integrations only available in the Google ecosystem
- Your organisation has no EU data-residency constraints
- Migration costs outweigh the jurisdiction benefits for now
Why choose Fibery over Google Docs?
The decisive argument is data jurisdiction. Google Docs is headquartered in the United States, which means personal data processed through it can be subject to non-EU legal regimes: the US CLOUD Act, FISA 702, or similar laws depending on the provider. After the 2020 Schrems II ruling, EU organisations must carry out a transfer impact assessment for every such data flow.
Fibery removes that overhead. As a Poland-based provider, it operates under EU GDPR, and data stays inside the EU/EEA by default. For regulated sectors such as health, public administration, and finance, that's not a nice-to-have but a requirement. For everyone else, it's concentration-risk insurance: you avoid depending on a single jurisdiction that can change the rules without warning.