European alternatives · Microsoft 365 alternative
The European alternative to Microsoft 365
Mail and calendar like Exchange, files like OneDrive and SharePoint, documents in the browser, meetings and chat like Teams. Binadit Workspace is all of that, from one Dutch company, on servers in the Netherlands.
Why companies look for an alternative
An American supplier
Microsoft offers an EU Data Boundary, but the company itself stays American, and the US Cloud Act applies to it.
Licences that keep growing
Plans per user, add-ons for security and compliance, and price increases you cannot negotiate.
Complex to manage
Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, Entra and Purview each have their own admin centre. Small companies often need a partner just to keep it running.
Binadit Workspace and Microsoft 365
Side by side, on the points that matter most when you leave.
| Aspect | Binadit Workspace | Microsoft 365 |
|---|---|---|
| Company and law | Binadit B.V., Rotterdam, under European law | Microsoft Corporation, United States; the US Cloud Act applies |
| Mail and calendar | Open standards: IMAP, JMAP, CalDAV and CardDAV, for any mail program, and Northmail as the Outlook replacement | Exchange, best with Outlook |
| Shared mailboxes and delegates | Shared mailboxes, delegates who send as or on behalf of a colleague, shared calendars, mailing lists and meeting rooms | The same in Exchange, managed in the Exchange admin center |
| Central email signatures | Designed once in the portal; the mail server adds them above the quoted thread, from any program. Free, without links or tracking | Exchange adds a disclaimer at the bottom of the whole thread; above it only with services such as Exclaimer or CodeTwo, per user per month |
| Files | Binadit Drive with team folders, retention periods and legal hold | OneDrive and SharePoint |
| Documents in the browser | Office, built on Collabora Online, on files in Drive | Word, Excel and PowerPoint for the web |
| Meetings and chat | Meet and Conserio, guests without an account | Teams |
| Management | One portal, and Binadit keeps everything running | Several admin centres, often with a partner |
How the switch works
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Map your tenant
We look at mailboxes, shared mailboxes, SharePoint sites, Teams and the licences you pay for now.
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Move mail and files
The Binadit Workspace Migration app moves mail, calendars and contacts from Microsoft 365, account by account. We help you copy the files from OneDrive and SharePoint to Binadit Drive.
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Switch over
We change your DNS with you. Northmail looks like classic Outlook, so your team finds its way straight away.
When Microsoft 365 fits better
If you work with Excel macros, Access databases, Power BI or Dynamics, or need co-authoring in the Word desktop app, Microsoft 365 remains the logical choice. For mail, files, documents, meetings and chat, Binadit Workspace covers what most companies use every day.
Leave Microsoft without starting over
We plan the move with you, so your team keeps working on Monday morning.