Digital Sovereignty: Why Mindnow Relies on European Alternatives

Our Philosophy: European First

As a Swiss software company, we understand the importance of:

• 🔒 Data Sovereignty – Data stays in Europe, GDPR-compliant

• 🛠️ No Vendor Lock-in – Open Source gives us (and our clients) freedom

• 🌍 Local Value Creation – European providers strengthen our economy

• ⚡ Future-Proofing – Independent of geopolitical developments

Cloud & Hosting

Instead of AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure, we recommend:

• Exoscale 🇨🇭 – Swiss cloud provider

• Scaleway 🇫🇷 – French cloud infrastructure

• Hetzner 🇩🇪 – German servers with excellent price-performance ratio

• Open Telekom Cloud 🇩🇪 – Enterprise alternative to Azure

Analytics & Tracking

Google Analytics isn't the only option:

• Plausible 🇪🇺 – Privacy-friendly, Open Source

• Matomo 🇫🇷 – Self-hosted analytics, full control

• Pirsch 🇩🇪 – Simple and GDPR-compliant

• Visitor Analytics 🇩🇪 – Alternative to Hotjar

Development & Infrastructure

• GitLab (Self-hosted) 🇳🇱 – Instead of GitHub

• Mattermost – Open Source Slack alternative

• Outline – Open Source Notion alternative

• Mollie 🇳🇱 – European payment alternative to Stripe

Email & Communication

• Mailjet 🇫🇷 – Instead of SendGrid

• Brevo (Sendinblue) 🇫🇷 – Instead of Mailchimp

• Proton Mail 🇨🇭 – Secure email from Switzerland

Open Source as Foundation

Our tech stack philosophy:

• Headless CMS: Payload CMS, Strapi, Storyblok 🇦🇹

• E-Commerce: Saleor (Open Source), Medusa

• Frameworks: Next.js, Nuxt

• Databases: PostgreSQL, Redis

• Containers: Docker, Kubernetes (self-hosted)

The advantage: No vendor lock-in. Migrateable anytime. Full control.

What Does This Mean for Our Clients?

• ✅ Full GDPR Compliance – No data leaves the EU

• ✅ Transparent Costs – No surprise price increases

• ✅ Long-term Security – Independent of US regulations

• ✅ True Partnership – We speak your language (legally too)

Conclusion: Digital Independence is Possible

Europe has a strong tech ecosystem – you just need to use it. At Mindnow, we help companies build future-proof digital solutions that don't depend on single vendors.

Further resources:

• european-alternatives.eu – Comprehensive database of European alternatives

• switching.software – Ethical alternatives to popular services