Alternatives to Google Products – Complete List for 2025

With growing concerns over online privacy and securing personal data, more people than ever are considering alternatives to Google products.

After all, Google’s business model essentially revolves around data collection and advertisements, both of which infringe on your privacy. More data means better (more targeted) ads and consequently, more revenue for Google. The company pulled in over $230 billion in ad revenue last year — and that number continues to climb higher.

But the word is getting out. A growing number of people are seeking alternatives to Google products that respect their privacy and data. Since you are reading this, we assume you are one of them. {read}

1. Brave Search – A new search engine from the Brave browser
2. MetaGer – An open source metasearch engine with good features, based in Germany.
3. Mojeek – The only true search engine (rather than metasearch engine) that has its own crawler and index (based in the UK).
4. SwissCows – A zero-tracking private search engine based in Switzerland, hosted on secure Swiss infrastructure.
5. Qwant – A private search engine based in France.
6. DuckDuckGo – A private search engine based in the US.
7. YaCy – A decentralized, open source, peer-to-peer search engine.
8. Ecosia – The search engine that plants trees

1. ProtonMail – Best for strong encryption (33% off coupon)
2. StartMail – Private email hosted in The Netherlands (50% off coupon)
3. Mailfence – A secure and customizable email service
4. Tutanota – Secure Email for Any Device
5. Mailbox.org – Affordable private German email service
6. Posteo – Reliable anonymous email service
7. Runbox – Private email in Norway
8. CounterMail – Swedish email with strong security features
9. Kolab Now: Swiss email, compliant with GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI
10. Soverin – Basic private email service

1. Brave – Brave is a user-friendly, Chromium-based browser that is growing in popularity. It blocks trackers and ads by default while also implementing browser fingerprinting protection.
2. Firefox browser – Firefox is a very customizable, open-source browser that is popular in privacy circles. There are also many different Firefox modifications and tweaks that will give you more privacy and security. Check out Firefox Focus for a strong mobile privacy option.
3. Tor browser – A hardened and secured version of Firefox that runs on the Tor network by default. (It also does a good job against browser fingerprinting.)
4. Ungoogled Chromium – Just as the name says, this is an open source version of Chromium that has been “ungoogled” and modified for more privacy.
5. LibreWolf – A private and secure fork of Firefox
6. Mullvad Browser – A privacy collaboration between Mullvad and Tor
7. DuckDuckGo browser – A private macOS, iOS, and Android)
8. Waterfox – Another private and secure fork of Firefox

1. NordLocker – From the team behind NordVPN and also NordPass comes NordLocker. NordLocker is a hybrid encryption tool and secure cloud storage.
2. Proton Drive – The team behind Proton Mail and Proton VPN launched an encrypted drive option you should consider.
3. Tresorit – Best secure cloud storage solution
4. Sync.com – Based in Canada, Sync offers a secure, encrypted cloud storage solution for businesses and individuals.
5. Nextcloud – Nextcloud is an open source, self-hosted file sharing and collaboration platform, based in Germany.
6. MEGA – Based in New Zealand, MEGA offers very affordable plans and lots of secure cloud storage space.

1. CryptPad – CryptPad is a privacy-focused alternative with strong encryption, and it’s free.
2. Etherpad – A self-hosted collaborative online editor that’s also open source.
3. Mailfence Documents – From the Mailfence team, this is a secure file sharing, storage, and collaboration tool.
4. Zoho Docs – This is another good Google Docs alternative with a clean interface and good functionality, although it isn’t the best choice if privacy is your top priority.
5. OnlyOffice – OnlyOffice feels a bit more restricted than some of the other options in terms of features.
6. Cryptee – This is a privacy-focused platform for photo and document storage and editing. It’s open source and based in Estonia.
7. LibreOffice (offline) – You can use LibreOffice which is free and open source.
8. Apache OpenOffice (offline) – Another good open source office suite.

YouTube alternatives

Unfortunately, YouTube alternatives can really be hit or miss, with most struggling to gain popularity.

1. Odysee
2. Rumble
3. Bitchute
4. Peertube
5. DTube
6. Brighteon
7. Bit.tube
8. Dailymotion

DeepL – DeepL is a solid Google Translate alternative that seems to give great results. Like Google Translate, DeepL allows you to post up to 5,000 characters at a time (but the pro version is unlimited). The user interface is good and there is also a built-in dictionary feature. Additionally, DeepL offers a Pro version that supports an unlimited number of characters. They also offer apps for Windows and Mac that are faster and easier to use than the web app.

1. OsmAnd – a free and open-source mobile maps app for both Android and iOS (based on OpenStreetMap data).
2. Maps (F Droid) – uses OpenStreetMap data (offline).
3. MapHub – based on OpenStreeMap data and it does not collect locations or user IP addresses.
4. Here WeGo – a free (ad supported) service that complies with GDPR privacy requirements for all users worldwide.

See the F-Droid website or the official GitHub page for more info. Other alternatives to the Google Play Store include:

• Aptoide – An independent marketplace for Android apps.
• APKMirror – This is a large library of APK files uploaded by different users (be careful).
• Aurora Store – A fork of the Yalp Store.

1. LineageOS – A free and open-source operating system for phones and tablets based on Android.
2. Ubuntu Touch – A mobile version of the Ubuntu operating system.
3. Plasma Mobile – An open source, Linux-based operating system with active development.
4. Sailfish OS – Another open source, Linux-based mobile OS.
5. Replicant – A fully free Android distribution with an emphasis on freedom, privacy, and security.
6. /e/ – This is another open source project with a focus on privacy and security.
7. Purism is addressing the issue of mobile phone privacy by bringing out their own phone, called the Librem 5.

1. Wire – A great all-around secure messenger, video, and chat app, but somewhat limited on the number of people who can chat together in a group conversation via voice or video.
2. Signal – A good secure messenger platform from Open Whisper Systems.
3. Telegram – A longtime secure messenger app, formerly based in Russia, now in Dubai.
4. Element.io – A privacy-focused encrypted chat service that is also open source. Formerly known as riot.im.

Google Voice alternatives – JMP.chat (both free and paid), Line2 (paid)