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Austrian end-to-end encrypted photo and video cloud, hosted in Germany
End-to-end encrypted cloud for photos and videos from Austria, with data hosted in Germany so your memories stay private and inside Europe.
Zeitkapsl is an Austrian end-to-end encrypted photo and video cloud, essentially a privacy-first Google Photos alternative. Built by an Austrian team, it stores encrypted data across two data centers in Germany and pitches itself as "verifiable real privacy" rather than privacy as marketing.
Photos and videos are encrypted with a user-held key before upload, so Zeitkapsl operators cannot read them. The service automatically backs up originals in full quality, performs face recognition on-device (not in the cloud), syncs across multiple devices, and supports secure album sharing via link or QR code without forcing recipients to create accounts. The applications are open-source and offline-capable.
Six tiers range from €2/month for 50 GB up to €26/month for 2 TB, with roughly 17% off for annual billing. Plans support storage sharing across multiple household members. There's no free tier by design. Revenue comes exclusively from subscriptions, so there's no advertising, data mining, or AI training on user content. Upon cancellation data is retained for 14 days before deletion, fully GDPR-compliant. It's aimed at Google Photos / iCloud users who want Apple-level convenience without surrendering their photo library to a US hyperscaler.
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