European alternatives · OneDrive alternative
The European alternative to OneDrive
Files on demand in File Explorer and Finder, just like OneDrive, but on a server in the Netherlands, from a Dutch company. With team folders, share links, versions and a recycle bin.
Why companies look for an alternative
An American supplier
OneDrive is part of Microsoft, to which the US Cloud Act applies, also with the EU Data Boundary.
Pushed into everything
Windows backs up the desktop and documents to OneDrive, often before anyone chose it.
Tied to Microsoft 365
OneDrive for business comes with a Microsoft 365 plan per user.
Binadit Drive and OneDrive
What stays the same and what changes.
| Aspect | Binadit Drive | OneDrive |
|---|---|---|
| Company and law | Binadit B.V., Rotterdam, under European law | Microsoft Corporation, United States |
| On your computer | Files on demand in File Explorer and Finder, and on Linux | Files on demand in File Explorer and Finder |
| Shared folders | Team folders with groups and guests | SharePoint libraries and shared folders |
| Documents in the browser | Office, built on Collabora Online | Word, Excel and PowerPoint for the web |
| Storage | One pool per company | Per user |
| Only changes travel | Files are split into blocks; only changed blocks are sent and each block is stored once | Changed parts of Office files |
How the switch works
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Look at your folders
We go through personal OneDrives and the SharePoint libraries you use.
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Move the files
We help you copy the files from OneDrive, folder by folder, with the structure intact.
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Install the app
Drive for Windows, macOS and Linux shows everything again in File Explorer and Finder.
When OneDrive fits better
If your team co-authors in the Word and Excel desktop apps at the same moment, OneDrive with Microsoft 365 is the only place where that works. For everything else, Binadit Drive does the same, in Europe.
Swap OneDrive without changing habits
Your folders stay in File Explorer and Finder. Only where they are stored changes.