Tresorit vs Google Drive
Tresorit is a European alternative to Google Drive: same cloud & hosting use case, headquartered in Switzerland and operating under GDPR by default, while Google Drive (Google) is based in the United States.
By the EU Alternatives team Last updated
Securely store, share, and collaborate on sensitive files with end-to-end encryption. Features include data rooms, eSign, secure email, and data residency.
- Jurisdiction
- EU / EEA
- GDPR by default
- Yes
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- No
- Open source
- No
- Free tier
- No
Google Drive stores files and powers the Docs, Sheets and Slides editors, with 15 GB free shared across a Google account. More storage comes via Google One or Workspace subscriptions. Files sit on the infrastructure of Google, an Alphabet subsidiary answerable first and foremost to US law.
- Jurisdiction
- US
- GDPR by default
- Requires DPA + TIA
- US CLOUD Act exposure
- Yes
Tresorit vs Google Drive at a glance
| Tresorit | Google Drive | |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Switzerland | US |
| Data jurisdiction | EU / EEA | US law applies |
| GDPR by default | Yes | Requires DPA + transfer assessment |
| US CLOUD Act exposure | No | Yes |
| Open source | No | — |
| Free tier | No | — |
| Best for | Teams that need cloud & hosting with EU data residency | Teams already invested in the Google ecosystem |
Choose Tresorit if…
- You want your data to stay under EU law without extra legal paperwork
- GDPR compliance or public-sector requirements apply to you
- You'd rather back the European tech ecosystem
Stick with Google Drive 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
About Tresorit
Tresorit is a Swiss end-to-end encrypted cloud storage and file collaboration platform with a zero-knowledge architecture: files are encrypted on your device before upload, and only you and explicitly authorised recipients can ever decrypt them. It holds the broadest compliance portfolio of any EU cloud storage solution: GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001, SOC 2, TISAX, ITAR, NIS2, and DORA.
Teams share files through encrypted tresor folders with granular access controls, watermarking, and the ability to revoke shared links instantly. Tresorit Engage provides secure data rooms for client and partner collaboration, while an eDiscovery module helps legal and compliance teams locate and export documents for regulatory requests.
Key benefits:
- Zero-knowledge E2E encryption means even Tresorit cannot access your files
- Encrypted team folders with granular permissions and instant access revocation
- Secure external sharing with password-protected, time-limited links
- HIPAA, TISAX, ITAR, and DORA compliance for heavily regulated industries
- eDiscovery module for locating files in response to legal and compliance requests
- Tresorit Engage with secure data rooms for client and partner document exchange
- Watermarking to trace leaked documents back to the source
- Available on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and web
Tresorit is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, with operations in Budapest, Hungary. All data is stored on EU and Swiss infrastructure with customer-selectable data residency. Swiss law and GDPR govern all data handling, and the platform undergoes regular independent security audits with no U.S. entities involved in storage or processing.
Trusted by law firms, financial institutions, healthcare providers, and automotive manufacturers across Europe for provably secure file storage and external collaboration.
Why choose Tresorit over Google Drive?
The decisive argument is data jurisdiction. Google Drive is headquartered in US, 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.
Tresorit removes that overhead. As a Switzerland-based provider, it operates natively under 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 non-EU jurisdiction that can change the rules without warning.