Dropbox alternative:
‍compared with SecureCloud,
the secure cloud from Germany

Dropbox, Inc. is a publicly traded US company (NASDAQ: DBX) subject to the US CLOUD Act and FISA 702. US authorities can demand access to data - regardless of whether it sits in the US or in an EU data center. For sensitive or regulated data, a legal residual risk remains that cannot be ruled out technically.

SecureCloud: data centers and headquarters exclusively in Germany, with no US parent - your data is under German jurisdiction alone. #nobackdoor.

By default Dropbox stores in the US. EU storage is only possible from 10 licenses, with annual billing and after a manual, irreversible request - so not at all for small teams. Data residency becomes a matter of plan and effort rather than the default.

SecureCloud: hosted in Germany by default - for every team, from 2 users, with no extra request.

Dropbox does not list a BSI C5 attestation among its published certifications - the standard that matters most for cloud security in Germany. For public authorities, banks, healthcare and critical infrastructure with a C5 requirement, that is a noticeable gap.

SecureCloud is BSI C5 attested (the highest BSI attestation), plus ISO 27001 certified, Trusted Cloud certified and CIS compliant.

By default Dropbox manages the keys and can technically access content. Zero-knowledge end-to-end encryption is only optional and only on the higher tiers (Advanced, Business Plus, Enterprise).

SecureCloud encrypts all data with AES-256 on the zero-knowledge principle before upload - no one can read it, not even SecureCloud.