European SaaS alternatives: EuroAlternative Launches to Replace Big Tech
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On July 16, 2026, Krakow-based developer and solopreneur Piotr Kulpinski officially launched EuroAlternative, a curated directory designed to simplify how individuals and enterprise IT teams source high-quality European SaaS alternatives. Finding software that operates strictly under European jurisdiction has historically required hours of manual research. EuroAlternative addresses this directly. Launched with an initial database of 433 European tools across 34 countries, the platform maps these products directly to 350 of the dominant, US-based proprietary services that modern organizations seek to replace. This directory acts as the sister project to Kulpinski’s highly successful OpenAlternative, which guides roughly 100,000 monthly visitors through the open-source landscape.
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